Structure Maintainer - Group C; Ironworker

Description

Job Title:

Structure Maintainer – Group C (Iron Work)

Job

Location:

Various

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Job Information:
Until Filled
Authority: TA
Department:
Subway
Division/Unit:
Maintenance of Way/Infrastructure

Reports to:

Supervision

Work Location:

Various
Hours of Work:
Various

Note:

If you are hired into this position, you must pass the next Civil Service Exam and be hired from the resulting list for this title to obtain permanent civil service status.

Compensation:

Salary Range:
The current minimum salary for Structure Maintainer - Group C is $35.90 per hour for a 40-hour workweek with an increase to $42.24 in the sixth year of service. These rates are subject to change. The benefits of this position include, but are not limited to, night and weekend salary differentials, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, a comprehensive medical plan and a pension plan.

Structure Maintainers - Group C, under supervision, perform ironwork on subway, surface and elevated structures, including stations, enclosures and related buildings; perform other structural work as necessary including incidental painting; perform shoring, welding, burning, rigging, high-strength bolting and rivet removal on steel columns, girders, stairways, gratings and station controls; perform electric welding, brazing, acetylene cutting, and sheet metal work on bodies of multiple-unit railcars, including repair and alteration of framing, sheeting and other railcar body components;

load, unload and drive trucks and vans; and perform related work.

Some of the physical activities performed by Structure Maintainers - Group C and environmental conditions they experience are: working on or near tracks where live high-voltage equipment is present, climbing and descending ladders, working on elevated structures at heights of up to 160 feet and in confined spaces, working on suspended scaffolding, reaching into dark spaces and making tactile inspections, walking along trackways and catwalks in dimly lit areas, hearing and responding to warning whistles and sounds of oncoming trains, crawling under subway cars in maintenance pits, working outdoors in all weather conditions, and operating heavy machinery.

Structure Maintainers - Group C may be required to work various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

• 1. Three years of satisfactory full-time experience as a journey-level ironworker (i.e. fully trained, proficient, knowledgeable, experienced, and competent in performing ironwork); or
• 2. Completion of a four-year, full-time apprenticeship in the ironwork trade conducted or sponsored by a recognized trade union or recognized industry association or group.

For the journey-level experience in “1” above to be credited, it must be preceded by one of the following:

• a. Two years of satisfactory full-time experience as a helper or trainee performing or assisting in the work described above; or
• b. Graduation from a vocational high school with a major course of study in ironwork or a closely related field; or
• c. Graduation from a trade school or technical school with a major course of study in ironwork, or a closely related field, totaling 600 hours; or
• d. An associate degree or higher in ironwork or a closely related field.

If you have qualifying part-time experience, it will be credited on a prorated basis.

Experience which involves only incidental or occasional ironwork, such as mixed construction work, masonry, carpentry, auto body repair work, sheet metal work, or welding is not acceptable.

The vocational high school, technical school, or trade school must be approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization. The college or university must be accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education, and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

• Driver License Requirement:
  At the time of appointment, you must have a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New…