Ironworker Craftsman

Kiewit • Mobile, AL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Ironworkers are responsible for laying out, installing, assembling, and erecting steel components in accordance with blueprints, specifications, codes, and industry standards. This intermediate-level position fabricates and installs structural steel and uses hoisting and rigging equipment to position heavy materials. Work takes place at a construction or industrial site and may involve irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.

Requirements

• May require a high school diploma or equivalent and previous experience in the field or a related area; the number of years is not specified.
• 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.
• Must have required tools.
• May require a U.S. driver's license.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing.
• Able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.
• Able to work in a construction environment with changing outdoor weather conditions, noise, dust, confined or cluttered places, and uneven surfaces.
• Able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; may use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas that may exceed 200 feet.
• Able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl, and constantly move about a construction or industrial site.
• Available to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.

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; hoist or signal equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.
• Verify the 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 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 hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
• Observe and comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED