Plate Fitter 1st Class - Days

Company Overview:

Gulf Copper LLC, a subsidiary of Davie Defense, is a leading Marine Repair and New Construction company based in Galveston, Texas, with more than 75 years of ship repair and fabrication experience on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Copper’s primary business is the repair and refurbishment of marine vessels, ship construction, and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets.

Benefits:

• 401 (k)
• Group Health & Dental Plan
• Short-& Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Voluntary Life Insurance
• Holiday & Vacation Pay
• Employee Assistance Program

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.  

1. Must have a basic understanding of mathematics and be able to perform operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, as well as work fractions. 
2. Ability to interpret blueprints and perform lay outs and fabricate metal structural parts, such as plates, bulkheads, and frames, and braces them in position within hull of ship for riveting or welding. 
3. Quality Control: before using verify material compatibility with specifications. 
4. Lays out position of parts on metal, working from blueprints or templates and using scribe and hand tools. 
5. Locates and marks reference lines, such as center, buttock, and frame lines. 
6. Positions parts in hull of ship, assisted by Rigger. 
7. Align parts in relation to each other, using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.  
8. Marks location of holes to be drilled and installs temporary fasteners to hold part in place for welding or riveting. 
9. Install packing, gaskets, liners, and structural accessories and members, such as doors, hatches, brackets, and clips.  
10. May prepare molds and templates for fabrication of nonstandard parts.  
11. Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders and cutting torches. 
12. May tack weld clips and brackets in place prior to permanent welding.  
13. May roll, bend, flange, cut, and shape plates, beams, and other heavy metal parts, using shop machinery, such as plate rolls, presses, bending brakes, and joggle machines. 
14. Safely and efficiently use various hand, power and cutting tools.  
15. Be able to use large machinery such as a metal shear, metal brake and band saw. 

Required Education & Experience: 

1. High School Diploma and/or one year certificate from college or technical school preferred.  
2. Must be able to pass a hands-on test when applicable and/or marine/industrial plate/structural fitting experience: 
   • 1st Class: 3-5 years 
   • 2nd Class: 1-3 years 

Working Conditions: 

1. Open-air conditions such as noisy, hot, cold, etc. 
2. Must wear hearing, eye, head protection and proper PPE. 
3. Some climbing (100 feet) and lifting (50 lbs.) involved. 
4. Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights while wearing fall prevention equipment.  
5. Working with hot and sometimes hazardous materials. 
6. Aboard ships, both on and offshore as well as confined spaces. 
7. Must be able to stand and operate equipment for up to four continuous hours. 
8. The work requires long periods of sitting in awkward positions, standing on a variety of surfaces and at differing angles, bending over, crouching, and climbing up and over obstructions such as scaffolding, ladders, and internal barge and boat structural members.  

Necessary Equipment Operation: 

1. Cutting Torch 
2. Squares 
3. Levels 
4. Hand and Power Tools 

Special Skills: 

1. Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures. 
2. Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals. 
3. Perform basic mathematical functions. 
4. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
5. High performance and a strong team player. 
6. Commitment to company values and safety program.