Ironworker Journeyman - Night Shift

Kiewit•Abilene, TX

About The Position

Responsible for laying out, installing, assembling, and erecting steel components in accordance with blueprint plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards. The role is in a power plant or industrial setting and includes fabricating, positioning, aligning, and fastening structural steel, as well as inspecting subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications. The position is for the night shift.

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.
Must have the required tools.
Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and a fit-for-duty medical examination.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl while moving around a construction or industrial site.
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 spaces and on uneven surfaces, in noisy and dusty conditions, and outdoors in changing weather.
Ability 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, or girders according to blueprints or supervisor instructions.
Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, then hoist or signal 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, 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, explain them, and take corrective action as needed.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.