Shipfitter

Textron Systems•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

The Shipfitter performs structural shipfitting duties, including measuring, laying out, cutting, grinding, forming, and drilling materials such as aluminum, steel, stainless steel, gasket, rubber, and screen. The employee works from engineering drawings, sketches, and written or verbal instructions; retrieves instructions and documents from computer screens; and maintains required records, forms, and logs. The role includes visually inspecting work against drawings and sketches for completeness and dimensional accuracy, maintaining a clean work area, and potentially directing helpers’ activities when assigned. The employee may perform other related duties as assigned. The work involves using welding, hand, mechanical, pneumatic, cordless, and electric tools and equipment, and handling chemicals and solvents. The role requires following safety practices and wearing proper personal protective equipment. It is performed in a non-climate-controlled environment and may involve extreme heat or cold, elevated heights, confined or tight spaces, radiographic and magnetic-wave environments, and chemical exposure. The position requires medium physical labor, including frequent standing and walking, material handling, a range of postures and movements, and lifting up to 35 pounds individually or 70 pounds as a team.

Requirements

1–3 years of related aluminum or shipyard experience.
Formal craft training demonstrating the ability to read blueprints, engineering drawings, and sketches, and to lay out and fabricate parts and assemblies correctly.
Demonstrated skills based on the results of the fabricating test.
Safety consciousness and use of proper personal protective equipment.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Basic computer skills.
Willingness to work rotating shifts.
Ability to become certified as a forklift and overhead crane operator.
Willingness and flexibility to work extended hours as needed.
High school diploma, GED, equivalent certificate, or bronze-level (or higher) ACT WorkKeys Certification.
Ability to perform medium physical labor, including lifting up to 35 pounds individually and up to 70 pounds as a team.
Physical ability to work in a non-climate-controlled environment, at elevated heights, in confined or tight spaces, and in environments involving chemicals, radiographic activity, or magnetic waves.
Ability to perform required postures and movements, including standing, walking, reaching, climbing, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and using hand tools.

Responsibilities

Measure, lay out, cut, grind, form, and drill assorted materials.
Work from engineering drawings, sketches, and written or verbal instructions.
Read computer screens to retrieve work instructions, blueprints, and other documents.
Maintain records, forms, and logs as required.
Use tools and equipment including MIG and TIG welders, hand tools, mechanical, pneumatic, cordless, and electric tools, porta power, come-alongs, clamps, hammers, mauls, gougers, grinders, saws, band saws, drills, tapes, and scales.
Handle chemicals and solvents, including alcohol, cleaning solvents, cutting oil, and tool oil.
Keep the shop and work area neat and clean.
Visually inspect work against drawings and sketches for completeness and dimensional correctness.
Direct helpers’ activities or tasks when assigned.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.