Carpenter

Kokosing•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•$25 - $34•Onsite

About The Position

Kokosing (www.kokosing.biz) is one of America's 40 largest General Contractors and services a broad spectrum of clients in both the 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 70 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. Job Description: We are seeking Carpenters (Heavy Industrial) with experience in form work in Alexandria, VA. SUMMARY Constructs, erects, and repairs structures; must have own hand tools. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. form work
read blue prints
read rule

Responsibilities

Know how to assemble and engineered formwork system
Must have experience working in shafts and deep excavations
Have the ability to work at heights of over 50 feet
Have some understanding of mechanical interfaces to the concrete structures for embedded items
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