Field Artillery Cannoneer: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Marine Corps 0811 Field Artillery Cannoneer experience builds transferable skills in explosives & ordnance, equipment maintenance, inspection, safety, and team leadership. CivLaunch currently matches 5 open civilian jobs to this MOS, including Aerospace Painter at Primus Aerospace, Powder Coater at Innovative Solutions & Support, and Production Supervisor, Grinding at Héroux-Devtek.
About the 0811 MOS
Prepares artillery howitzers and equipment for movement, combat, and firing. Inspects and prepares ammunition, aims and loads the howitzer, handles ammunition, performs maintenance and routine testing, camouflages positions, protects equipment from chemical agents, and builds field fortifications.
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Aerospace Painter
Primus Aerospace · Reisterstown, MD
Potential Match
$20.40–$26.40 an hour
Aerospace Manufacturing
Second-shift aerospace painter at Primus Aerospace in Reisterstown, Maryland, working Monday-Thursday evenings. Cleans, sands, and masks machined parts, mixes and sprays primers, coatings, and topcoats to specification, inspects coverage and finish, and maintains spray equipment, wearing respirators and other PPE. Entry level; industrial, automotive, or aerospace painting experience preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Powder coater at Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, finishing precision parts for avionics. Cleans, sands, and masks parts, sprays powder coatings with electrostatic guns, runs the curing ovens, inspects finishes for even coverage, and maintains booths and spray equipment under PPE rules. High school diploma; two years of powder coating or automotive or industrial finishing preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Production machinist at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Loads and cycles CNC machining centers and manual machines, watches for worn or broken cutting tools, checks parts against blueprint dimensions with calipers and micrometers, deburrs finished parts, keeps fluids topped and chips cleared, and fills out production paperwork. Entry path: high school diploma or assessment; machining trade school preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and safety.
Senior welder operating electron beam, orbital, and TIG welding equipment on precision space and defense components; sets up and maintains welders, inspects welds under microscope, leads the work cell, and trains technicians.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment maintenance, inspection, and team leadership.