Bath Iron Works’ chief competitor is targeting the shipyard’s workforce to attract qualified shipbuilders to its Gulf Coast shipyard.
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Northrop Grumman Corp. sent a glossy mailing to Bath area residents seeking “skilled men and women in all areas of shipbuilding” to work at its yard in Pascagoula, Miss., offering yearly earnings of up to $43,675 and up to $10,000 for relocation costs, The Times Record in Brunswick reported.
Jay Korman, senior Navy analyst for Avascent Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, told the paper that a limited talent pool often leads shipyards to try to entice workers from other yards.
Both Northrop and BIW currently are building the first and second ships in the DDG 1000 class of destroyers, and are competing for a contract to build more
