Ironworker Craftsman 2

Kiewit•Abilene, TX

About The Position

Ironworkers perform the layout, installation, assembly, and erection of steel components in accordance with blueprints, specifications, codes, and industry standards. This intermediate-level role involves fabricating and positioning structural steel, aligning and fastening steel members, and assembling rigging and hoisting equipment at a construction or industrial site. The position requires frequent movement around the site and work in changing outdoor weather, noisy and dusty conditions, and potentially confined or cluttered areas and uneven surfaces. Workers may need to access work areas using ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds at heights that may exceed 200 feet. Irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays may be required. The worker must have the required tools and comply with safety and project rules.

Requirements

Experience as an ironworker in a power plant or industrial setting.
Working knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management and supervision.
Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and layout tools safely and efficiently.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl as needed.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; work areas may exceed 200 feet in height.
Ability to work in and around confined or cluttered spaces and on uneven surfaces, and to complete tasks in noisy and dusty environments.
Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site, as required.
Must have required tools.
Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and fit-for-duty medical evaluation.

Responsibilities

Read specifications and blueprints to determine material locations, quantities, and sizes.
Fabricate metal parts, including steel frames, columns, beams, and girders, according to blueprints or supervisor instructions.
Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting; hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, including signaling equipment operators.
Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
Cut, bend, or weld steel using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
Move structural steel members into final or approximate positions using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, hand tools, or physical force.
Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding.
Assemble rigging or hoisting equipment, such as cables, pulleys, and hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules.
Perform other duties as required.