Structural Fitter

Conrad Shipyard•Morgan City, LA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves comprehending blueprints, sketches, and templates to perform structural fitting tasks. The job requires working in confined spaces, traversing gangways and scaffolding at varying heights, and navigating uneven surfaces and heights between dock and vessel. Employees will ascend and work at heights up to 40 feet and may perform occasional rigging. The position demands repetitive forward bending, trunk rotation, and hip and knee flexion. It involves lifting up to 50 lbs from the floor to a 6 ft work surface unassisted, repetitive upper extremity movements for measuring, fitting, and welding, and sustained lifting of 25-35 lbs at arm's reach above the head. The work environment is outdoors or in an open warehouse with no climate control, featuring uneven surfaces including sand, limestone, concrete, and railways, both inside and outside. Numerous trip hazards are present throughout the job site. Employees must comply with company safety rules and OSHA standards, be physically and medically qualified to wear required personal protective equipment, and be able to hear warning signals and read safety instructions.

Requirements

Ability to comprehend blueprints, sketches, and templates.
Ability to enter and work in confined spaces.
Ability to traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights.
Ability to traverse and negotiate uneven heights between dock and vessel.
Ability to traverse and negotiate uneven surfaces.
Ability to ascend and work at heights of up to 40 feet.
Ability to perform occasional rigging.
Ability to perform repetitive forward bending, rotation of the trunk, and flexing of the hips and the knees.
Ability to lift no greater than 50 lbs from floor to 6 ft. work surface unassisted.
Ability to perform repetitive upper extremity movements while measuring, fitting, and welding.
Ability to perform sustained lifting of 25-35 lbs. at arm’s reach above head.
Must comply with established company safety rules and OSHA standards.
Must be physically and medically qualified to wear required personal protective equipment as prescribed under OSHA standards.
Must be able to hear warning signals and read and comprehend safety instructions, regulations, and warnings.

Responsibilities

Comprehend blueprints, sketches, and templates.
Enter and work in confined spaces.
Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights.
Traverse and negotiate uneven heights between dock and vessel.
Traverse and negotiate uneven surfaces.
Ascend and work at heights of up to 40 feet.
Perform occasional rigging.
Perform repetitive forward bending, rotation of the trunk, and flexing of the hips and the knees.
Lift no greater than 50 lbs from floor to 6 ft. work surface unassisted.
Perform repetitive upper extremity movements while measuring, fitting, and welding.
Perform sustained lifting of 25-35 lbs. at arm’s reach above head.
Comply with established company safety rules and OSHA standards.
Be physically and medically qualified to wear required personal protective equipment as prescribed under OSHA standards.
Be able to hear warning signals and read and comprehend safety instructions, regulations, and warnings.