Marine Trade Jobs in Houma, LA
Pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters — AMS has crews working here now.
Marine work in Houma
Houma sits at the heart of Louisiana's shipbuilding and offshore-marine corridor along the Houma Navigation Canal, running down through Larose and Galliano — home to Bollinger Houma and Edison Chouest's North American Shipbuilding, some of the largest offshore-service builders on the Gulf Coast. AMS has crews working Houma right now, and it's the market where the next couple of weeks matter most.
Demand on the bayou points up. Bollinger's Fast Response Cutter line was extended again in September 2025, when the Coast Guard picked up its option for ten more boats; the company also holds the Polar Security Cutter program, and the offshore fleet keeps repair work constant. Meanwhile the labor pool is finite — about 1,350 welders metro-wide — and every Gulf builder is competing for them. Houma is one of only four markets where AMS has active crews today, and it is the market where AMS is pushing hardest right now to add pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters.
Public-record market activity, not AMS clients. Cost of living here runs about 12% below the national average — your paycheck goes further.
The trades AMS hires in Houma
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