Ironworker - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL Corn Capital

Ironworker - Austin Industrial Decatur, IL Corn Capital

Austin Industrial is a merit shop, employee‑owned company that has provided construction, maintenance, plant services, turnaround and specialty services to the oil, gas, chemical, energy, and manufacturing industries for more than 100 years.

Perform duties to raise, place and unite girders, columns and other structural steel members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. A minimum of 4 years of progressive experience in the Industrial Ironworker craft is required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Read blueprints and select required material for construction.
• Set up hoisting equipment for raising and placing structural steel members.
• Fasten steel members to the hoist using chain, cable or rope.
• Guide the structure being lifted into proper position and align rivet holes with corresponding holes.
• Drive drift pins through rivet holes.
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment using plumb bob and level.
• Bolts aligned structures to keep them in position until permanently riveted, bolted or welded into place.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees. For safety reasons, it is imperative that the employee be able to read and speak fluent English.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Depending on the job site, certain certificates or licenses may be required. NCCER and Advanced Rigging preferred.

It may be necessary to travel or commute for this position.

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 sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance;

stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Austin Industrial provides premier self‑perform maintenance, construction, and soft‑craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single‑source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831‑1217.

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