Ironworker Craftsman 2 - MCKY

TIC - The Industrial Company; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company in Louisville, KY is seeking an Ironworker to lay out, install, and elevate structural steel per blueprints and specifications. This role emphasizes integrity, safety, and teamwork on a dynamic construction site.

Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma or equivalent and proven ability to read blueprints, use hand and power tools, and follow precise instructions with strong communication to supervision.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with relevant field experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and specs.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools and layout tools safely.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions and communicate with supervision.
• Pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and background check.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints to determine material locations, quantities, and sizes.
• Fabricate metal parts such as frames, columns, beams per blueprints.
• Unload and position prefabricated steel, hoist beams into place.
• Verify alignment of structural steel with plumb bobs, lasers, or levels.
• Cut, bend or weld steel pieces using torches, shears, or welding equipment.
• Position structural steel and bolt/weld for final assembly.
• Assemble hoisting equipment to move heavy materials.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Read and follow instructions

Communication with supervision

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

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.

• Licenses (List requirements)
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing,, fit-for-duty medical, and background check
• observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required.

Work Setting & Job 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.

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.