Journeyman Ironworker

About This Role

Join a skilled field crew as a Journeyman Ironworker in Little Rock, AR. You’ll read blueprints, layout and fabricate steel members, rig and signal lifts, bolt and weld components, and set structural frames on commercial and industrial sites. This is hands-on trade work that requires accuracy, strength, and safe jobsite habits. Expect full days on construction sites doing heavy steel erection, alignment and finish work. Work includes climbing, rigging, use of hand and power tools, and operating around cranes and lifts. Pay is up to $30/hr depending on experience.

What You'll Do

• • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specs to determine material locations, sizes and quantities
• • Layout, fabricate and install steel frames, columns, beams and girders; align, bolt and weld structural members
• • Rig, assemble slings and hardware, and signal for crane/hoisting operations to move and position heavy steel
• • Verify vertical and horizontal alignment using plumb bobs, lasers, transits, levels and adjust as needed
• • Inspect completed work for compliance with plans and specs; identify and correct deficiencies
• • Work safely at heights, in confined areas and variable weather using ladders, scaffolds and manlifts

What We're Looking For

• • Minimum 3 years journeyman-level ironworking or structural steel erection experience
• • Proven ability to read and follow blueprints, layout drawings and job specs
• • Skilled in rigging, crane signaling, hoisting and setting heavy steel components
• • Structural steel welding and bolting experience (SMAW/GMAW experience preferred)
• • Comfortable working at heights, in confined spaces and on uneven surfaces; able to lift and move materials on site
• • Must have own basic hand and measuring tools; must follow all site safety rules and PPE requirements

Qualifications

• • High school diploma or GED preferred
• • 3+ years experience in structural steel erection or journeyman ironworker work
• • Structural welding experience; AWS or other welding certifications a plus
• • Rigging and crane signaling training or certification preferred
• • Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, fit-for-duty medical exam and background check
• • Must provide required personal tools and be able to travel to job sites in and around Little Rock, AR

What We Offer

• • Pay up to $30/hr (depending on experience)
• • Overtime available on many projects
• • Steady field work on commercial and industrial jobs
• • Clear safety standards and site supervision to support safe work
• • Hands-on, journeyman-level duties with opportunities to sharpen welding/rigging skills

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