Veterans: put your trade to work on the Gulf Coast
Welders, hull techs, steelworkers, fitters — your military experience is exactly what AMS hires for shipbuilding and ship repair.
Your service trained you for this.
If you welded, fit pipe, ran hull maintenance, turned a lathe, or worked steel in the Navy, Army, Marines, Coast Guard, or Air Force, you already have the skills AMS puts to work every day. Since 2010, Alliance Mechanical Solutions has supplied A-Class craftsmen and experienced supervision for shipbuilding and ship repair across the U.S. marine industry — out of our base in Loxley, Alabama.
Same trades you already know. The same SAFETY FIRST discipline you were held to in the service.
Does your rating transfer? It does.
Here's how common military jobs line up with the trades AMS hires — pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters.
- U.S. NavyHull Maintenance Technician (HT)Pipe welder · Pipefitter · Shipfitter
- U.S. NavySteelworker (SW) — SeabeesStructural welder · Shipfitter
- U.S. NavyDamage Controlman (DC)Pipe welder · Pipefitter
- U.S. Marine CorpsMetal Worker (1316)Structural welder · Shipfitter
- U.S. ArmyAllied Trades Specialist (91E)Pipe welder · Structural welder
- U.S. Coast GuardMachinery Technician (MK) · Damage Controlman (DC)Pipefitter · Pipe welder
- U.S. Air ForceMetals Technology (2T3X1)Structural welder
Not on the list? If you worked metal, pipe, or machinery in uniform, your experience likely still fits — apply and tell us what you did. Unsure how your MOS translates? The U.S. Department of Labor's free CareerOneStop veterans tools crosswalk your military job to civilian trades.
Real marine work, close to home.
AMS crews self-perform pipe fabrication, structural fabrication, and welding for shipbuilding and ship repair, backed by experienced supervision and a SAFETY FIRST culture. If you're transitioning out — or already in the civilian world and want to keep working with your hands in the trade you know — this is it.
Ready to get back to work?
Tell us your trade and your experience — an AMS representative will follow up. Résumé optional.