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 government and/or commercial shipbuilding specifications.

An equivalent combination of educations 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, NDT, Welding or Mechanical may be considered.

Skills: Intermediate level Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook Express. Ability to read and understand documents such as blueprints, drawings, Safety rules, and government documents and regulations. Ability to read and comprehend written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans. 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: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license. Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

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. Either natural or corrected near distance acuity in at least one eye such that you can read a minimum of Jaeger Number 1 or equivalent type and size letter at a distance on a chart but not less than 12 inches away using a standard Jaeger test chart. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all 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. The 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.