Scaffold Builder Helper 1

TIC - The Industrial Company; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company in Mississippi is seeking an experienced scaffolding and rigging specialist to perform erection and dismantling, operate heavy equipment, and handle loads on construction sites.

You will read blueprints, select tools, and construct and reinforce scaffolds, ladders, walkways, and platforms while maintaining safety and efficiency on site.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required or preferred with field experience.
• Good working knowledge and abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate with supervision.
• Ability to use hand and power tools safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine scope, locations, quantities, and material sizes.
• Identify tools required and measure, mark, and cut materials to specifications.
• Erect, disassemble scaffolding and install ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways.
• Construct, reinforce, and dismantle pre-constructed scaffolds.
• Rig loads and manage rigging of equipment.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Tool identification

Scaffolding erection

Rigging

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Job description

Position Summary

Perform work involving the erection and dismantling of scaffolding, operation of heavy equipment, rigging the equipment loads, and completion of various construction projects.

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Read blueprints and specification to determine the scope of work: locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
• Identify all tools required for tasks and measure, mark, and cut required wooden/metallic materials to required specifications.
• Erect and disassemble scaffolding for buildings and other structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways.
• Construct, re-enforce, and dismantle pre-constructed Scaffolds.
• Build and construct wooden Scaffolds and auxiliary items.
• Perform work involving rigging of equipment loads.

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 working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools and layout tools safe and efficiently.

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
• May require U.S. Drivers License
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and fit for duty medical

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Company: TIC_Craft