Baytown Ironworker Helper: Lift & Rig Tech

Flint Hills Resources; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending account

Health savings account

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Parental/adoption assistance

Job summary

Optimized Process Designs (OPD) in Baytown, TX seeks an Ironworker Helper to support structural steel installation and lifting activities on industrial projects. You will assist the Ironworker, learn from hands-on tasks, and help prepare tools, rigging, and materials in a fast-paced field environment.

The role requires basic math skills, ability to read tape measures, and familiarity with crane hand signals.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience as an ironworker helper.
• Must be able to read a tape measure and perform basic math.
• Knowledgeable of crane signals (hand and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Assemble and secure structural supports according to specifications and instruction from Ironworker.
• Basic practical knowledge of structural steel assembly and installation.
• Willingness to learn and understand structural drawings.
• Familiar with torque wrench and impact gun and uses in structural work.
• Understand setup and required tools and materials required to safely execute a heavy lift (ex: crane mats, barricade the area).
• Assisting Ironworker in attaching loads using chains, slings, cables, hooks, and other related equipment.
• Able to manually handle and securely apply rigging equipment.
• Take direction from the Ironworker on attaching and detaching loads effectively.
• Able to effectively communicate with the rigging team (other riggers, ironworkers, and crane operator).
• Must be familiar with the standard crane hand signals.
• Aptitude to learn and understand weight capacity and assessments of loads/lifts and drawing indicators for lift points.
• Learn to cut i-beams with grinder, torch, or band saw per the structural drawing.
• Required to work at heights in man baskets or on elevated platforms or narrow walkways such as beams or pipes more than 80% of the time.

Skills

Read tape measure

Basic math

Crane signals

Tools

Torque wrench

Impact gun

Job description

Optimized Process Designs (OPD) in Baytown, TX seeks an Ironworker Helper to support structural steel installation and lifting activities on industrial projects. You will assist the Ironworker, learn from hands-on tasks, and help prepare tools, rigging, and materials in a fast-paced field environment.

The role requires basic math skills, ability to read tape measures, and familiarity with crane hand signals.