Structural Steel Ironworker-Certified Welder

Job Description

Job Description

Location

Kenton, DE

Sun-up finds you reviewing blueprints and specs, mapping out how columns, beams, and girders will tie together. By mid-morning, you’re in a harness, 50 feet up, signaling a crane as steel members swing into position. You align them true using plumb bobs, lasers, and levels—drift pins at the ready—then snug bolts or prep for welds. When steel needs persuasion, turnbuckles, crowbars, and jacks help you nudge members into final position.

Between sets, you prep and clean steel: remove rust, deteriorated sections, and old bolts or rivets with needle guns, rivet busters, and torches. You cut and bevel plate with an oxy‑acetylene torch, run 7018, and move confidently across 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G positions. Grinders, drills, impact wrenches, and spud wrenches are constant companions. Where required, you fabricate temporary frames or strongbacks, align, and hold until the permanent connection is made. As the day winds down, you brush or spray finish paint on completed members, ensuring a clean handoff to the next crew.

• Work with a 100% safety mindset—PPE on, procedures followed, risks mitigated
• Read and interpret project blueprints and specifications
• Cut, fabricate, install, and repair structural and miscellaneous steel
• Prepare and clean steel using needle guns, rivet busters, and torches; remove rust and old fasteners
• Brush or spray paint finished steel members
• Use pneumatic, electric, and hand tools (impact wrenches, drills, spud wrenches, etc.)
• Work on structures and scaffolds at heights up to and beyond 50 feet
• Operate an oxy‑acetylene torch to cut steel members
• Measure, square, and align steel to specifications
• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts per drawings or supervisor guidance
• Verify alignment using plumb bobs, lasers, and levels
• Hoist steel with cranes or hoisting equipment and guide members safely into place
• Temporarily align members for permanent bolting or welding
• Fabricate temporary frames, columns, or beams as needed
• Force members into final position using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, and hand tools
• Cut, bend, and grind using shears, torches, and grinders
• Assemble rigging and hoisting gear (cables, pulleys, hooks) to move heavy steel
• Drive drift pins through holes to align steel members

• Current welding certifications in 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G (required)
• Deep knowledge of structural steel fabrication and installation
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and specifications
• Comfort working at height and around heavy equipment
• Personal tools: belts, bags, pins, spud wrenches, drift pins, welding hood, etc.
• Reliable attendance and adherence to company policies

• On the ground and at elevation (up to 50+ feet)
• Industrial settings with noise, dust, and weather extremes
• PPE required; strict safety standards always in effect

You must be able to pass a stick welding test: 7018 on a 1‑inch beveled plate with backing strip in the vertical position.

Job type: Full‑time, permanent

We are a long‑established industrial contractor with 35 years in mechanical, piping, and structural steel fabrication and construction. Our reputation is built on quality execution, strong customer relationships, and uncompromising safety—earning repeat work from Fortune 500 clients and local developers alike.