Ironworker

General Purpose: Raise, place and connect girders, columns and other structural-steel member to form complete structures or framework

Work Schedule: Days and hours vary depending on the assigned project.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Promote and comply with all Company and safety policies and procedures
• Setup hoisting equipment for raising and placing structural-steel members
• Fasten steel members to cable of hoist using chain, cable or rope
• Signal worker operating hoisting equipment to lift and place steel member
• Guide member using tag line (rope) to guide it into position
• Pull, push or pry steel members into approximate position while member is supported by hoisting device
• Force members into final position using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks and hand tools
• Align holes in members with corresponding holes in previously placed member by drift pins or spud wrench through holes
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of members, using plumb bob and level
• Bolt aligned members to keep them in position until they can be permanently bolted or welded in place
• Cut and weld steel members to make alterations, using oxyacetylene welding equipment
• Maintain a professional appearance
• Other duties as assigned by Foreman or Superintendent

Required Education

• High school diploma or equivalent GED.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 6 months experience, one year certificate from a technical school or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Skills/Licenses/Certifications

• Valid driver's license to operate motor vehicles.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Add and subtract two digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10's and 100's, ability to perform these operations using unit weight measurements and volumes.
• Ability to calculate rate, ratios and percentages
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Workers should be able to work within precise standards of accuracy and follow set procedures and standards

Supervisory Responsibility

• None

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull, and reach overhead for extended periods of time.
• Lift and carry at least 50 to 100 pounds.
• Climb and descend all types of ladders.
• Wear personal protective equipment (e., hardhat, eye protection, respiratory protection, fall protection, etc.)

Required Tools

• See Tool Requirements

Travel Requirement

• May be required to travel to different jobsites on limited notice

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Position requires working in all elements - heat, cold, rain, or snow - depending on job location and time of year.
• May require use of personal vehicle for transportation to and from work site.
• Must be able to utilize job site sanitary facilities (e., Portable Toilets).
• May require work in restricted areas (e., excavations, utility tunnels, manholes, tanks, crawl spaces, attics, etc.).
• May require working at various heights, up to 100-feet, from ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, or other safe work areas.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.