Ironworker Journeyman Structural

TIC; Louisiana; On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Inc in Louisiana is seeking a skilled structural steel worker responsible for layout, fabrication, and erection in accordance with blueprints, codes, and safety standards. You will read drawings, prepare materials, and help install and align steel components on site.

You will operate hand and power tools, assist hoisting of beams, bolts, welds, and perform quality checks. The role requires standing for long periods, working outdoors in varying weather, and passing pre-employment screenings.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with field experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge and abilities for the position.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions and communicate with supervision.
• Proficient in safe use of electrical, hand tools, power tools, layout and measurement tools.
• Ability to pass drug/alcohol tests, medical, and background check.
• Adhere to safety and project rules.

Responsibilities

• Read specifications/blueprints to determine locations, quantities, or sizes of material required.
• Fabricate metal parts per blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Unload/position prefabricated steel units and hoist beams or girders.
• Verify vertical/horizontal alignment with plumb bobs, lasers, transits, or levels.
• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces with appropriate tools.
• Position structural steel members using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
• Bolt structural members in place for riviting, bolting, or welding.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or riggings to move heavy materials.
• Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, and materials for tasks.
• Inspect workers' output for compliance with plans and correct as needed.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Structural steel erection

Rigging

Welding

Safety compliance

Heavy equipment operation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Measurement 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.

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
• 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.