Marine Trade Jobs in Mobile, AL
Pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters — AMS has crews working here now.
Marine work in Mobile
Mobile County is one of the largest shipbuilding centers on the Gulf Coast — Austal USA builds Navy vessels on the Mobile River, Alabama Shipyard runs a major repair yard nearby, and the marine trade runs south through Chickasaw and Theodore down to the boatbuilding town of Bayou La Batre, where Metal Shark and Steiner build for the Coast Guard and the commercial fleet. It's home ground for AMS, whose base sits just across the bay in Loxley, and crews are working here now.
Mobile's marine demand is pointed up. Austal USA reports a backlog of more than $10 billion (company-reported) across Coast Guard and Navy programs, and has announced roughly $750 million of expansion with 2,000 projected jobs in submarine modules and large steel assembly — announced figures, but they show where the next decade of steel is headed. Alabama's private shipyards already carried 3,750 jobs at $83,917 average pay in 2024 (BLS QCEW). AMS has active crews in Mobile now and is hiring pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters at $35–$40/hr plus overtime.
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 Mobile
Work marine trades in Mobile
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