About This Role
Working independently or as a leading member of a crew, the Ironworker performs journey-level layout, rigging, raising, placing, and uniting of girders, columns, and other structural-steel members to form completed structures or frameworks. This role ensures structural integrity and compliance with blueprints.
Responsibilities
- Interpret blueprints, sketches, and specifications to plan the layout, sequencing, and rigging requirements for structural steel erection
- Set up, inspect, and oversee hoisting and rigging equipment for safely raising and placing structural-steel members
- Signal operators of hoisting equipment using standard hand or radio signals to precisely lift and position steel members
- Guide and control structural members during lifts using tag lines (rope)
- Align bolt holes in newly positioned members with corresponding holes in the existing structure by driving drift pins or using sleever bars and structural wrenches
- Verify exact vertical and horizontal alignment (plumb, level, and square) of structural frameworks using plumb bobs, lasers, transit levels, and dials
- Bolt, tack, or clamp aligned members to secure them until permanent bolting, high-strength torqueing, or welding is complete
- Cut, burn, and weld steel members using oxy-fuel torches and arc welding equipment to make precision field alterations
- Proactively identify safety hazards on the job site, implement corrective actions, and ensure the crew adheres to all safety protocols
- Perform all other job-related duties as requested by supervision
Requirements
- Minimum of three (3) years of journeyman level experience in refinery maintenance, turnaround, data center or heavy industrial construction
- Advanced knowledge of structural steel erection techniques, rigging standards, crane signaling, and field welding/cutting tools
- Must hold or successfully complete the NCCER Journeyman Ironworker (Structural) certification
- Successful completion of Matrix Service Safety training and Client/Site specific training
- Must obtain and maintain active, compliant status within the DISA drug testing program
- Requires prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, squatting, and lifting in an industrial environment
- Requires excellent verbal communication and hearing to coordinate critical lifts and safety calls on-site
- Must have exceptional manual dexterity to handle tools, rig hardware, and make precision adjustments to machinery parts
- Must be able to use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls and tools
- Required to lift, carry, and move tools or materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to work confidently at heights up to 300 feet, climb ladders/stairways, and work off scaffolding or elevated platforms utilizing 100% tie-off fall protection
