Union Carpenter

Job Description

If you are a Union Carpenter, highly energetic, self-motivated, and interested in being a part of a growing company with a positive “can do” attitude, U.S. Bridge invites you to join their team.

U.S. Bridge is a bridge fabricator and union contractor with a primary focus on the public sector. It is a company founded on family values and is committed to building quality products that exceed the expectations of the owner and the public, in the safest manner possible for the employees.

Job Responsibilities

• Erect built-in-place forms or assemble and install prefabricated forms on the construction site according to plan specifications
• Inspect all work-in-progress to ensure work conforms to specifications and plans
• Ensure that all resources assigned are maintained, protected, secured and used at optimum efficiency
• Identify extra work or change of conditions and report to foreman.
• Performs all work according to safety standards and promotes safety on all job sites, using the right tools of the trade for each activity.
• Assist with survey and field layout .
• Meet or exceed the standard for quality control and company safety policies on all aspects of performed work. Promoting and adhering to on-the-job training of personnel and corporate safety standards by taking an active role in emphasizing safety, quality and production.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in given field.
• Required to have membership or join Contractors Union
• Read and follow plans, prepare project layouts, and check work along the way to ensure it meets code and specifications
• Experience with pile driving, concrete forming, steel or concrete beam erection, temporary and permanent shoring, cofferdams, and bridge deck forming and concrete placement.
• Working knowledge of bridge super substructure and substructure, cofferdams, and bridge deck construction methods used to construct major bridge structures
• Work within precise standards of accuracy; able to compare and see differences in the size, shape, and forms of lines, figures, and object
• Working knowledge of driving pile, formwork, setting and tying steel, pouring and finishing concrete, and set up and maintenance of erosion control
• Knowledge of survey controls, grade checking; and bridge geometry
• Competency in reading civil construction plans
• Valid Driver License

Additional Physical Requitements

• Requires ability to climb and maintain balance on scaffold/ladder
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs; may be required to work in adverse weather conditions
• Requires good manual dexterity; may be standing, bending, kneeling or sitting for long periods
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check

Travel/Overnight Travel within the state of Ohio is required.

U.S. Bridge is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer: Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran