Description
This is a waterfront shipboard construction and re-modernization position, working directly in shipyards and drydocks onboard U.S. Naval ships. The Supervisor / Pipefitter Subject Matter Expert (SME) will serve as the primary technical authority for shipboard piping systems supporting Electronic Cooling Water (ECW), chilled water, and nitrogen (N₂) services on U.S. Naval vessels.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership & System Expertise: Lead installation, modification, and repair activities in shipboard and shipyard environments, ensuring strict adherence to Navy technical requirements, shipyard procedures, quality standards, and safety protocols.
- System Installation, Modification & Repair: Oversee work on main supply and return headers, branch lines to air handling units (AHUs), fan coil units, and electronic equipment coolers.
- Documentation, Standards & Quality Assurance: Interpret and apply Navy and shipyard piping standards and documentation, ensuring that all work is documented properly.
- Coordination, Collaboration & Mentorship: Collaborate with Engineering and Planning departments to review designs for constructability and alignment with shipboard realities, and mentor junior pipefitters, mechanics, and apprentices.
Safety & Work Environment:
- Promote and enforce safe work practices in confined spaces, hot work areas, and elevated work locations.
- Work will be performed aboard ships and in shipyard environments that may be hot, cold, noisy, and physically demanding.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related business or technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
Experience:
- 5-8 years of related experience, including supervisory experience.
The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $109,250.