On December 26, 2003, Gatewick Enterprises, Inc., a woman owned business, purchased certain assets from Hopeman Brothers Marine Interiors LLC. Included in that purchase were the assets necessary to execute the LPD Program at Northrop Grumman’s Avondale and Ingalls Shipyards, as well as those necessary to execute the BP and T-AKE contracts at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. Those assets were organized into US Joiner LLC.
Jayne J. Rathburn is the President of Gatewick Enterprises and CEO of its wholly owned subsidiary, US Joiner LLC.
US Joiner’s employees have successfully built a powerful safety culture based on the fundamental commitment that all injuries can be prevented. Each day begins with a focus on safety with each employee at every US Joiner worksite. Consequently, US Joiner employees are continuously improving safety performance. In 2009, US Joiner received the Signal Mutual’s Industry Leader Safety Award for Major Shipyards. NASSCO recognized the US Joiner West Coast operations with the 2009 Safety Champion Award and Environmental Star Award. The Gulf Coast sites operated injury free workplaces for the last three years. The company reduced the number of injuries by 60% over prior years, resulting in a frequency rate that is 74% below industry averages. At the same time, the severity rate dropped 30%. This strong safety culture drove worker’s compensation premium rates down 26.5% in the last three years and produced an average cost of claims 42% below the industry average.
US Joiner promises to help our customers update, upgrade or replace joiner products or systems. The Virginia office retains engineering and purchasing records that enable you to closely match existing color schemes for furniture, bulkheads, ceilings and other components of your joiner package. If you chose another supplier for your initial construction, consider stepping up to the US Joiner level of quality and service when you are ready to refurbish your marine interior.
US Joiner provides products and services that meet our exceed our customers' requirements on every job. Our commitment to Quality is achieved by our associates and our participation in the industry’s most current perspective on Quality. We believe continuous improvement will keep us at the forefront of the industry.
US Joiner believes that quality is a never ending journey in search of operational excellence. We also believe that the right approach to quality will reduce defects and rework, and actually result in a better product at a lower price.
Quality Programs
- Total Quality Management
- ISO 9001:2008 Certification
- Lean Pathways Graduate
- Six Sigma Participant
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Program Management and Engineering Staff
Our program management, design, engineering, and estimating departments have more then 225 years exprience in marine accommodation design.
The program management team facilitates communication and coordination between the various stakeholders in a project. The stakeholders are both internal and external to US Joiner. They include, but are not limited to: customer purchasing/contracts departments, customer engineering, regulatory bodies, USJ engineering, estimating, materials, yard installation and accounting.
The engineering and estimating staff deploy with the latest computerized drafting equipment including 3-D modeling capabilities to meet your needs. The staff has a thorough knowledge of the requirements for the US Navy as well as SOLAS, U.S.C.G., Lloyds, UK Marine Safety Agency and other Flag Administration Regulations; they apply this deep understanding to our work on the public spaces and accommodation areas of passenger carrying vessels.
Materials Team
The materials team includes a director, a sub-contract administrator and buyers with more than 72 years experience managing Navy, Offshore, Commercial, and Government contracts world wide.
Areas of Expertise Include:
- Global Sourcing
- Strategic Alliances
- Supplier Certification
- Cross-functional Training
- Material Tracking/Movement
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Production Team
You will benefit from working with the capable, seasoned US Joiner on site leadership. We produdly employ professional, experienced onsite superintendents and supervisiors. Our customers reap the benefit of Hull Managers and Supervisors with over 450 years of experience in the field. This proficient production team supports our customers, by delivering solutions to the most challenging tasks.
