Evergreen - Helper - Rodbuster - Various Projects

Yates Construction Co.; Mississippi; On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Yates Construction Co. is seeking a Reinforcing Iron Helper to assist journeymen in positioning and securing steel bars in concrete forms. Responsibilities include ensuring all reinforcing material is correctly placed, and operating tools safely and effectively. Candidates must possess extensive experience in reinforcement and the ability to follow safety procedures.

This position requires physical stamina and the ability to perform duties across varying weather conditions. Yates is proud to be a military-friendly employer.

Qualifications

• 36+ months of heavy industrial-related reinforcing iron experience.
• Verified experiences or certifications with reinforcing iron experience.
• Ability to read safety documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in positioning and securing steel bars in concrete forms.
• Ensure all reinforcing material is in proper position.
• Load, transport, and unload materials and tools.

Skills

Ability to read and interpret instructions

Personal hand tools usage

Mathematical skills

Job description

A Reinforcing Iron Helper will assist Reinforcing Iron Journeyman to position and secure steel bars in concrete forms to reinforce concrete.

• Level IV: Competent to complete Journeyman level Reinforcing Iron tasks with minimal supervision.

Overview of Primary Duties

• Assists in determining number, size, shape, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, and oral instructions.
• Positions and secures steel bars in concrete forms to reinforce concrete.
• Selects and places rod in forms, spacing and fastening them together using wire and pliers.
• Cuts bars to required lengths, using hacksaw, bar cutters or acetylene torch.
• Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod bending machine.
• Assists in reinforcing concrete with wire mesh.
• May assist in weld reinforcing bar together, using arc‑welding equipment.
• Ensures that all reinforcing material is in its proper position, so it receives its intended structural load.
• Loads, transports, unloads material, tools, equipment, and supplies.
• May assist in lifting, positioning, and securing of material and work pieces during installation.
• May perform minor maintenance or cleaning activities of tools and equipment.
• Performs other duties as required
• Operation of electric and pneumatic tools.

Assist with the erection, handrails, walkways, and gangways in conjunction with formwork.

• May mix cement or epoxy grouts using concrete mixing machine or hoe.
• Ability to signal the concrete deliverer to position truck to facilitate pouring.
• Apply basic mathematical skills.
• Observe flat drawings or diagrams and understand how they would look like solid objects.
• Demonstrate Yates Core Values and Principles
• Follow Yates Code of Conduct

Safety Responsibilities and Expectations

• Responsible for refusing unsafe work and for carrying out all work by the established Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices
• Report all incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.
• Required to wear and maintain personal PPE.
• Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.
• Participate in workplace inspections.
• Comply with statutory requirements, including duty of care.
• Participate in required and assigned training.
• Provide suggestions to improve Safety.
• Present a mature approach to working safely.
• Attend prestart and Safety meetings and contribute.

• Other related duties as needed and assigned by Field Supervision.
• This is not an all-inclusive list of tasks an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Qualifications

Level IV:

• Thirty-six (36) + months of heavy industrial‑related reinforcing iron experience
• Other verified experiences or certifications with reinforcing iron experience

Level III:

• Twenty‑four (24) to thirty‑five (35) months of heavy industrial‑related reinforcing iron experience

Level II:

• Twelve (12) to twenty‑three (23) months of heavy industrial‑related reinforcing iron experience

Level I:

• Zero (0) to eleven (11) months of heavy industrial‑related reinforcing iron experience
• One (1) year of industrial experience

Requirements

• Must have the ability to read and interpret instructions and documentation
• Personal hand tools required for craft as established on the Yates Industrial Minimum Tool List
• Successful completion of required Safety training to include, but not limited to, Confined Space, LOTO, and Working at Heights

Physical Demands/Essential Job Functions

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This is not an all‑inclusive list of functions that an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Physical requirements for this role may include but are not limited to:

• All weather conditions at varying temperatures
• Work at varying elevations
• Will work in windy and dusty environments
• Moderate to high noise levels
• The project site will contain light to heavy equipment vehicles, small to large equipment, materials, communication equipment, and tools
• Ability to hear bells, whistles, and alarms
• Required to wear safety‑approved body harnesses when working at 4’ or above
• Required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, climbing, and lifting
• Ability to talk and hear to communicate
• Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls, and tools
• Must be able to lift, carry, and move heavy objects up to 25 lbs.
• Will use vision abilities to focus, see short and long distances, colors, depth perception, and peripheral vision

Yates Construction is a military‑friendly employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics, in addition to federal and state law requirements.

Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities.