Scaffold Builder - Maintenance

Crest Industries; Port Lavaca (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction services company is seeking a Scaffold Builder in Port Lavaca, Texas. The role requires assembling and inspecting scaffolding, working at heights, and must have experience operating forklifts. Ideal candidates should have a high school diploma or equivalent, with a technical degree preferred. The company values team effort and commitment to quality, offering a dynamic work environment with diverse challenges throughout the year.

Qualifications

• Frequent use of PPE while working at heights.
• 1-4 years of experience in scaffold building or related skills.
• Ability to pass a drug screen and physical.

Responsibilities

• Inspect surfaces for holes, objects, and levelness.
• Assemble scaffolding with guardrails, braces, and planks.
• Position and secure scaffold as needed.
• Perform additional duties as directed by supervisor.

Skills

Ability to operate different types of forklifts

Ability to read engineered drawings

Education

High school diploma or equivalent; technical degree preferred

Job description

Come join our team at Optimal!

We know a few things about competing with giants and exceeding expectations.

After years of working in the field, our founders decided to break from tradition and build the company they wanted to work for. They believed in starting a company rooted in trust, its team, and the idea that everyone matters and has a part in getting the job done right.

Quickly building a reputation from the ground up and growing the company along with our list of clients, Optimal is now influencing the industry and the people we serve. We live by the values that make us who we are.

And that is how we deliver the impossible for our clients and team members every day.

A Scaffold Builder for Optimal Field Services will be responsible for assembling, daily inspection, and revision of scaffolding. This task will require employees to work at heights while wearing proper PPE. He / She will be required to pass material to each other from ground level to elevated level. At time employee will be required to climb stairs/ ladders at different elevations. This work is year around in different climates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inspects surface for holes, objects, and levelness.
• Assembles scaffold consisting of guardrails, mid-rails, braces, planks, toe boards, screens and/or wheels.
• Positions scaffold by rolling it into place or erecting in place.
• Secures scaffold to permanent structure if required.
• Some other assembly types may include hard barricades, strong backs, engineered scaffold, stairways, etc.
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical degree or certification in related field is often preferred.
• Must have one to four years of experience in specified skill (depending on mechanical level.)
• Ability to read engineered drawings preferred.
• Ability to operate different types of forklifts.
• National Certification preferred (may be required by client.)
• Must be able to pass a drug screen and physical.

Stop relying on contractors who over promise, under deliver, and do not care about your success. Instead, experience the Optimal difference. Build your team with us and know you have experienced craftsmen who have your back and can deliver.

Optimal Field Services is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Optimal Field Services is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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