Marine Sheet Metal Layout and Installation Technician (First-Class)

LEAD Staff

Job Description

Make Precision Fit the Standard

Join a team that turns drawings into working shipboard systems. As a first-class marine sheet metal professional, you’ll be the go-to for precise layout, clean fabrication, and dependable installation across foundations, ventilation, bulkheads, and shipboard furniture.

Your Impact

Transform complex assembly drawings and blueprints—complete with weld symbols, material specs, and datum/reference lines—into accurate layouts
Fabricate and assemble piece parts that meet specification and quality standards
Install ventilation systems, structural foundations, bulkheads, and outfitting components aboard ship
Apply OSHA shipbuilding safety practices consistently in a physically demanding environment

Tools You’ll Handle

Hand tools: electric drills, grinders, rivet guns
Shop equipment: drill press, press brake (press break), shears

What You Bring

Minimum 3 years experience as a first-class Sheet Metal Worker in shipboard installation and sheet metal fabrication shop work
Fluency with fractional and decimal measurements; confident ruler use
Proven ability to lay out (layoff) and assemble piece parts to spec
Experience thriving in physically intensive shipyard settings
Familiarity with OSHA requirements for the shipbuilding industry

Preferred & Transferable Experience

Marine experience preferred
Aircraft, industrial, or commercial sheet metal backgrounds are fully applicable

Bonus Skills

Rigger/material handling
Mobile equipment operation (JLG, scissor lift, etc.)

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