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EEOC and AAP statement:
Bay Metals & Fabrication, LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by the law.
Open positions
- Project Managers
- First Class Shipfitters
- Welders
- 1st Class Sheetmetal Mechanic
- 1st Class Marine Pipefitters
Project Managers
Job description:
Supervises multiple availabilities and supervises as many as 50 employees at a time. Orders material required, assigns daily tasks to crew, trains employees, ensures daily production plans are being accomplished, oversees hot work operations, and accomplishes OQE (Objective Quality Evidence) as well as visual inspections. Acts as work authorization form (WAF) coordinator. Should be highly skilled in mechanical systems, reading blueprints and drawings, drawing sketches of new foundations to be installed and deck plates, and job planning. Engineering experience preferred. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in fabricating and installing metal structural parts, such as bulkheads, plates, and frames in ships. Inspects installations, such as decks and engine foundations for conformance with specifications. Supervises workers engaged in repairing structural parts of ships. Plans production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products, and utilizing knowledge of production processes and methods, machine and equipment capabilities, and human resource requirements. Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications. Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
Special requirement:
Must be able to obtain access to all area shipyards (BAE, NASSCO, MHI, NOB, NNSY, HII-NPN, Little Creek).
- Job type: Full-time, on-site
- Salary: Starting at $35.00 per hour, to be determined based on experience; with bonus pay
- Schedule: 8-hour or 10-hour shift, Monday to Friday, may include overtime
First Class Shipfitters
Job description:
In charge of fabricating components of installation by cutting, bending, and welding metal parts using equipment; installing components within the hull of ship according to blueprint specifications; conducting layouts for TAOs within the skin of the ship; inspecting each completed fabrication project to verify adherence to blueprint and procedural specifications; and performing removal or installation of electrical foundations throughout the ship.
Special requirements:
Must be able to follow Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to promote a safe work environment. Must have ample experience in using torches, plasma cutters, and welding machines. Must be able to pass a background check and gain access to area shipyards (BAE, NASSCO, area naval bases, etc).
- Job type: Full-time, on-site
- Salary: Starting at $30.00 per hour
- Schedule: To be determined
Welders
Job description:
First class welders – Must be able to pass a combo structural test in the form of SMAW butt weld tests in all positions and FCAW butt weld tests in all positions. Alternatively, must be able to pass a GTAW 6G copper nickel butt weld pipe test and a 6G stainless steel socket weld test.
Second class welders – Must be proficient in SMAW butt welds in all positions, FCAW butt welds in all positions, or both. This role has future opportunities for advancement.
Third class welders – Must be proficient in SMAW and FCAW fillet welding in any position. This role has future opportunities for advancement.
Special requirements:
Must be able to gain access to area shipyards (BAE, NASSCO, area naval bases, etc).
- Job type: Full-time, on-site
- Salary: $20.00–$32.00 per hour, depending on class
- Schedule: To be determined
1st Class Sheetmetal Mechanic
Job description:
Full time with competitive pay and benefits. Must have own reliable transportation. All applicants must be able to pass a drug screening as well as an extensive background check and be able to gain access to area shipyards (BAE, NASSCO, MHI, Northrup Grumman, NNSY).
- 5 Years experience preferred
- Strong mechanical ability required
- Welding experience a plus
- Furniture installation, building berthing, layout, stud shooting, welding, small deck & bulkhead.
- Head patches, joiner blk.
- Head replacements, ventilation rip out & install, breaking/bending metal build or repair structures in construction, erect scaffold, perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting, read blueprints, use measuring devices in construction or extraction work.
Bay Metals & Fabrication, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, non-disqualifying disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
- Work Location: Multiple locations
1st Class Marine Pipefitters
Description of Responsibilities:
Installing pipe systems, troubleshooting pipe systems. Maintenance installs or repairs water, steam, gas or other types of pipe and pipefitting. Work involves most of the following: laying out work and measuring to locate position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications, cutting various sizes of pipe to correct lengths with band saws, grinders, oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting machines, threading pipe with stocks and dies. Responsible for bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven machines, assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers, making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow and size of pipe required; and making standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet specifications.
Must be able to pass a background check and gain access to area shipyards (BAE, Nassco, area Naval Bases, etc). Please submit your resume for review.
Bay Metals & Fabrication is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, non disqualifying disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Marine Pipefitting: 5 years (Preferred)
Benefits you’ll receive when you join the BMF team
- Competitive pay
- 401(k), Roth 401(k) +Matching
- Holiday pay
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Health Spending Account with employer contributions
- Critical illness and accident insurance
- Bonuses
- Paid time off
Our goal with this program is to create the next generation of skilled tradespeople and future leaders of BMF.
Trade Practice and Technical Studies Program
BMF offers a yearlong training program to eligible applicants and employees focused on all ship repair trades to include:
- Industrial Math
- Blueprint Reading
- Standard Items
- Pipefitting Principles
- Sheetmetal Principles
- Welding Theory and Practical Welding/Certification
- Shipfitter Principles
- Marine Electrical Principles
- Painting and Insulating Principles
- Workplace Ethics
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