Carpenter

About the position

Kokosing is seeking Carpenters (Heavy Highway - Roadway/Bridge projects) with experience in form work for bridges/structures to work in the Richmond, VA area. The role involves constructing, erecting, and repairing structures, and candidates must have their own hand tools.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• Carpenter Training Program or equivalent
• Experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work
• Ability to read blueprints
• Ability to read a rule

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• 401K plan