Keel

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Accountable for leading NDT team, overseeing productivity, efficiency, and quality management within the department's control. Explore the Depth of the Role: Manage NDT inspectors, supervisors and Level III inspectors/Examiners Assign resources to daily work ensuring all business requirements are met Maintain NDT compliance to contract flow down and internal requirements Ensure NDT is adequately staffed to support production needs Spearhead...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Accurately, safely and efficiently prepares outgoing shipments for both customers and vendors. Participates in all aspects of packaging, shipping and receiving by performing the following duties.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Efficiently and accurately prepare & pack completed parts for shipping or staging, to include stacking, packaging, shrink wrap and labeling.  Prepare and consolidate parts to ship to an outside service....

Description:    Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The Electrician performs electrical installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair on power panels, controllers, motor starters, and other electrical equipment. The position requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including running and securing cables, installing cableways, stripping and terminating wires, making electrical connections, and using a multimeter to test voltage and troubleshoot electrical systems....

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The Heavy Lift Manager is responsible for supervising and coordinating all heavy lift, rigging, crane, and drydocking operations across government ship repair, DOD, and commercial fabrication projects. This role ensures the safe, efficient, and timely execution of heavy lifts, rotations, transfers, dockings, undockings, and barge load-outs for waterfront transport. The Heavy Lift Manager works closely with riggers, signalmen, crane operators, drydock personnel, and...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The Quality Technician I performs basic inspection and testing activities to ensure incoming materials, in process production, and finished products meet customer and company specifications. This role works under close supervision and supports quality assurance processes within a manufacturing environment. Explore the Depth of the Role: Measure and visually inspect parts to verify conformance to specifications Approve incoming materials, in-process...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Fitter with experience assembling, fitting, and aligning fabricated structural steel components according to engineering drawings and blueprint specifications. Proficient in planning fabrication sequences, interpreting technical drawings, and preparing assemblies for welding while maintaining quality, accuracy, and safety standards. Explore the Depth of the Role:      Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and fabrication...

Description:    Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Install, maintain, repair, and test ship piping systems, including steam, hot water, hydraulic, air, and oil lines. Read and interpret complex blueprints and specifications. Lay out pipe systems, cut/thread/bend pipes, install supports, and connect piping to equipment. Repair and adjust valves and perform pressure/leak testing. Work independently with minimal supervision. Explore the Depth of the Role:     Install, maintain, and repair shipboard...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing.  That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results.  We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride.  Your Mission: Performs non-destructive testing (NDT), including dye penetrant inspections, in accordance with written procedures and applicable codes and standards to ensure product quality and compliance throughout the production process. Supports company safety, environmental, and 5S initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on quality and reliability. Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, conducts inspections at various production stages, and...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Assist in performing visual, magnetic particle and dye penetrant examinations in accordance with written procedures. Learn and support the testing and inspection of products that will be performed at various stages of the production process in compliance with applicable codes, standards, or other specified requirements. Places safety and environmental issues as a priority at all times. Helps compile and evaluate statistical data to determine and...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The ideal candidate should have broad IT project-management experience and be comfortable working with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership. They must also have hands-on experience managing and supporting an ERP system in a production environment. Experience with IFS ERP is highly preferred, as the role will involve projects impacting the ERP and related business systems. Explore the Depth of the Role: Technical Project Management...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The Welding Engineer III is a senior technical authority responsible for leading complex welding engineering activities from concept through production. This position establishes welding strategies, leads procedure development and qualification, resolves complex welding and fabrication challenges, advances welding automation and technology, and provides technical leadership across the organization. The Welding Engineer III serves as a subject-matter expert for...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: As a Marketing Specialist at Keel, you'll help plan, coordinate and execute marketing initiatives that support our business, our brand and our people. You'll work across the organization with Business Development, Operations, Engineering, Program Management, Human Resources, leadership and our production teams. You'll also work with outside vendors and partners throughout the Charleston area. One day you might be coordinating a trade show. The next, you might be...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: To serve as the Keel locations leader & SME in environmental, health and safety by developing and carrying out procedures in line with the organization that effectively control environmental compliance; required team member training, workers compensation, case management, accident, and health exposures in the company; and to maintain zero OSHA citations. Explore the Depth of the Role: Assists employees and staff management to understand OSHA regulations...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Coordinates and monitors the performance across assigned program platforms to achieve the best functional, technical, and profitable value of company projects. Explore the Depth of the Role: Liaison between Keel’s fabrication partner(s) and Keel’s leadership team. May communicate directly with Keel’s customer(s) professionally and reports out to the Director of PMO. Tracks and reports all program measurables, plans, goals, logistics, timelines,...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Prepares the estimated costs to process laser cut parts, forming and fabrication so that sales and management can make business decisions on what the product should be sold for as well as evaluate capacity and capital constraints when the business is awarded.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Evaluate product to be cost assessed with sales, engineering, and design for feasibility to process parts and how the product is to be quoted to the customer.   Work...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Assist with leading and coordinating activities of fabrication workers engaged in expediting flow of material, parts and assemblies within the fabrication department while making quality parts, according to work instructions.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Assist with leading, mentoring, and developing Welder I and II. Performs job safely. Ensures personal safety and the safety of subordinates; understands how machines work and how to operate them...

Description: Your Mission: Assist the EHS Manager with planning, establishing, implementing, and maintaining a variety of occupational health, safety, environmental programs to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees. Assist the Safety Manager in assuring that MTG complies with applicable federal and state health, safety and environmental laws, regulations and standards.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Conduct workplace EHS inspections, identify hazards, and track corrective actions through closure. Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.  Maintain OSHA records, incident documentation, EHS metrics, inspection findings, and regulatory records.  Develop and maintain JSAs/JHAs, safe-work procedures, and other EHS programs.  Conduct new-hire, recurring, and job-specific EHS training; develop training materials and maintain records.  Support environmental compliance, including...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: The Executive Assistant provides high-level administrative and operational support to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Leadership Team. Serving as a trusted partner and primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, this role is responsible for managing executive priorities, coordinating communications, and ensuring the efficient operation of the executive suite. Explore the Depth of the Role: Completes a broad variety of...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: Responsible for supporting manufacturing engineering activities related to product design, steel processing, fabrication, and assembly. This role assists in developing manufacturing documentation, supporting production processes, and ensuring manufacturing requirements align with product design intent. The Manufacturing Engineer works with engineering, production, quality, and project teams to learn and apply manufacturing engineering principles while supporting...

Description: Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You. Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands-on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing. That means when you join Keel, you’re joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real-world results. We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride. Your Mission: As a CNC Machinist for Keel, you will be responsible for operating CNC Machines in a job shop setting to manufacture complex, tightly tolerance components ranging from small to large from print and to exacting quality and delivery deadlines. On the job training is provided as needed. Available Shifts: Day Shift: Monday - Friday 6:00 am to 4:30 pm Night Shift: Monday - Thursday 4:15 pm to 4:45 am (Shift differential does apply) Weekend Shift:  Friday -...