Iron Workers

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

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
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  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
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  Same as Iron Worker Leadman but with 80% ability or greater. Applies to 1st year apprentice or greater in iron working trades.

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Equ…