Ironworker Journeyman

Tic Inc; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Inc is seeking a skilled construction professional to supervise layout, installation and steel erection in accordance with blueprints, codes, and standards. You will read specs, fabricate components, hoist and position steel, verify alignment, and ensure compliance and safety on site.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, working on a construction/industrial site, and willingness to work overtime or variable hours as needed. Strong teamwork and safety awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• Reads specifications or blueprints to determine material needs.
• Fabricates metal parts per blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Hoists and positions structural steel using cranes or signaling.
• Verifies alignment with plumb bobs, lasers, or levels.
• Welds, cuts or forms steel pieces as required.
• Fits components and ensures final positions for riveting or bolting.
• Inspects work for compliance with contract plans and specs.
• Must pass drug, alcohol and background checks; comply with safety rules

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints to determine locations, quantities, or sizes of materials.
• Fabricate, cut, bend, weld, and assemble steel components per plans.
• Unload, position, and hoist prefabricated steel units on site.
• Ensure correct alignment of steel members using measurement tools.
• Operate hoisting equipment and coordinate with crane operators.
• Verify assembly meets contract requirements and safety standards.
• Prepare and maintain rigging, cables, pulleys, and hooks for lifts.
• Inspect subcontractors' work and address deficiencies as needed.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Steel fabrication

Crane operation/rigging

Alignment verification

Welding and cutting

Layout and measurement tools

Safety compliance

Quality inspection

Communication with supervision

Equipment assembly

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Electrical tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Job description

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

Experience Level

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.
• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and explain and take any corrective action needed.

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 strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools

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
Must have required tools

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.