Ironworker/Structural Foreman - Structural Steel

Tic Inc; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Inc. is seeking an Ironworker/Structural Foreman for our Vicksburg, MS site. The role requires coordinating layout, installation, and erection of structural steel per blueprints and codes, with hands-on involvement in welding, bolting, and rigging.

You’ll supervise team performance and ensure safety standards are met on the job. Ideal candidates bring experience reading plans, fabricating steel components, and using hoisting equipment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing.
• Observe safety and project rules at all times.
• Physical ability to work on construction sites and lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Reads specifications or blueprints to locate material quantities and sizes.
• Fabricates metal parts like frames, columns, beams or girders per plans.
• Unloads and positions prefabricated steel units for hoisting with cranes.
• Verifies vertical and horizontal alignment of steel members.
• Cuts, bends, or welds steel pieces using torches or welding gear.
• Moves structural members into final positions using turnbuckles and jacks.
• Bolt and position structural members for rivets, bolts or welds.
• Assemble hoisting equipment and riggings to move heavy materials.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Rigging & hoisting

Heavy equipment operation

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Ironworker/Structural Foreman - Structural Steel

Location: Vicksburg, MS, US

Requisition ID:190817

Position Summary

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.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, fit-for-duty medical.
• 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.