Summer Internship Program

Wayne Brothers Companies • Davidson, NC

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About The Position

To provide internship candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a position as it relates to job performance in the concrete construction services sub-contracting sector of the industry. The program is designed to extend over a continuous training period of, ideally, no less than 9 weeks. The program is designed to include two major components: field and office.

Requirements

• Follows all company and job site SAFETY rules.
• Successfully completes all company and job site safety, personal protective equipment, rigging, MSDS, OSHA regulations, and WBC Safety Manual orientations.
• Complies with all company, state, and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Reports any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Works as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team.
• Follows directions from Equipment Operator / Carpenter Helper / Carpenter / Lead Carpenter / Foreman / Superintendent.
• Participates in any skill training offered, as directed.
• Willing to submit to background check - required
• Perform all assigned roles, responsibilities, and related work processes/tasks in the safest possible manner.

Nice To Haves

• College or University Rising Junior or above - Preferred
• Field construction experience - preferred

Responsibilities

• Train in the types of work performed by WBC
• Train with technical knowledge and skills in footings, slabs, columns, walls, elevated shored slabs, formwork, setting anchor bolts, concrete placing and finishing, layout, etc.
• Experience and participate with an active role in Teamwork
• Train with Inspections (rebar, post tensioning, formwork, etc.)
• Report any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Work as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team
• Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers to build concrete forms
• Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers with assembling prefabricated (i.e., patented) forms
• Assist carpenter helpers with assembling scaffolding attached to concrete wall forms
• Hold lumber in place for carpenters to nail in form building and/or assembly processes
• Clean wooden, metal, or other concrete forms.
• Help stack and load shoring and braces from dismantled forms.
• Oil metal forms
• Convey materials and tools about the job site
• Dig shallow holes or trenches to support posts, braces, and other structural members of concrete forms using hand tools
• Perform hand excavation of some footings, pads, and turndowns in special situations where equipment cannot reach or be used.
• Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.
• Provides building materials to form carpenters (unless done by laborer)
• Uses hand, small power and power-actuated tools, as well as light power equipment, to measure and cut new/used lumber according to instructions from the form carpenter during the form building process
• Erects appropriate scaffolding using hand tools
• Assists carpenters with constructing and bracing concrete forms
• Place panels and form units in position preparatory to assembling
• Nails expansion joint material to walls or forms
• Edge or wall forms to achieve alignment
• Places and ties re-bar.
• Sets anchor bolts using string lines as per carpenter or foreman's directions/settings
• Rubs and repairs concrete surfaces as directed by carpenter or foreman
• Removes shoring and braces from forms, dismantles, and stacks them for storing/transport
• Operates vibrator during foundation, column and wall pours
• Places and finishes concrete in some of these same concrete pours
• Mixes grout according to directions and grouts baseplates
• Helps to disassemble forms after the concrete has set-up
• Assists form carpenters with their duties as directed
• Always helps to keep work area clean
• Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.
• This component will last approximately 1 to 5 days, and may cover, but is not limited to: Safety, Engineering, Accounting, Management, and a basic introduction to WBC Commonly Used Software: Viewpoint, Primavera Contractor, Microsoft Outlook, VPN, WBC Network Structure, and AutoCAD.

Benefits

• Valid Driver's License - preferred
• OSHA 10-Hour Certification - Required; training provided by WBC

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Construction of Buildings
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees