KITTERY, Maine — Amid a worker shortage exacerbated by COVID-19, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is looking to fill 1,200 civilian positions over the next two years. In the previous five years, ...
Shipyards in Hampton Roads are soon going to face a very big problem – thousands of jobs left vacant by highly skilled tradesmen as they retire. “We’re roughly estimating there’d be about 18,000 jobs ...
Heather Johnson became a welder at Newport News Shipbuilding 11 years ago, and she’s fallen in love with it. Good welders are patient and meticulous. That kind of work appeals to her. It’s when she ...
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - It is a unique opportunity for you to learn welding skills, then, get a job at Ingalls. The Pascagoula shipyard has formed a partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community ...
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - One thousand new shipyard jobs at Topship Shipyard is big news, not only for craftsmen currently looking for employment, but also for students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community ...
Zaddie Johnson was a female welder in Mobile in 1945, is seen July 9, 2013, in Gadsden. During World War II she was part of an all-female welding crew at the shipyard in Mobile. (AP Photo/The Gadsden ...
Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. Navy have launched a sweeping probe of 13 vessels built or serviced in the Newport News shipyard since 2005, prompted by an admission from a Northrop employee that ...
Jeff Chittim, ESAB’s North American Senior Product Manager for Heavy Industrial Products, discusses how WeldCloud online applications and the ESAB Heavy Industrial Product Line are a powerful tandem ...