Carpenter

Kokosing•Wallops Island, VA

13d•$29 - $34•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 in the Northern VA/DC/MD area and Wallops Island, VA. 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 and proficiency with necessary hand and power tools. The position involves studying blueprints, preparing layouts, measuring and cutting materials, and assembling components for concrete structures like piers, footings, and walls. Responsibilities also include setting expansion dams, assembling overhangs, working on wingwalls and retaining walls, constructing wood deck forms, and assisting with concrete pouring and finishing. Additionally, the role involves erecting scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

Requirements

Experience in form work for bridges/structures
Must have own hand tools
Skilled in use of necessary hand and power tools
Must be able to work with level
Ability to study and understand blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans
Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work
Ability to read blueprints
Ability to read a 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
Works while tied off to fall protection
Skilled in use of 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