Gulf Island Fabrication will conduct a job fair Feb. 25 as it seeks to hire 106 workers at its Houma shipyard.
The career fair, supported by LED FastStart, will take place from noon to 6 p.m. at Fletcher Technical Community College, 224 Weatherford Drive, Schriever. It will be held in the BP Integrated Production Technologies building, behind the main campus building.
Workers can apply at bit.ly/GulfIslandApply for positions that include welder, tacker, ship fitter, pipe fitter and foreman, Louisiana Economic Development said in a news release Thursday.
Applicants attending the career fair in person should bring updated résumés. Gulf Island will be making contingent job offers the day of the event to candidates selected during the interview process.
Job seekers can also register at bit.ly/37puGnK to participate in the job fair online instead of in person. A Gulf Island representative will be available for online interviews in the event’s virtual booth from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 25.
The Houston-based company announced Oct. 21 that it would expand the work force at its Houma shipyard to complete a backlog of work that includes ferries, university research vessels and Navy salvage and rescue ships.
"Due to our long duration contracts with the U.S. Navy and the National Science Foundation, we have an active recruiting effort underway for both professional and skilled craft positions, with an immediate need to hire over 100 craft individuals into our Shipyard Division,” company CEO Richard W. Heo said at the time.
Louisiana Economic Development estimates the expansion will also result in 123 indirect jobs, for a total of 229 new jobs for Terrebonne Parish. Gulf Island will also retain 308 existing jobs at its shipyard along the Houma Navigation Canal.