Steel Fixer
2 weeks ago
ONX Homes is seeking a skilled Steel Fixer to join our team. As a Steel Fixer, you will be responsible for installing steel reinforcement in concrete structures, ensuring the highest quality and safety standards.
Key Responsibilities- Reading and interpreting building and engineering plans and drawings.
- Setting out work areas and determining the required materials.
- Using hand and power tools to cut and bend steel bars and mesh.
- Laying out steel bars, mesh, rods, and framework.
- Hoisting steel bars, mesh, and reinforcements into place.
- Fitting spacers and supports.
- Joining steel reinforcement bars (rebar), footings, and girders by welding or with clips or wires.
- Fixing steel bars and mesh to solid concrete bases.
- Using rebar to build casts that will keep setting concrete in place.
- Preparing concrete, mixing sand, cement, and water, and pouring the concrete into the prepared casts.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Apprenticeship in steel fixing is desirable.
- 5+ years of experience as a Steel Fixer or a similar role in the Construction industry.
- Familiarity with hand, power tools and rebaring equipment like electric rebar cutters, wire rope cutters, and rebar cutting shear.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift heavy loads, work in awkward spaces safely and stand for long hours. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
