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: The Contracts Administrator would support proposal development, review/negotiate contract terms and conditions with Keel’s diverse customers, provide guidance to Keel business leaders, and work with program managers to verify contracts terms are met and contracts are maintained.   Explore the Depth of the Role: Support proposal development Review/negotiate government and commercial contract terms and conditions Complete Keel contract review 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: The Contracts Administrator would support proposal development, review/negotiate contract terms and conditions with Keel’s diverse customers, provide guidance to Keel business leaders, and work with program managers to verify contracts terms are met and contracts are maintained.   Explore the Depth of the Role: Support proposal development Review/negotiate government and commercial contract terms and conditions Complete Keel contract review 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: This position is for an experienced industrial painter who works independently to prepare, paint, and finish metal products, boats, ships, machinery, and manufactured items. The role requires advanced painting skills, knowledge of industrial coatings and surface preparation, operation of spray-painting equipment, color matching, equipment maintenance, and the ability to complete complex painting tasks with minimal supervision.   Explore the Depth...

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: Drive quality earlier into the launch process (Quality Assurance). React quickly to customer concerns. Improve the Business Management System through audits and improvement ideas. Meet annual departmental goals. Explore the Depth of the Role: Develop quality plans from customer requirements, external standards, and internal procedures to mitigate risk, be the contact for customer quality concerns.   Lead customer scorecard improvements.   Leader/member...

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 Maintenance Technician for Keel Midwest, you will be responsible for repairing and maintaining machinery and equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment.  Explore the Depth of the Role:   Maintain, clean, lubricate, repair and perform preventive maintenance to production machinery.  Cleans up and ensures equipment is ready for production....

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: Supports the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between departments according to production and shipping schedules. Maintains accurate records and assists in minimizing downtime by ensuring timely material movement.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Reviews production schedules and works with department supervisors to identify basic material requirements.  Assists with tracking overdue materials and updating material status.  Supports the...

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: (job summary here) General labor job associated with facility sanitation duties and work with Maintenance staff.  Explore the Depth of the Role: (Job Duties/responsibilities) Duties include cleaning walls, floors, equipment, or any other areas of the facility.  Restocking cleaning supplies and maintaining janitor closets in a clean, organized, and safe manner.  Disposing of waste, managing coolant supplies...

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: Supports the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between departments according to production and shipping schedules. Maintains accurate records and assists in minimizing downtime by ensuring timely material movement.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Reviews production schedules and works with department supervisors to identify basic material requirements.  Assists with tracking overdue materials and updating material status.  Supports the...

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 Maintenance Technician for Keel Midwest, you will be responsible for repairing and maintaining machinery and equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment.  Night Shift: Monday - Thursday, 4:15 pm to 4:45 am    Explore the Depth of the Role:   Maintain, clean, lubricate, repair and perform preventive maintenance to production machinery.  Cleans up 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 Senior Contracts Administrator would support proposal development, review/negotiate contract terms and conditions with Keel’s diverse customers, provide guidance to Keel business leaders, and work with program managers to verify contracts terms are met and contracts are maintained.  This position will have responsibility for ITAR/EAR compliance. Explore the Depth of the Role: Duties include supporting proposal development, reviewing/negotiating...

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: (job summary here) Coordinates and expedites flow of parts, and assemblies between sections or departments, according to manufacturing department priorities, and compiles and maintains manual or computerized records.  The position directly affects costs (esp. of materials, but also of time utilization), throughput speed, and – to a lesser extent – quality (as related to proper handling of materials).  Explore the Depth of the...

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 Senior Contracts Administrator would support proposal development, review/negotiate contract terms and conditions with Keel’s diverse customers, provide guidance to Keel business leaders, and work with program managers to verify contracts terms are met and contracts are maintained.  This position will have responsibility for ITAR/EAR compliance. Explore the Depth of the Role: Duties include supporting proposal development, reviewing/negotiating...

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 Program Manager oversees and drives execution across multiple programs or complex project platforms to ensure strong functional, technical, and financial performance. This role provides elevated leadership beyond day-to-day project management by coordinating cross-functional teams, optimizing program structures, and ensuring alignment between customers, fabrication partners, internal stakeholders, and company objectives. The Program Manager is...

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 People Business Partner I (PBP I) supports manufacturing and operations teams by assisting with people processes, onboarding, HR coordination, HR systems integrity, leave administration support, and day-to-day team member support. Reporting to the Director of People Operations, this role helps ensure consistent application of policies and procedures, supports compliance activities, assists in team member relations matters, and contributes to accurate people...

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 Laser Track Trainee supports dimensional inspection and measurement activities using portable laser tracking systems while learning fundamental metrology skills. This entry-level role assists technicians with production, tooling verification, and quality assurance tasks under direct supervision.  Explore the Depth of the Role: Assist with setup and breakdown of laser tracker equipment. Learn to operate laser tracker 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:   Develop and implement quality systems/processes related to new programs and projects, design and implement operational metrics to support day-to-day product quality systems, resolving quality issues, development of measurement systems to meet customer requirements, and facilitating continuous improvement activities. Requirements:   Explore the Depth of the Role: (Job Duties/responsibilities)   Follow up 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:   Repairs and maintains machinery and equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment. Explore the Depth of the Role:   Maintain, clean, lubricate, repair and perform preventive maintenance to production machinery. Cleans up and ensures equipment is ready for production. Troubleshoot electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems. Maintains fixtures/equipment to minimize...

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 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...