Carpenter

Kokosing Industrial • Annapolis Junction, VA

38d • Onsite

About The Position

Kokosing is seeking Carpenters (Heavy Highway – Roadway/Bridge projects) with experience in form work for bridges/structures to work on bridge/heavy highway projects. The Carpenter will construct, erect, and repair structures, and must have their own hand tools. This role requires the ability to work while tied off to fall protection, skilled use of hand and power tools, and the ability to work with a level. The Carpenter will study and understand blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans, select specified materials, prepare layouts, measure and mark cutting lines, and shape materials to prescribed measurements. Responsibilities include nailing cleats to construct concrete-supporting forms, bracing forms in place for concrete piers, footings, and walls, assembling and fastening materials, setting expansion dams, assembling or running overhang modules or stick-built overhangs, climbing wingwalls and retaining walls, assembling wood deck forms, constructing forms and chutes for pouring concrete, assisting in pouring and finishing concrete, and erecting scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

Requirements

• Must have own hand tools
• Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work
• Ability to read blueprints
• Ability to read a rule

Responsibilities

• Constructs, erects, and repairs structures
• Works while tied off to fall protection
• Uses necessary hand and power tools
• Works with a level
• Studies and understands blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials
• Prepares layout
• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, and marks cutting lines on materials
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements
• Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, for use in building concrete piers, footing, and walls
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue
• Sets expansion dams
• Assembles or runs overhang modules or stick built overhangs
• Climbs wingwalls, retaining walls
• Assembles wood deck forms
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete
• Assists in pouring and finishing of concrete
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level

Benefits

• medical insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• paid time off
• 401K plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed