Scaffold Carpenter: Build, Erect & Inspect Safe Scaffolds

Brown & Root Industrial Services; Port Allen (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Disability

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Brown and Root Industrial Services builds, positions, and dismantles wooden structures in accordance with sketches, blueprints, or company standards. The role requires examining materials, reading blueprints for dimensions, and placing scaffolding with proper safety measures.

Handling tools, measuring precisely, and cutting to size are daily tasks. You will work at heights, follow safety rules, and report to supervision within a ranked crew.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with related field experience.
• Familiarity with concepts, practices, and procedures in the field.
• Reports to supervisor; follows instructions and established guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Builds, positions, and dismantles wooden structures per sketches, blueprints, or company standards.
• Examines, selects and gathers materials and tools.
• Reads blueprints and specifications to determine dimensions of structure.
• Inspects base surface for obstructions.
• Loads, transports and unloads material.
• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, using square, measuring tape, and ruler, and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber.
• Saws boards and plywood panels to required sizes.
• Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars.
• Assembles scaffold containing handrails, mid rails, braces and planks, toe boards, screening, locking pins and wheels to job specifications.
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls.
• Secures scaffolding to permanent structure by tying.
• Erects scaffolding for buildings and other structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways.
• Sets and braces anchor bolts.
• May rig materials.
• Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities on tolls and equipment.
• Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules. Performs other duties as required

Skills

Precision

Decision making

Math skills

Planning

Measurement

Height work

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Brown and Root Industrial Services builds, positions, and dismantles wooden structures in accordance with sketches, blueprints, or company standards. The role requires examining materials, reading blueprints for dimensions, and placing scaffolding with proper safety measures.

Handling tools, measuring precisely, and cutting to size are daily tasks. You will work at heights, follow safety rules, and report to supervision within a ranked crew.