This Ironworker position involves reading blueprints, fabricating, hoisting, and connecting structural steel members, ensuring precise alignment and safe practices. The role requires working at significant heights and performing various tasks related to metal cutting, bending, and welding.
Responsibilities
Read blueprints and specifications to determine the scope of work, including locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required
Identify all tools required for tasks
Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks
Fabricate equipment according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors
Hoist equipment and tools into a location via bull rigging or crane
Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels
Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors
Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting or bolting
Pull, push, or pry iron/steel equipment into approximate positions for bolting into place
Cut, bend, and weld iron/steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, and welding equipment
Requirements
4+ years of experience as an Iron Helper or Structural Ironworker
Ability to meet all physical requirements
Ability to work at heights more than 300 ft
All required tools
Reliable transportation
Ability to manage multiple crews
Ability to plan out the workload for multiple crews and multiple processes
Ability to take the lead in the erection of steel, fabrication, grid layout, rigging, etc.
Ability to perform all job duties of craft trade
Ability to read and understand IFC drawings
Ability to make hang list, read details off drawings, read all notes on drawings before erection, locate and understand ECN
Understand when to stop production work and when an RFI needs to be initiated
Read and understand craft specs and cut sheets, craft spec procedures, and recommendations
Able to locate piece marks for correct views and know how to pick out different elevations
Knowledge of correct installation based on the orientation
Knowledge of symbols based on legend
Knowledge of all types of safe rigging practices (chokers, slings, etc.)
Ability to dictate correct knots based on material
Knowledge of all aspects of connecting
Knowledge of correct procedures of Bolting
Fabrication skills
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Ability to read cut sheets
Layout from drawing
Cut material from layout and cut sheets
Knowledge of Torque vs. Tension, Torque and Values
Turn of the nut method
Knowledge of different types of indicators
Ability to use a Skidmore
Ability to plan work and execute
Ability to take drawings, required material, line out helpers and execute work
Basic knowledge of welding (machine set up, Mig, stick, gas, etc.)
Knowledge of cutting torch, set up, dangers, usage, cleaning, types of tips and when to use the different types of tips
Knowledge of JLG
Knowledge of man baskets, cranes
Basic maintenance (inspections)
Safe operations practices
Signaling of equipment (ERTS, NCCCO, NCCER)
Flagging of cranes, forklifts, man lifts
Tying knots for tag lines, etc.
Math Skills: footage, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions to perform all craft duties
Nice to have:
Current Zachry or Zachry ROF'ed employee
Former experience working with Zachry Industrial, Inc.
Experience working as an Industrial Rigger
Important Details
This position does not have any direct reports; however, it will work closely with and oversee helper and labor positions, holding positional and expertise authority over them
Physical Requirements
Adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, sitting and lifting
Talk and hear to communicate
Use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls and tools
May be required to pick up, lift, carry and move up to 50lbs
Work at heights, climb ladders and stairways, and may occasionally work off platforms/scaffolding using appropriate fall protection requirements
Work in all weather conditions (including heat, rain, cold and wind) while wearing appropriate PPE
Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to hard hat, safety glasses/spoggles, ear plugs, masks/respirators, hi-vis safety vests, leather gloves and leather steel-toed work boots
Required Tools
Required tools list to be provided.
About the Company
Zachry provides a safe and drug-free work environment.
