Mechanic 1​/C

Job Title

Perform skilled work in the maintenance and repair of a variety of shipyard equipment, vehicles, marine engines, and marine machinery.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include the following:
Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, your duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with company, federal, state, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Perform major and specialized mechanical overhaul and repair work on gasoline, diesel, and marine engines and related marine equipment.
• Perform inspections and preventative maintenance on machinery and equipment; diagnose malfunctions, need for repairs, or adjustments.
• Repair and maintain hydraulic equipment and valves.
• Maintain accurate records on inspections and repairs/maintenance.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

May directly/indirectly supervise/train subordinates.

Education/

Experience:

High school diploma or GED equivalence plus three or more years previous heavy equipment repair and maintenance experience required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards desired. Previous shipyard experience desired.

Skills:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form. Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees. Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure.

Ability to read a tape measure.

Behavioral Attributes:
Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety-conscious, and multitasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery;

in confined spaces and withstanding extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.