WELDERS and FITTERS

Job Description

The Shipfitter and Welder must possess knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to assemble, modify, layout, fabricate, repair, and install plates, shapes, and/or pipe to be used to form a part of a structural assembly in connection with ship alteration and repair.

Responsibilities:

Weld together metal components of products, as specified by layout, blueprints, diagram, work order, welding producers, or oral instructions, using electric arc-welding equipment

Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or think scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter

Positions align, fit, and welds parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.

Weld completion in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions

Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment o fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding

Manually apply filler rod to supply weld metal

Clean or degrease weld joints or work piece, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical bath. May repair broken or cracked parts and fill holes

Set up and operate welding equipment and select proper electrodes according to metals to be joined or as instructed

Perform grinding and joint preparation for NDT processes

Flux-cored inner shield and dual shield welding along with oxy-acetylene torching, air-arc, weld-wire gas, stick, and pipe flange

Locates and marks work-piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.

Construct or repair metal products by joining parts either manually (using a variety of welding methods including electric arc, MIG and TIG welding, or oxy-acetylene welding) or by machine

Read and understand the Chemist and Competent Persons reports and determine if job sites, particularly those involving combustible material, are safe for personnel and hot work

Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.

Mark or tag material with the proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required

Will be required to wear personal protective equipment hard hat, safety glasses, steel toe boots/shoes, and when necessary, a respirator

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Must be able to demonstrate ability to perform multi-pass, all position fillet and butt welds using SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding), GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding), and FCAW (Flux Cored Arc Welding)

Knowledge of welding techniques (oxygen-acetylene, electric arc, and TIG), tools, and equipment

Knowledge of and ability to use hand tools and instruments associated with the trade

Comprehend blueprints, sketches, and templates

Enter and move through manholes to reach and work in internally confined spaces

DBIDS eligibility is a PLUS

***Major Plus if held loftsperson position or completed lofting vocational training ***Company Description

Since 1992, Tidewater Staffing, Inc. (TSI) has been providing unrivaled workforce solutions for our clients in the ship repair, warehousing, and light industrial/manufacturing industries. Through the years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to solving staffing challenges efficiently, economically, and with integrity by embodying our mission statement: “Put people to work. Do the right thing every day.”

Full-time