r/NNShipyard

Hello. I got an entry role at E50 and it’s been nearly 2 weeks since DSP and HireRight background check. I haven’t heard anything. I’m just wondering if I should worry and try to contact or if I should sit back and let them do their work. Sorry just paranoid, really curious on your experiences thank you.

Hello, Everyone I have some questions about this job, I recently applied for the Ship-fitter position, entry level, and I actually got the interview. (I think it’s fun to sit on my PC and just apply to jobs) I don’t wanna put the cart before the horse, but I don’t know if I would like to stay in Newport News forever, it is not my style. I want to be a flight attendant in Chicago or New York, honestly. I don’t want to jeopardize my future by moving job to job to job. I heard the job was physically demanding as well, should I work out a bit before starting the job? I wanna support myself and my family (they really want me to get this job as well) but I also wanna pursue my dreams. I don’t know what to do honestly.

Hello all, I recently accepted a position as a x33 shipyard painter apprentice. I’m so curious as to what the day to day work looks like!! Like I cannot find anything online. Is it super labor intensive? Am I just painting random parts of the boat? Like if someone can walk me through as to what their day looks like that would be great!😭

Also is there any shuttle service from Norfolk to Newport News shipyard? Would be very grateful for any info on that since I’ve heard there is (maybe idk).

I was injured at work and was unable to return to work. I was told by the clinic that I could not return without a work release form being completed and signed by a physician

At the time, the physician that was treating me told me that they do not sign work release forms unless the situation is related to workers’ compensation. Because of that, I went to my primary care physician to have the paperwork completed so that I could return to work. However, the clinic would not accept the paperwork because my primary care physician was not the doctor treating me for the injury.

I contacted the physician who was treating my injury that same day and explained that I could not return to work without the paperwork. I was then told that I would have to wait approximately a week and a half because the physician was on vacation. This put me in a very difficult situation with the company because I was ready and willing to return to work but could not do so without the proper paperwork.

I explained the situation to the clinic, and I was told that I needed to call in every day so that I would not get in trouble. I honestly did not understand at the time that I was required to call in every day when the company knows I’m out for an injury. Once I was told, I called in for the two days I was instructed to call in, which were Thursday and Friday but on Monday my pern number couldn’t be found.

I finally received my paperwork by email and immediately went to the clinic to turn it in so I could return to work. When I arrived, however, I was told that the company believed I had gone AWOL. That was never my intention, and I was never trying to abandon my job. I was doing everything I understood I was supposed to do while trying to get the paperwork necessary to return to work.

I then filed a grievance with the union because I needed help with the situation. Unfortunately, I was recently informed that the company has denied my claim.

Has anyone heard a rumor of E84 STE and above receiving “annual bonuses”?

I am an m53 apprentice and I honestly have a long ways to go before I reach advanced selections. I’m trying to figure out what would be the best way to become an engineer later in my Career and what is the selection process like for nuc test technician and marine design.
What is your best advice on getting into those two and what is the pay like.

Are there any ATMs inside the shipyard besides the one in building 907?

NNS parents! What are you guys and gals doing in the mornings with your kiddos when we have to start work at 6am and daycares don’t open till 6am?

can anyone give any guidance to the timeline for getting in for e85? i had my interview 6/11 and my pivot and clinical 6/30. went back to get my heart rate rechecked like 7/7, got a call a few days after that saying that the clinic cleared me and sent the paperwork off and it’s been good. emailed my recruiter like a week after that and he said that they’re still waiting on the clinic pass. im in no rush im just curious how long it took other ppl to get in for e85, i know the length can vary depending on the field/trade

My area received new hard hats today. I wear a small and was told they are not ordering smalls and extra large fiberglass hard hats? I received a medium and it’s too big. I was told to call safety to prove that’s it’s too small so the company will buy the right ones. How is that right? Why would you buy the right size ppe for your employees even if it’s only a small amount of them. Let’s spend money on new stuff we don’t need instead of fixing the parking lots or roadways.

It's seems the company has started a war on the hourly worker. Are they trying to make people quit? They are writing up people for miniscule infractions. Towing your vehicles for bogus reasons. And when the nuclear pipe fitters called out their management to question them on the pipe welders getting a 7 dollar raise, they got told .... Norfolk naval is hiring. Thats a sign right there. I've spoken with foremen and hourly about that raise. No one is happy about it except the pipe welders. I say good for them. If the company can increase their pay buy 7 dollars, they can afford to increase my pay say 4 or 5 dollars a hour. So of course everyone else is wildcat striking now.

Is it reasonable to believe that if I do a good job at my job that I’ll be able to keep the job here? I haven’t started yet but I see things about layoffs or people getting fired all the time, can I assume that I’ll be able to have a job for at least two years? Has anyone actually worked at the shipyard long term?

For future jobs that require an active security clearance when starting, could I switch to another department to get ‘Secret’? My position uses ‘confidential’ which does not give you many options to move to other defense jobs.

I was a x18 weldder, I lost my job back in begining of April and the union has been fighting my case. If I win my case. What could i expect the next steps to be? With it being this long would I have to do weld test again? Do I have to go thru what I did when I forst got hired like physical and all that? Would i get all the back pay too? Anyone who has experienced this and won there case please share with me what all happened with you. The reason for me loosing my job was inattentive durring fire watch. I had undiagnosed ADHD and got proof of diagnosis.

i just applied for x11 fitters with the 3 week class i get out of the navy in 5 months will a recruiter work with me and help me while i process out of the navy i have my interview next week. and is it possibly fast tracked ik ill pass a drug test and a background check will be clean.

Mannn I Feel Like Throwing in a towel with the shipyard I had my interview June 12th for experienced stage builder in X36 and did my agility test physical and drug test on the 30th of June. Now it’s August 10th and it still says Pre-Boarding. I haven’t got a call or email, I reached out to my recruiter twice and he said security is looking over my background check and the cordinator will get to me when there done and that was the middle of July. I have a job at NFI Logistics But I’m at my breaking point. I don’t know how to feel and what or when to expect anything. Shit really having me discouraged fr.

Can anyone tell me the genuine reason contacts arent allowed? Is it an employee safety thing or a security reason or what?

I’m currently an X18 & considering switching over to contractor. Is there a way to switch over without having to wait 6 months?