Iron Workers

Richard Construction Inc. (RCI) is currently seeking experienced Industrial Structural Iron Workers.

**Position Summary**

Structural Iron Workers will construct iron/steel structures to specifications.

RCI has various levels of Iron Worker positions based on experience and skills ranked as follows:

- **Iron Worker Leadman**: NCCER Certified Iron Worker that has demonstrated competency in fabricating, raising, placing, and joining girders, columns, beams, and other structural members to form completed structures or structure frameworks as a working member of an Iron Working crew.
- **Iron Worker I**: NCCER Certified. Same as "Iron Worker Leadman" but with 95% ability or greater. Must have 5+ years of experience in industrial iron work.
- **Iron Worker II**: Same as "Iron Worker Leadman" but with 90% ability or greater. Must have 3 to 5 years of experience in industrial iron work.
- **Iron Worker III**: Same as "iron Worker Leadman" but with 80% ability of greater. Applies to 1st year apprentice or greater in iron working trades.

Qualification Highlights:

- Must possess all knowledge skills and abilities for position
- Must be familiar with structural steel piece marks and steel erection drawings
- Must be able to meet all physical requirements
- Must be able to work at heights in excess of 300 feet in elevation
- Must have good communication skills
- Must have all required tools
- Must be able to regulary and reliably show up at the assigned job site
- Must meet all safety and security requirements of the assigned job site

Position Responsibilities:

- Read engineered drawings and specifications to determine the scope of work: locations in space (coordinates), quantities, and sizes of materials required
- Identify all tools required for tasks
- Identify safety risks and precautions required to eliminate those risks
- Fabricate steel or equipment according to engineered drawings or instructions from supervisors
- Hoist equipment and tools into location via bull rigging or crane
- Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels
- Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following engineered drawings and instructions from supervisors
- Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting or bolting
- Pull, push or pry iron/steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, and welding equipment

**Required Qualifications for Iron Workers inclusive of various positions**:

- Leadership Abilities
- Ability to take lead in erection of steel, fabrication, grid layout, rigging, etc.
- Ability to perform all job duties of craft trade
- Drawings
- Ability to read and understand Issued For Construction (IFC) Drawings
- Ability to make hang lists, read details off drawings, read all notes on drawings before erection, location and understand Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) or holds on drawings
- Understand when to stop production work and when a Request For Information (RFI) needs to be initiated and answered in order to re-start productive work
- 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
- Ability to know the correct installation based on the orientation
- Knowledge of symbols based on Legends
- Rigging
- Knowledge of all types of safe rigging practices (chokers, slings, etc.)
- Ability to dictate correct knots based on material
- Connection
- Know all aspects of connecting
- Know correct procedures for Bolting
- Knowledge of Torque or Tensioning methods used for connecting joints
- Fabrication
- Ability to read cut sheets
- Ability to layout for fabrication from drawings
- Cut material from raw material according to the layout and cut sheets provided
- Torque vs. Tension
- Knowledge of Torque values
- Knowledge of Tension
- Turn-of-the-nut method
- Knowledge of different types of indicators
- Understand how to use a Skidmore
- Plan Work and Schedule
- Ability to take drawings, required material, line out helpers, and execute work safely
- Tools and Knowledge
- Knowledge of specialty tools (torque wrench, Skidmore, torque guns, mag drills, hogan drills, etc.)
- Welding and Cutting
- Basic knowledge of cutting torch, setup, dangers, usage, cleaning, types of tips and when to use different tips
- Equipment Use
- Knowledge of JLG's, man baskets, cranes, forklifts, etc.
- Basic maintenance (inspections)
- Safe operation practices
- Signaling of Equipment (ERTS, NCCCO, NCCER)
- Flagging of cranes, forklifts, manlifts, etc.
- Knots
- Tying knots for tag lines, etc.
- Basic knots for lashing
- Math Skills
- Footage, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, etc. to perform craft duties

Preferred Qualifications:

- Richard Construction Inc. (RCI) former employee from a Reduction of Force (ROF)
- National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certifica