Journeyman Ironworker

Website Wood

Journeyman Ironworker Job Highlights

Title Journeyman Ironworker
Type Full Time
Experience Required
Function Management/Manufacturing
Location Centertown, KY, United States
Company Wood

Company Profile

Wood provides performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets, including the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil/gas, power/process, environment and infrastructure, renewable, mining, and general industrial sectors.

Job Profile

The company is seeking a Journeyman Ironworker who must have the basic knowledge and skills to fabricate, install, and assemble structural steel.

Authorization to work in the US lawfully without sponsorship from Wood is required.

Educational Qualification

  • No education level is mentioned, yet a High School Diploma will be a plus

Work Experience

  • Possess 2 years of Journeyman experience
  • Must have a minimum of 1-year experience working in an industrial environment
  • Should have at least 2 to 3 years as an apprentice/helper in one of the mechanical areas such as Ironworker, Boilermaker, Pipefitter-Bolt Up, Pipefitter Fabricator, or Welding
  • Should have at least 1 to 2 years as a journeyman as an Ironworker
  • Experience in one of the mechanical areas such as Ironworker, Boilermaker, Pipefitter-Bolt Up, Pipefitter Fabricator, or Welding field a plus
  • Must possess an NCCER certification card or successfully pass an in-house craft assessment
  • Should any steel member require cutting and welding in the field, the employee who is to perform the welding must have been tested and certified through our department for the specific type of Bolt or weld equipment sections using approved materials and procedures such as stacks, chutes, ladders, catwalks, etc.

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Accurately interpret and apply information from work orders, job orders, specifications, blueprints, ISO’s, or other drawings and recognize basic blueprint terms and symbols for job application
  • Alight structures or plates to be assembled on boiler frames, tanks, or structures, using plumb bobs, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles
  • Demonstrate ability to accurately layout and fabricate structural iron
  • Demonstrate ability to locate and mark reference points for structural components on foundation using master straightedge, square, transit, builder’s levels, and measuring tape
  • Demonstrate appropriate techniques in handling sections or structural parts in order to facilitate fitting edges together
  • Demonstrates knowledge and skills in safe rigging practices
  • Identify and recognize components of structural systems
  • Identify, explain, and perform crane hand signals
  • Identify, recognize, and demonstrate safe usage of power tools and hand tools appropriate for the job
  • Recognize various materials used in piping systems and demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate material handling techniques
  • Select and safely use appropriate equipment which may include (but is not limited to) man lifts, forklifts, and company trucks
  • Bolt or weld equipment sections using approved materials and procedures such as stacks, chutes, ladders, catwalks, etc

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

  • Must be able to work in a team environment

Employer’s Statement

Wood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

To apply for this job please visit woodplc-tradecraft-us-external.icims.com.

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