REQUIREMENTS
Education/Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three or more years of maritime/ship construction/repair and/or shipbuilding related industry experience desired. Previous experience in Quality Control (QC) and/or Quality Assurance (QA) required. Requires an understanding of commercial and/or government shipbuilding specifications.
An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered. An understanding and experience in welding and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Level II experience with PT/MT/UT to conduct visual inspections of completed welds to ensure they meet industry standards is desired. Experience in the shipyard of Electrical, Machinery, Piping, Outfitting or Mechanical may be considered.
Skills: Intermediate level Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook Express. Ability to make good judgement. Ability to read and understand documents such as blueprints, drawings, Safety rules, written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans and government documents and regulations. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and verbal instructions. Effective verbal and written communications skills with the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, employees, and customer representatives. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
Behavioral Attributes: Attention to detail, Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, safety consciousness, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid drivers’ license.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all the required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.