What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Laborer/ Fire Watcher position at Continental Tide Defense System INC.?
Job Description
Job Description
Company Overview :
Continental Tide Defense Systems, Inc. (Continental Tide) is an industry leader, providing engineering and industrial services to the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and other DoD organizations. At Continental Tide, we understand that a great company culture is one where employees know their voice is heard, no matter what their title is, and letting them grow in their role as the company does. We want to provide our employees with the opportunity to learn, be challenged and be in a position where they can succeed, develop new skills, and do things they wouldn't have the opportunity to do elsewhere. Our fast-paced and challenging environment, employees here at Continental Tide can catapult themselves to the top and we're looking for 'the best at what they do' to join our team and help us grow.
Continental Tide is seeking an experienced and skilled General Laborer / Fire Watcher. The successful candidate will join our Fleet Services Group performing various ship repair, modernization, and Alteration Installation Team (AIT) projects.
A fire watch is the person or persons responsible for continuously observing hot work activity for the detection of, and response to, fires during hot work operations. A fire watch has the authority to stop work if necessary and conduct essential steps for restoring safe conditions within the hot work area. The person performing the hot work cannot be the fire watch. That worker is concentrating on their own work and will not be able to react quickly enough should a fire ignite. Therefore, another employee or employees must be assigned the fire watch duty. Similarly, personnel actively engaged as the fire watch cannot perform other duties. Their focus and only duty is to watch for and respond to fires that occur during hot work.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Familiar with performing tasks involving physical labor.
- Lifts and moves materials, loads and unloads vehicles, uses and operates various tools and machines (hand tools, forklifts) and cleans and prepares work sites.
- Assists to remove hazardous waste materials.
- Performs simple repairs on machinery with basic handtools.
- Assists other trade workers by performing duties for firewatch, welder's helper, or install electric cable.
- Developing and implementing a written Fire Safety Plan; and reviewing the Fire Safety Plan with employees;
- Providing outside organizations expected to respond to fires with a copy of the Fire Safety Plan;
- Informing all employers on the worksite about the Fire Safety Plan, fire-related hazards, and emergency procedures;
- Performs general maintenance tasks.
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Benefits : Benefits :
Continental Tide offers an empowering professional environment in a culture that stresses teamwork, shared responsibility for company and client success, and personal growth. We offer competitive wages in salaried and hourly positions, educational opportunities, competitive employee benefit options, and a 401K plan with company match. We are always looking for top talent and we look forward to new thinkers and team-players joining our company!
Continental Tide is an Equal Opportunity Employer – minorities / females / veterans / individuals with disabilities / sexual orientation / gender identity. Continental Tide participates in E-Verify and U.S. citizenship is required for most positions.
See all of our latest opportunities at www.continentaltide.com or follow us on our LinkedIn page at www.linkedin.com / company / continental -tide-defense-systems .
To be considered you must apply by going to www.continentaltide.com.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.”
