2026-319 | Trades Helper (LCAC)

Job ID:

2026-319

Date Posted:

Jul 21, 2026

Department:

Mid-Atlantic Region - Norfolk

Location:

Portsmouth, Virginia

Salary Range:

$19.00 to $23.00 per Hour This is a reasonable estimate for this role. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Minimum Experience:

1 Year(s)

Minimum Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent Epsilon Systems has an opening for a full time Trades Helper (LCAC) located in Portsmouth, VA.

Summary:

The Trades Helper will perform tasks which require mainly physical abilities and effort involving minimal specialized skill.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Loads and unloads trucks, and other conveyances.
• Moves supplies and materials to proper location by wheelbarrows or hand trucks.
• Stacks materials for storage or binning.
• Collects refuse and salvageable materials.
• Moves and arranges heavy pieces of furniture, machinery, and/or equipment.
• Uses hand and powered tools of the trade to perform such tasks as cutting holes and cutting threads on piping.
• Supplies, lifts, and holds material, and tools for journey level workers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience.
• General knowledge of basic hand tools.
• Own your own basic hand tools.
• General knowledge of work site/shipboard protocol.
• Willing to learn a new trade.
• Ability to obtain and maintain access to US military and/or government installations.

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is $19.00 to $23.00 per hour. This is a reasonable estimate for this role. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

ADA Notations:

• Frequently handles heavy objects. Able to lift, carry and move objects up to 50 lbs. in weight.
• Must have visual, manual and finger dexterity; able to grasp, manipulate, handle small objects.
• Able to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or hold objects.
• Works inside in areas that are usually dusty, dirty, or greasy and outside, sometimes in bad weather.

Work may be performed in extreme weather conditions; heat, cold, wet. Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.