Marine Trade Jobs in New Iberia, LA
Pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters — a market AMS recruits from.
Marine work in New Iberia
New Iberia anchors the Acadiana marine market around the Port of Iberia — one of the country's busiest offshore-fabrication ports, turning out pipe and structural steel for the marine and energy industries. It's part of the Louisiana market AMS recruits from.
Acadiana's marine labor story is transferability. The Port of Iberia's fabrication trade keeps a real bench of code welders, fitters, and layout hands working in pipe and plate, and the bayou shipbuilding corridor those skills feed is within reach. Louisiana pays its marine trades better than any Gulf state — its welder and pipefitter medians lead the five-state region (BLS, May 2025) — and every builder is chasing experienced hands. AMS recruits pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters from New Iberia: per-diem travel is common, pay runs $35–$40 an hour plus overtime, and applying takes minutes, resume optional.
Public-record market activity, not AMS clients. Cost of living here runs about 10% below the national average — your paycheck goes further.
The trades AMS hires in New Iberia
Work marine trades in New Iberia
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