Pile Driver Helper

Bechtel; Sulphur (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel in the United States is hiring a skilled construction worker to perform outdoor tasks across multiple sites in Louisiana. You will read blueprints, plan installations, and prepare layouts for concrete and structural work.

You will shape and assemble materials, erect frameworks and scaffolding, and assist in lifting and securing components. The role requires safety focus, ability to work in all weather, and previous industrial construction experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months of industrial construction experience.
• Ability to read blueprints and drawings.
• Able to traverse uneven terrain safely.
• Work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Read and understand blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
• Plan installations to avoid obstructions and interference with others.
• Prepare layouts using measuring tools and chalk lines.
• Shape and cut materials to project specifications.
• Erect frameworks, scaffolding, and forms for concrete pours.
• Load, transport, and position materials and equipment.
• Maintain tools and keep a clean, safe work site.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Layout planning

Material cutting

Formwork construction

Rigging signaling

Scaffolding erection

Material handling

Tool maintenance

Safety awareness

Uneven terrain navigation

Job description

30542BR

Job Description:

1. Works outdoors in all weather conditions.
2. Reads and understands blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
3. Selects proper size and type of building materials according to the project specifications and dimensions.
4. Plans the installation to avoid obstructions and to avoid interfering with activities of the other workers.
5. Prepares the layout using rule, framing square, plumb bob, and chalk line.
6. Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
7. Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, plasma cutters, oxy/acetylene torches, and planes.
8. Assembles, cut and shapes materials by fastening them together with nails, dowel pins, welders or adhesives.
9. Verifies the trueness of a structure using a plumb bob and carpenters level.
10. Erects framework for structures.
11. Skilled in signaling a crane with an applied knowledge of rigging.
12. Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
13. Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
14. Loads transports, unloads materials, tools, equipment, and supplies.
15. Assists in lifting, positioning, and securing of materials and work pieces during installation.
16. Cleans and performs minor maintenance activities on tools, rigging, and equipment.
17. Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
18. Restocks supplies and materials as necessary.
19. Must be able to safely traverse uneven terrain with tools and building materials.
20. Typically requires a minimum of 6 months industrial construction experience.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [e-mail] or call [phone] for assistance. Determinations on request for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.