Maritime welding Series

The Navy is completely transforming its nuclear-powered submarine fleet and needs an influx of skilled trades workers to build and maintain its critical undersea advantage.
This requires the addition of 100,000+ skilled workers with the training and commitment to ensure success. Project MFG partners with many groups dedicated to increasing our naval advantage. 
Project MFG’s Maritime Welding competitions focus on industry needs and invites high-school students to participate in welding competitions to prove their skills, help industries identify skilled workers, and expose students to the many job opportunities available to them in the maritime industry.
Many events end with the competition winners not only winning prizes and receiving top honors, but walking away with job offers from local industry representatives!
 
Are YOU a company supporting the Navy’s efforts to build and maintain its fleet and want to host a competition/recruiting event?

email: competitions@projectmfg.com

We have a lot planned for the 2024-25
Maritime Welding Competition Series!

Fall 2024 Events

Pascagoula, MS

Ingalls Shipbuilding

Employing more than 11,000 employees, Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi . For 85 years, Ingalls has designed, built and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.  The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, Ingalls is simultaneously building four classes of ships.

Philadelphia, PA

Philly Shipyard

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (formerly known as Aker Philadelphia Shipyard) is a leading U.S. shipbuilder presently pursuing a mix of commercial & government work, ranging from shipbuilding to repair and maintenance. They possess a state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility—located in Philadelphia, PA—with a reputation as a preferred provider of oceangoing merchant vessels.

Hampton Roads, VA

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding

HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. As the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, and with a more than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong.

The Project MFG Maritime Welding Competition is a welding-focused competition comprised of individual community focused qualifying competitions and a National Championship.  The first and second place winners of each Maritime Welding event will be invited to attend the National Championship.

The Maritime Playbook
outlines the following:

  • Competition Rules
  • Competitor Requirements
  • Eligibility
  • Reasons for Disqualification
  • Safety
  • Required PPE
  • Performance Evaluation

Pictures from last Season

Maritime Welding Championship at Pennsylvania College of Technology June 11-12, 2024.

Our Partners:

 

If you have any questions email competitions@projectmfg.com
or call (816) 200-2610 during regular business hours of 8:00am-5:00pm U.S. central time.

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