Outside Machinist

MUST BE DBIDS ELIGIBLE

PER DIEM AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

JOB SUMMARY:

Installs and repairs ships machinery, for example propelling machinery, engines, turbines, auxiliary motors, pumps, ventilating equipment, and steering gear, working from blueprints and using hand tools, calipers, and micrometers. The VAST majority of work is carried out onboard a ship. The tasks require an outside machinist to work in all kinds of physical positions and in many different types of spaces.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lays out passage holes on bulkheads, decks, and other surfaces for connections, for example shafting and steam lines.
• Installs below deck auxiliaries, for example evaporators, reverse osmosis units, stills, heaters, pumps, condensers, and boilers and connects them to various ships systems.
• Tests and inspects installed machinery and equipment.
• May also set up and operate such machine shop tools as lathe, boring mill, planer, shaper, slotter, and milling machine to fabricate replacement parts.
• Repairs and maintains diesel engines used to power ships, using hand tools, precision measuring instruments, and machine tools
• Diagnoses trouble, disassembles engines, and examines parts for defects and excessive wear.
• Reconditions and replaces parts, for example pistons, bearings, gears, valves, and bushings, using engine lathes, boring machines, hand tools, and precision measuring instruments.
• Positions, aligns, fits, and welds parts to form complete units or sub-units, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators
• Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems.
• Note gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs
• Start engines to propel ships and regulate engines and power transmissions to control speeds of ships, monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified.
• Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties.
• Perform general marine vessel maintenance or repair work, such as repairing leaks, finishing interiors, refueling, or maintaining decks.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of technical school, a full apprenticeship program, or completion of in-company four-year training program to satisfaction of plant training committee.
• Ability to read directions, job orders, prints, and specifications.
• At least a year of experience as a fully qualified machinist.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work involves considerable stooping, bending, and working in overhead structures and on scaffolds.
• May be required to lift and/or carry equipment/objects greater than 50lbs.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

Typical environment found in the shipyard and ship repair industry.