Photo Release — Ingalls Shipbuilding Extends 29 Full-Time Job Offers to High School Seniors
May 07 2021 - 12:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division has extended full-time job offers to 29 high school
seniors across coastal Mississippi and Alabama who have
successfully completed Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy.
“These students earned a place in this program because of their
mechanical skills and academic performance, and by working hard and
maintaining great attendance,” said Edmond Hughes, Ingalls’ vice
president of human resources and administration. “They will join
more than 11,000 Ingalls Shipbuilding employees who are proud to be
building the greatest ships in the world.”
Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy is a work-based training program
that allows participants to learn technical skills and earn
multiple craft credentials. Training is done in partnership with
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at locations in Pascagoula
and Gulfport. Ingalls provides guidance, materials, engineering and
construction expertise to facilitate training that exposes students
to various maritime trades. Upon program completion, graduates
enter the Ingalls workforce as entry-level skilled craftsmen and
women.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/isa-signing-day-2021.
Since 2016, Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy has helped fill the
industry skills gap by providing students across the region with a
strong foundation in the maritime industry. More than 200
students have successfully completed the program and more than 100
have accepted job offers at Ingalls to date.
“We are proud that these students have successfully completed
Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy and have chosen to begin their careers
right here in Jackson County,” said George S. Jones, Ingalls’ vice
president of operations. “We are dedicated to training, teaching
and mentoring these students and we look forward to seeing them on
the ships and in our shops at Ingalls Shipbuilding.”
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned
systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and
environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs more than 41,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
- HII on YouTube: www.youtube.com/huntingtoningalls
- HII on Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntingtoningalls
Contact: Teckie Hinkebeinteckie.hinkebein@hii-co.com(228)
935-1323
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