Naval shipyard hiring hundreds of entry-level positions starting Thursday



BREMERTON, Wash. -- The naval shipyard in Bremerton is hiring 750 entry-level positions starting this week.

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard will begins the recruitment effort Thursday, with application instructions available on the USAJOBS.gov website. The opportunity to apply will last until 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.

The salary range is $16.41 to $22.09-an-hour. Employees will be eligible for benefits, paid-tuition, health and life insurance, retirement plan and up to 26 days of vacation each year, a shipyard spokesperson said.

Everyone hired during the session will be placed in a "full-time seasonal status."

"In recent years, periodic trainee hiring at the shipyard has provided the most common route for members of the general public to join the shipyard workforce," a spokesperson said in a release.

Jobs are available in the following fields:


    To be eligible to apply, applicants must be:


      Complete details are available online when hiring opens.

      More than 14,000 sailors and civilians work at the shipyard. It is one of Kitsap County's largest employers.