Pipefitter

Position Summary:
Bollinger Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS is seeking a Pipefitter Lead B responsible for laying out, installing, and maintaining piping systems on vessels, including heat, power, hydraulic, air pressure, and oil lines. This full-time, non-executive leadership role involves supervising and instructing employees, ensuring compliance with blueprints and specifications, and coordinating daily job activities to maintain efficiency and quality in shipyard piping operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Follow blueprints and use hand tools and shop machines

• Cut and bore holes in bulkheads and decks for pipe installation

• Cut and thread pipes and pipe fittings

• Connect pipes to fixtures and test systems for leaks, ensuring specification compliance

• Inspect work for compliance with blueprints, drawings, and specifications

• Assign daily tasks to employees using task sheets

• Monitor job activities, answer questions, provide guidance, and solve problems

• Select, supervise, and instruct employees

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership skills

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and work objectives

• Effective planning of work procedures, equipment, materials, and manpower

• Ability to build and lead productive teams and work as part of a supervisory team

• Strong communication skills

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a pipefitter preferred

• Capable of operating cutting torch and tack welding

• High School Diploma or GED required

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

• Work with hand tools, cutting torches, and welding equipment

• Physical demands typical of shipyard and pipefitting work environments

Reporting:
Not explicitly stated; typically reports to Foreman or Superintendent

Location:
Pascagoula, MS, US