Shipfitter

**Position Summary**:
Shipfitters fabricate, assemble, fit and install steel or other metal components for ships and other similar structures. They are required to be able to read and interpret engineering drawings and blueprints to determine the sequencing of work such as cutting, fabricating, installing and welding components on marine vessels.

**Responsibilities**:

- Study engineering drawings and blueprints, determine the materials required, and plan the sequence of tasks to cut metal most efficiently
- Construct patterns and templates as guides for layouts
- Lay out reference points and patterns on heavy metal according to component specifications
- Rig, hoist and move materials to storage areas, or within/on marine vessels
- Assemble and fit metal sections and plates to form complete units or subunits using tack welding, bolting, riveting or other methods
- Set up and operate various heavy-duty metal-working machines such as brake presses, shears, cutting torches, air gougers, manual/semi-automatic plasma cutters, grinders and drills, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill or otherwise form heavy-metal components
- Install and weld fabricated components on or in marine vessels
- Assist with the installation and maintenance of piping, cutting, threading, bending and welding pipes, valves and fittings
- Other duties as required

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- A combination of over four years of work experience as a Shipfitter and some college or industry courses for a Marine Technician or Metal Fabrication/Structural Fitting
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints for marine repair and construction and other heavy construction blueprints
- 4+ years of experience work in a shipyard, either in ship repair or construction, or performing maintenance while sailing, an asset
- Ability to work in confined spaces and
- Strong mechanical aptitude

**Position**: Shipfitter

**Terms of Employment**: Permanent, Fulltime

**Salary**: $34.25 to $42 per hour

**Business Address**:208 Hillyard St, Hamilton, ON, L6L 6B6

**Location**:340 Lakeshore Road, St. Catharines, ON, L2M 0A2

**Benefits**: Health care plan, Dental plan, Vision care benefits, Disability benefits, Maternity Benefits

**Financial Benefits**: Bonus

**Long Term Benefits**: Life Insurance, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Group Insurance Benefits

**Mailing Address**:208 Hillyard St, Hamilton, ON, L6L 6B6