Carpenter

Kokosing•Wallops Island, VA

61d•$29 - $34•Onsite

About The Position

Kokosing is seeking Carpenters with experience in form work for bridges/structures to work on bridge/heavy highway projects in the Northern VA/DC/MD area and Wallops Island, VA. The company is one of America's 50 largest General Contractors, servicing a broad spectrum of clients in both private and public business sectors. Kokosing's services include heavy civil/industrial construction such as highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. For over 75 years, Kokosing has successfully attracted the most qualified technical personnel in the construction industry by offering visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards. With over $2.8 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team.

Requirements

Must have own hand tools.
Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work.
Read blueprints.
Read rule.
Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
Frequently work or walk on uneven ground.
Required to wear steel toed boots at all times.
Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Constructs, erects, and repairs structures.
Must be able to work while tied off to fall protection.
Skilled in use of necessary hand and power tools.
Must be able to work with level.
Studies and understands blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans for information pertaining to type of material required.
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.
Assemble or run overhang modules or stick built overhangs.
Climb wingwalls, retaining walls.
Assemble 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.