Marine Staffing
LEAD Marine operates out of key port offices in Jacksonville, Newport News, Norfolk, San Diego, and Tampa. We understand that shipbuilding and repair is a specialized trade that demands more than just labor—it requires craftspeople who can transform raw steel into a sea-ready vessel while thriving in the most demanding environments. Our rigorous pre-screening and safety-first culture make our employees a strategic asset to the world’s largest defense contractors and international shipyards.
Ready for Work: Fully Cleared & Compliant
We remove onboarding delays by delivering a workforce that already meets the stringent security, safety, medical, and compliance requirements of U.S. Navy shipyards and specific maritime facilities nationwide.
Our personnel arrive gate-ready with:
- Facility & Base Security Clearances: DBIDS, NAVSEA Badges, Facility & Ship’s Access
- Safety: OSHA 10 Maritime, Firewatch, Jobsite Specific Safety Training, Permit Authorizing Individual (PAI), Work Authorization Form (WAF), RADCON, Competent Persons Training, Ship Awareness Training
- Medical Clearances: Drug screen, audiogram, vision (specific trades), respirator clearance, respirator fit test, and additional customer-specific requirements
- Company Personal Protective Equipment: PPE is provided
Core Marine Disciplines
We regularly deploy credentialled safety-vetted professionals—from helpers to journeyman, and SCA Wage Determination required projects across these critical roles:
Marine Electricians
Ship Superintendents
Ensure ships comply with safety, environmental, and classification regulations while overseeing maintenance, repairs, and dry-docking projects, ultimately ensuring efficient technical operations.
Outside & Inside Machinists
Ship repair terminology and ship compartment location nomenclature are typically required for this role, as are other key skills within the shipbuilding and repair world.
Helpers
Assists skilled technicians, pipefitters, or electricians in repairing, maintaining, and constructing vessels and marine equipment.
Pipefitters
Knowledge of the various types of shipboard piping systems and many other experiences within this category, short or long term.
Welders
First class shipyard experience, flux core welders, stick structural welders, combo welder/fitters, tig welding, welding pipe of various metals on a ship or in a shop.
Shipfitters
Blueprints to cut, align, and fit steel plates, using welding tools, torches, and heavy machinery for fabrication.
Quality Assurance Inspectors
NDT Inspectors
Evaluate the structural integrity of ships, offshore platforms, and subsea structures without damaging them, ensuring compliance with NAVSEA, ABS, or USCG standards.
Firewatch
Monitors hot work (welding, burning, cutting) in shipyards or aboard vessels to prevent fires, ensuring safety compliance.
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“LEAD Marine is professional, responsive, and a leader in providing quality employees. I am confident that LEAD can provide skilled labor for my “hard to fill” positions that other suppliers purposely avoid. The LEAD team is a prime example of what a staffing company working with industrial labor should be. Partnering with their team is both effortless and enjoyable.”
“Lead Marine teamed with our company to get our new Composite Technician Division up and running. By supplying us with six qualified and trainable candidates, we were able to build a Composite Carpenter team to accomplish our goals and hit milestones in support of our defense contract client. Three of the six employees supplied by LEAD were hired permanently and assigned direct roles to help maintain our competitive edge bidding contracts in this new composite market on the San Diego waterfront. Without LEAD’s knowledge of the Shipyard industry and the know-how to find exactly what we needed, I do not believe we would have been able to accomplish what our company was able to do.”
“Working with LEAD was a game-changer for our company. Their team went above and beyond to understand our needs and provided us with top-notch talent that perfectly fit our requirements. Their professionalism, efficiency, and dedication to client satisfaction are truly commendable. Thanks to LEAD Jacksonville, we’ve been able to streamline our hiring process and build a stronger, more dynamic team. We highly recommend their services to any company seeking exceptional staffing solutions.”