PMQS – Project Quality Management Quality Services has a great opportunity for experienced Advanced Shipfitters (Multi-Pass Tack & Burn) in Newport News, Virginia.

Pay Rate: $45/hour
Per Diem: $120/day for qualified non-local candidates
Location: Newport News, VA
Position: Advanced Shipfitter – Multi-Pass Tack & Burn
Background Check & Hair Follicle Drug Test: Required

Required Experience

• Minimum 4 years of commercial and/or naval experience as a First Class Shipfitter
• Experience must be documented on an Advanced Shipfitter Summary Sheet prior to arrival
• Candidates who previously had access to Huntington Ingalls Shipyard must provide their previous dates of access and required identification information during the onboarding process

Required Skills

• Multi-Pass Tack Welding
• Oxygen/Propane Burning Torch
• Oxygen/Propane Heating Torch
• Ability to read and comprehend complex structural assembly drawings, blueprints, sketches, weld symbols, material types, datum lines, and reference lines
• Ability to work with fractional dimensions and rulers
• Lay out piece parts for fabrication and assembly
• Assemble structural piece parts according to specifications
• Experience in physically demanding shipbuilding or steel fabrication environments
• Familiarity with OSHA shipbuilding regulations
• Experience using grinders and needle guns
• Air Carbon Arc Gouging
• Ability to use Work Packages and Drawings to plan and execute work
• Ability to use Molded Lines and Ship Reference Lines
• Experience erecting, setting, and making up complex-shaped shell plates
• Experience with decks, bulkheads, longitudinals, trunks, and related structural components
• Ability to install and replace hull inserts and penetrations
• Ability to install miscellaneous and complex foundations

Optional Skills

• Rigging / Material Handling
• Optical instrument experience, including Level and Transit
• Shipwright / Erect & Set experience
• Tank Testing
• Mobile equipment operation, including JLG and Scissor Lift

Tack Welding Qualification

All Advanced Shipfitters must pass a Multi-Pass Tack Welder Qualification Test upon reporting for their first day.

Testing includes:

• SMAW process
• Vertical Up (3F)
• Overhead (4F)
• Multi-Pass Tack Welding
• Visual Inspection of Weld Level I

Candidates must successfully pass the required Newport News Welding School testing before beginning work.

Interested? Call Us Today!

Michelle
336-905-2549
recruit@pmqservices.com

Lourdes Better
470-313-0275
lourdes@pmqservices.com

PMQS – Project Quality Management Quality Services