NS Ironworker Journeyman

TIC - The Industrial Company; Port Arthur (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company in Port Arthur, TX is seeking an experienced steel erection assistant to join our field crew. You will read blueprints, fabricate and install steel components, and coordinate hoisting operations on busy job sites.

The role requires hands-on work with heavy equipment, strict safety adherence, and the ability to follow precise instructions in challenging outdoor environments. Overtime and travel may be required based on project needs.

Qualifications

• Must understand blueprints and joinery processes.
• Ability to follow instructions and work safely.
• Experience in steel erection preferred.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing.

Responsibilities

• Read specifications or blueprints to determine material quantities.
• Fabricate metal parts (steel frames, beams) per blueprints.
• Unload and position prefabricated steel units; hoist with cranes.
• Verify alignment using plumb bobs, laser, transits, or levels.
• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces with tools.
• Assemble hoisting equipment to move heavy materials.
• Estimate time, costs, resources for work activities.
• Inspect workers' output for compliance with contract plans.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Manual dexterity

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Layout tools

Measurement tools

Welding equipment

Power tools

Ladders and platforms

Job description

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

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
• Must have required tools
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

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.