Bridge Form Carpenter: Build Structures & Pour Concrete

Kokosing; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Kokosing is seeking Carpenters with form work experience for bridges/structures in the Richmond, VA area. Build, assemble and finish concrete forms, read blueprints, and follow safety protocols. Must have own hand tools and be able to work tied off to fall protection.

Experience in bridge work and carpenter training preferred. Base pay ranges from $26.00/hr to $34.00/hr, with full benefits and opportunities within a large construction firm in the Richmond region.

Qualifications

• Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work; read blue prints, read rule.

Responsibilities

• Must be able to work while tied off to fall protection.
• Skilled in use of necessary hand and power tools.
• Must be able to work with level.
• Studies and understands blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans for information pertaining to type of material required.
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
• Prepares layout.
• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, and marks cutting lines on materials.
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements.
• Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms.
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, for use in building concrete piers, footing, and walls.
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Sets expansion dams.
• Assemble or run overhang modules or stick built overhangs.
• Climb wingwalls, retaining walls.
• Assemble wood deck forms.
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
• Assists in pouring and finishing of concrete.
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Hand tools

Power tools

Education

Carpenter Training Program or equivalent

Bridge form work experience

Tools

Forming tools

Job description

Kokosing is seeking Carpenters with form work experience for bridges/structures in the Richmond, VA area. Build, assemble and finish concrete forms, read blueprints, and follow safety protocols. Must have own hand tools and be able to work tied off to fall protection.

Experience in bridge work and carpenter training preferred. Base pay ranges from $26.00/hr to $34.00/hr, with full benefits and opportunities within a large construction firm in the Richmond region.