Marine Shaft Machinist

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Operate lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, and other workshop machinery.
• Perform shaft setup, centering, turning, facing, boring, threading, taper machining, keyway cutting, and polishing.
• Inspect dimensions, tolerances, runout, straightness, concentricity, and alignment using precision instruments.
• Coordinate with engineering, quality control, and ship repair teams to plan work and resolve issues.
• Support onboard shaft work and installation or removal of shafts and couplings.
• Maintain tools and equipment and follow marine and shipyard safety standards.
• Guide and train junior machinists when required.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience as a Marine Shaft Machinist or similar professional in a shipyard, dry dock, marine workshop, or ship repair environment.
• Hands-on experience with marine shafts, couplings, bearings, bushes, seals, and related components.
• Extensive experience operating conventional heavy-duty lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, and workshop machinery.
• Proficiency with micrometers, dial indicators, Vernier calipers, bore gauges, and other inspection tools.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, machining specifications, tolerances, and repair instructions.
• Knowledge of shaft alignment, clearances, fits, and marine shaft repair procedures.
• Commitment to HSE requirements and safe machining practices.
• Ability to work independently and supervise or train junior machinists when required.

Work conditions

• The role may require onboard vessel work, confined-space work, overtime, night shifts, weekends, and emergency repair jobs.

Preferred qualification

• A technical diploma, ITI, vocational qualification, or equivalent certification in machining, mechanical engineering, marine engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• Good communication and teamwork skills are expected in a multicultural marine and shipyard environment.