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Shipfitter Jobs — Gulf Coast
Lay out, cut, fit, and align steel plate and structure for the welders.
The trade
What a shipfitter does at AMS
Shipfitters turn plans into steel — reading blueprints, laying out and cutting plate and structural members, then fitting, bracing, and tacking them into alignment so the welders can finish the joint. It's the layout and fit-up craft at the front of every structural job, on new construction and repair alike, and it demands a sharp eye for tolerance and a feel for how a hull goes together.
Blueprint layoutCutting & fit-upBracing & tackingTolerance & alignmentHull & structural assembly
By market
Shipfitter jobs by Gulf Coast market
AMS has crews working these markets now — start where AMS is active, or pick the metro closest to you.
AMS crews working now
Markets AMS recruits from
Shipfitter — Houston, TXmedian $20.94/hrShipfitter — Beaumont, TXmedian $23.18/hrShipfitter — Port Arthur, TXmedian $23.18/hrShipfitter — Orange, TXmedian $23.18/hrShipfitter — New Orleans, LAsee local payShipfitter — Morgan City, LAsee local payShipfitter — Lake Charles, LAsee local payShipfitter — Gulfport, MSsee local payShipfitter — Baldwin County, ALmedian $18.07/hrShipfitter — New Iberia, LAsee local pay
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