Job Description
Type of Requisition: Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Confidential
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Field Service and Support
Job Qualifications: Skills: Blueprints, Hot Work, Layout
Certifications: None
Experience: 2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Job Description: Shipfitter (US Navy Submarine)
Location Onsite at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery Maine
Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Shipfitter (US Navy Submarine) for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.
The SUB AIT program supports the In-Service Attack Submarines Program Office (PMS 392) under Program Executive Office Attack Submarines (PEO SSN) to achieve optimal submarine operational readiness by providing /production support, component repairs and technical support to accomplish repair, maintenance, removal/installation, troubleshooting and associated testing for Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) submarine maintenance availabilities.
The efforts associated with this program will help restore and maintain the material condition and modernization of the fast attack submarines of the United State Navy.
Requirements - 2+ years' experience performing repair work on nuclear submarines within the trade they are being assigned.
- HS/GED
- Must be US Citizen.
- Confidential Security Clearance or higher level required.
Personnel shall have at least 2+ years' experience performing repair work on nuclear submarines within the trade they are being assigned.
Personnel shall have DOW type "final" security clearance (DISCO authority with a minimum of a confidential clearance status).
At a minimum, all personnel shall be United States citizens and shall possess a final favorable adjudicated tier 3 investigation. Contractor personnel must have a Department of War Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) at the confidential level or higher.
Shipfitter Tasks
Rip-out, alter, repair, and install ship's structure (frame structure, metal deck plating and grating, hull fittings such as davits and fairleads, chocks, scuttles, sockets and deck rails.
Template, layout and fabricate structures and fittings including bulkheads, equipment foundations, hangers, ladders, stanchions, brows, accommodation ladders, and guards.
Remove and install corrosion-prevention plates (Zinc)
Perform the following operations: punch, drill, ream, tap, and template cutting.
Fit-up and make ready for welding, including chipping, nibbling, beveling, hand-grinding and cleaning of surfaces to be welded.
Perform excavation of pits or defects in ship's structure, including pressure hull and frames.
Perform post weld cleaning of ship's structural repair areas.
Remove and reinstall tank access covers in support of other work.
Shipfitter Skill Requirements
At least 2 years naval or commercial ship repair experience, or equivalent experience in a heavy industrial environment performing the Typical Trade Task identified.
Trained and qualified to wear respiratory protection devices IAW 29 CFR 1910.134 (Subpart I).
Proficient at removing, altering, repairing, and installing ship's structure.
Knowledgeable and proficient in the following skills: manufacture templates, layout and fabricate structures and fittings including bulkheads, equipment foundations, hangers, ladders, and stanchions; fit-up and make ready for welding, including chipping, beveling, hand-grinding and cleaning of surfaces to be welded.
Proficient at performing post-weld clean-up of ship's structural repair areas and removal/reinstall of tank access covers in support of other work.
Trained and qualified to wear respiratory protection devices IAW 29 CFR 1910.134 (Subpart I).
Shipfitter Technical Standards
29 CFR 1910.134 (Subpart I) - Respiratory Protection
29 CFR 1915 (Subpart I)
Required Shipfitter Skill Training
Blueprint Reading
Layout Procedures
Drilling and Tapping
Removal and Installation of Shipboard Foundations
Set up and Use of Hot Work Containments
Selecting and Wearing Respirators
Identifying, Selecting and Wearing Fall Protection
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#SubAIT #hireshipyardcareersgdit The likely hourly rate for this position is between $39.56 - $53.52. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Travel Required: 50-75%
T elecommuting Options: Onsite
Work Location: USA ME Bath
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