Ironworker Journeyman

Kiewit•Greenville, MS

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Ironworker Journeyman is responsible for laying out, installing, assembling, and erecting steel components in accordance with blueprint plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards. The role involves reading plans, fabricating and positioning structural steel, aligning and securing members, and assembling rigging and hoisting equipment. The position also includes estimating work requirements and inspecting subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications.

Requirements

Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, a fit-for-duty medical examination, and a background check.
Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.
Ability to perform work involving frequent movement, standing, walking, sitting, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; access to work areas may exceed 200 feet.
Ability to move and work in confined and cluttered places and on uneven surfaces.
Ability to complete tasks in noisy and dusty environments.
May be required to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.

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 and position structural steel members, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators.
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 or approximate positions using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, hand tools, or physical force.
Bolt aligned structural-steel members in place for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding.
Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, including cables, pulleys, and hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, resources, and materials needed for work activities.
Inspect subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, explain them, and take corrective action as needed.
Comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.