Houma shipbuilder will host job fair next week as it seeks to hire more than 100 workers

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.

GULF ISLAND TO EXPAND SHIPYARD WORKFORCE NEAR HOUMA

Shipbuilding project will add 106 new direct jobs in Terrebonne Parish

BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. President and CEO Richard W. Heo announced the company will expand its Shipyard Division workforce near Houma. The company will create 106 new direct jobs at an average annual salary of $48,000, plus benefits, to accommodate orders for marine vessel construction. Those orders include ferries, university research vessels funded by the National Science Foundation, and towing, salvage and rescue ships for the U.S. Navy.                                                                                                              

Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 123 new indirect jobs, for a total of 229 new jobs for Terrebonne Parish and the Bayou Region. Gulf Island also is retaining 308 existing jobs at its Shipyard Division facility along the Houma Navigation Canal.

“Gulf Island has long been recognized as a leader in the construction and repair of marine vessels,” Gov. Edwards said. “Shipyards have been a pillar of our coastal economy for many years, and this employment expansion at the company’s shipyard facility near Houma is welcome news for Terrebonne Parish and the surrounding area. Gulf Island should find our skilled workforce in the Bayou Region ready and able to take on the shipyard’s increasing workload.”