Ironworker: Precision Steel Fabrication & Rigging

TIC - The Industrial Company; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 43,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Craft is seeking skilled ironworkers to lay out, install, assemble and erect steel structures in Abilene, TX. You will read blueprints, fabricate components, and hoist and position heavy steel members using cranes under supervision.

The role requires working at heights, outdoors in all weather, and overtime, nights, and weekends as workload demands. Safety and precise alignment are essential to success.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with experience.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Ability to use hand tools and power tools safely.

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, 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.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Job description

TIC Craft is seeking skilled ironworkers to lay out, install, assemble and erect steel structures in Abilene, TX. You will read blueprints, fabricate components, and hoist and position heavy steel members using cranes under supervision.

The role requires working at heights, outdoors in all weather, and overtime, nights, and weekends as workload demands. Safety and precise alignment are essential to success.