Night Shift Ironworker Journeyman Structural Steel

Kiewit•Vicksburg, MS

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for laying out, installing, assembling, and erecting structural steel components in accordance with blueprint plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards. This is a skilled position involving fabrication, placement, alignment, and fastening of structural steel, as well as inspection of subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications. The work takes place on a construction or industrial site and involves changing outdoor weather conditions, noise, dust, confined or cluttered spaces, and uneven surfaces. The role may require irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays, as well as access to elevated work areas using ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds.

Requirements

May require a high school diploma or equivalent, with prior experience in the field or a related area.
Strong working knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
Ability to understand, follow, and communicate written and oral instructions effectively with management and supervision.
Proficiency in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand, power, layout, and measurement tools.
Must have all required tools.
May be required to have a U.S. driver's license.
Ability to pass pre-access drug, alcohol, and fit-for-duty testing, and a background check.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl while moving around a construction or industrial site.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; work areas may exceed 200 feet.
Ability to work in confined and cluttered places, on uneven surfaces, and in noisy and dusty environments.
Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.
Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.

Responsibilities

Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, and sizes of required materials.
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 steel members into place or signal 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, or hand tools.
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.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.