Ironworker Craftsman 2

Kiewit•Abilene, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Ironworker Craftsman 2 is responsible for laying out, installing, assembling, and erecting steel components in accordance with blueprints, specifications, codes, and industry standards. The role involves reading plans, fabricating and positioning structural steel, verifying alignment, and fastening members into place. The position also includes assembling rigging and hoisting equipment, estimating work needs, and inspecting subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications.

Requirements

Experience as an ironworker in a power plant or industrial setting.
Strong 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.
Proficiency in the safe and efficient use of electrical tools, hand tools, power tools, layout tools, and measurement tools.
Ability to perform the physical activities needed on a construction or industrial site, including standing, walking, sitting, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; access equipment or work areas may exceed 200 feet.
Ability to work in confined and cluttered places and on uneven surfaces, and complete tasks in noisy and dusty environments.
Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.
Must have the required tools.
Must observe and comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.
Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and a fit-for-duty medical assessment.

Responsibilities

Read specifications and blueprints to determine material locations, quantities, and sizes.
Fabricate metal parts such as steel frames, columns, beams, and girders according to blueprints or supervisor instructions.
Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, and hoist or signal operators to lift and position structural steel members.
Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
Move structural steel members into final positions using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting.
Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding.
Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for work activities.
Inspect subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, and explain or take corrective action.