Ironworker Craftsman 1

TIC - The Industrial Company; Shepherd (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company is seeking skilled ironworkers to layout, fabricate and install structural steel components. You will read blueprints, cut, weld and fit steel members, and assist with hoisting operations on-site.

Responsibilities include verifying alignment, handling loads safely, and working with cranes and rigging. This role requires physical stamina and adherence to safety protocols on construction sites in the Texas area.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with experience in the field or related area.
• Working knowledge/abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate with management/supervision.
• Ability to safely use hand tools, power tools and layout tools.

Responsibilities

• Reads specifications or blueprints to determine locations, quantities, or sizes of material required.
• Fabricates metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, per blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Unloads and positions prefabricated steel units, hoists beams/girders/columns into place with cranes or signals operators.
• Verifies alignment of structural steel members using plumb bobs, lasers, transits or levels.
• Cuts, bends, or welds steel pieces using shears, torches, or welding equipment.
• Forces structural steel members into final positions with turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
• Moves structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting in place.
• Bolts aligned members for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding in place.
• Assembles hoisting equipment or riggings to move heavy equipment or materials.

Skills

High level of safety awareness

Blueprint reading & interpretation

Hand tools & layout tools proficiency

Clear communication with supervision

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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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, fit for duty medical and background check

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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

Whether it’s cement for our sidewalks and driveways; aluminum for our automobiles; wood pellets for our grills; paper plates for our picnics; food for our pets or the beverages we consume with our friends, our longstanding work in the industrial market touches the tiny details in our daily lives.