Hull Maintenance Technician: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Navy HT Hull Maintenance Technician experience builds transferable skills in welding, fabrication, plumbing & pipefitting, sheet metal, inspection, safety, and maintenance documentation. CivLaunch currently matches 8 open civilian jobs to this rating, including TIG Welder at NMG Aerospace, Welder at Essex Industries, and Sheet Metal Technician at Cutter Aviation.
About the HT rating
Fabricates, installs, maintains, and repairs shipboard structures, plumbing, sewage, and piping systems, and inspects the work. Plans and supervises hull repairs, instructs personnel, enforces safety and security procedures, and keeps records and reports.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
TIG Welder
NMG Aerospace · Stow, OH
Strong Match
Aerospace Manufacturing
3+ years
TIG welder at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Welds stainless, aluminum, and titanium pressure tanks and structural parts to print, torch-brazes joints, installs hardware, and checks welds and dimensions with gauges. Also runs shears, press brakes, and plasma cutters. Needs three to five years of TIG welding, blueprint reading, and passing company-supplied MIL-STD-1595 or AWS D17.1 testing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and sheet metal.
Production welder at Essex Industries in St. Louis, which builds aircraft components and oxygen and breathing equipment. TIG and MIG welds and finishes many metals and alloys for parts that must meet strength and pressure specs, works from blueprints and sketches, inspects finished welds, and completes paperwork. Needs one to three years of technical training and a year of welding.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and inspection.
Sheet metal and structures technician in Cutter Aviation's Phoenix Sky Harbor maintenance hangar. Repairs airframe structure on customer aircraft: riveting, patches, fiberglass work, corrosion treatment, priming, and paint, plus installing added equipment and logging each repair to FAA standards. Three to five years of aircraft structural repair experience preferred; high school diploma or GED required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, sheet metal, and safety.
Machine operator on Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach, Florida production floor, hired at three levels. Forms and machines aircraft parts on brake presses, shears, punch presses, laser turrets, tube benders, lathes, and mills from Piper drawings and process specs, performs first-article and self inspections, and handles routine machine upkeep under FAA quality rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, sheet metal, and inspection.
Structural repair technician at Empire Airlines' MRO hangar in Hayden, Idaho. Repairs airline aircraft structures and components per work cards and the approved maintenance program, and keeps records accurate. Requires an FAA Airframe certificate and two years of commercial or military heavy-check structures experience; up to 25% travel. Starting total pay is $31.67 to $36.70 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to sheet metal, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Production welder building aerospace parts and assemblies from aluminum, titanium, and other alloys with manual and robotic welding processes. Inspects welds, keeps traceability records, and helps train new welders to aerospace quality standards.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and inspection.
Composites technician at Empire Airlines' Hayden, Idaho repair station. Repairs composite aircraft parts and components following the repair station manual, manufacturer data, and FAA rules, tags and controls removed parts, and documents all work and training. Qualification is shown through experience, training, or practical tests; A&P certificates earn pay adders.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, safety, and maintenance documentation.
Upholstery technician in the C&L Aviation interior shop in Bangor, Maine. Works from drawings and aircraft specs to strip, clean, repair, and re-cover panels and seats in fabric, vinyl, and leather, cuts patterns and carpets, sews covers, installs headliners and sidewalls, and signs off work orders. Needs two years of industrial upholstery. Pays $22 to $35 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, safety, and maintenance documentation.