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February 26, 2010

Kittery shipyard to hire 250

By The Mainebiz News Staff

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery plans to hire 250 new employees over the next seven months, adding to the 110 new apprentices enrolled in its training program this month.

Paul O'Connor, president of the Metal Trades Council at the shipyard, told Seacoast Online that about $85 million in construction work has been or will be started at the yard in 2010. He says that work is performed by outside private contractors, who will bring their crews to the yard. However, the net gain of jobs will only be 160, as 200 workers are slated to leave this year through attrition.

The facility will hire a variety of new workers, including machine tool operators, welders and electricians. Eddy also told the newspaper the shipyard will also recruit applicants for engineers, engineering technicians and administrative positions. Shipyard officials said the new hires are needed to work on the Navy's new Virginia-class nuclear submarines and the USS Virginia is scheduled to arrive at the shipyard for a scheduled overhaul this October, according to the website.

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