A Class Outside Machinist - SDCA (Night Shift)

About the role

To work within a team of Outside Machinists to achieve minimum production time, standards and quality in keeping with company policies, while maintaining a positive and motivated team environment.

Responsibilities

• Install equipment on board vessels in a safe and productive manner.
• Disassemble, fault find, repair and re-assemble shipboard equipment as directed by the supervisor.
• Mark and measure to close tolerances using Austal calibrated equipment.
• Safely rig equipment following all OSHA requirements.
• Inspect work, identify potential problems, and initiate corrective actions.
• Increase awareness of Quality procedures within department.
• Ensure adherence to correct work procedures.
• Continuously improve communications and flexibility within the team.
• Develop other team members’ skill levels.
• Build pride of workmanship and quality through on the job training.
• Contribute towards innovation / productivity improvements.
• Assist in the control of waste elimination, e.g. materials, consumables etc.
• Assist supervisor to maintain control of department equipment and its maintenance.
• Work towards the team goal of delivering the vessel on time.
• Follow Austal guidelines and procedures.
• Ensure work area is left clean, all equipment and tools are stowed away safely and protected against damage.
• Performs and executes work in compliance with NAVSEA STD Items.
• Must be able to travel to off-site work locations.
• Must follow Austal Off-Site Temporary Assignment Policy (SUP270).

Qualifications

• Comparable trade experience; comparable trade experience is defined as 5 or more years of experience working in the applicable trade, 2 years of experience in shipbuilding, or education in the trade comparable to apprenticeship or 1-year minimum work experience as a B-class outside machinist at Austal.
• Demonstrated knowledge of shaft alignment techniques including laser alignment systems and dial indicator alignment processes.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of machining procedures; strong mechanical aptitude required.
• Knowledge of ship terminology.
• Proven ability to interpret engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated ability to safely operate all fixed and non-fixed machinery.
• Ability set up machinery to meet flatness tolerance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret job specifications.
• Ability to perform work on marine vessels.
• Must be able to follow directions and work with limited supervision.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and measure using the metric system.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Proven problem solving abilities.
• Must be able to travel to off-site work locations.
• Must follow Austal Off-Site Temporary Assignment Policy (SUP270).

Tools

• Must have full set of personal tools.

Physical demands

• Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Ability to bend, squat, stoop, crawl, and kneel.
• Perform prolonged standing.
• Ability to turn head from side to side and about the vertical axis.
• Ability to turn body at the waist from side to side and about the vertical axis.
• Lift/push/pull 50 lbs to 75 lbs on an occasional basis.
• Lift/push/pull up to 20 lbs on a frequent basis.
• Ability to climb in a safe manner (stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps).
• Ability to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts.
• Able to work at a variety of levels (waist, eye, overhead).
• Demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately use required tools and equipment.
• Demonstrate good balance while working on uneven surfaces and maneuvering obstacles.
• Possess sufficient handgrip and coordination to carry and operate tools and equipment.
• Ability to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toe shoes, goggles, respirator, safety harness, safety line, flotation gear, etc.) safely per OSHA standards.
• Ability to withstand cold and hot temperatures.
• Ability to enter 18” x 36” openings and work in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time.
• Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands.
• Able to utilize adequate visual skills.
• Ability to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and reaching down.
• Ability to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture by means of receptors in the hands and fingers.

Work environment

• Regularly exposed to humid conditions, bright flashing lights, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles at or below the PEL, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually very loud, + 90 dB.

Safety

Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.

Pay

Pay rate: $42.75 per hour