Ironworker Craftsman

Kiewit-Corporation-cba042a0; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking an intermediate Ironworker in Mobile, AL to lay out, install and erect structural steel per blueprints and specs. You will read drawings, fabricate components, and coordinate hoisting and placement with crane operators on active construction sites.

Responsibilities include aligning members with plumb and laser tools, cutting and welding as required, and ensuring safety rules are followed while working in varying weather and shift hours.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or equivalent is commonly required.
• Experience reading blueprints and project specifications.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools safely.
• Knowledge of safety protocols on construction sites.

Responsibilities

• Reads specifications or blueprints to determine material locations and sizes.
• Fabricates metal parts according to blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Unloads and positions prefabricated steel units for hoisting with cranes.
• Verifies alignment using plumb bobs, lasers, transits, or levels.
• Cuts, bends or welds steel with torches, shears, or welding equipment.
• Positions structural steel using turnbuckles, jacks, or hand tools.
• Bolt/rig up structures for riveting, bolting or welding.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or riggings to move heavy loads.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Fabrication skills

Rigging and hoisting

Welding

Tool handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Cranes

Torches/Welding equipment

Laser alignment tools

Plumb bobs

Measuring tools

Job description

Ironworkers are responsible for the layout, installation, assembly and steel erection components in accordance with blueprint plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards.

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Reads specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of material required.
• Fabricates metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Unloads and positions prefabricated steel units for hoisting; hoists steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.
• Verifies vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
• Cuts, bends, or welds steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
• Forces structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
• Pulls, pushes or pries structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Bolts aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or riggings, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Must possess working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools and layout tools safe and efficiently.

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Few contractors can build what Kiewit builds, the way Kiewit builds it. We only hire the best - and our family mentality will drive you to continue to be the best.

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