Bridge Carpenter

Description

• Build and set formwork for bridge decks, piers, abutments, columns, caps, and other components
• Applies shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
• Covers subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture and lays hardwood, parquet, and wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
• Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter’s level. Erects framework for structures and lays subflooring. Builds stairs and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work.
• Reach for, handle, and manipulate objects and materials
• Strip and clean forms after concrete placement
• Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and project specifications
• Collaborate with crane operators, laborers, and other crew members
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Secure forms and reinforcing steel to meet engineering requirements
• Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gage.
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Work at elevated heights and over water in compliance with safety regulations
• Fits and installs prefabricated window frames, doors, doorframes, weather stripping, interior and exterior trim, and finish hardware, such as locks, letterdrops, and kick plates.
• Climb and maintain balance on scaffolds and ladders
• Prepares layout, using rule, framing square, and calipers.
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes.
• Install and align falsework and shoring systems
• Cut, fit, and assemble lumber and plywood for concrete forms
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
• Follow OSHA and company safety procedures at all times
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
• Operate carpentry hand and power tools safely and efficiently

Requirements

• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see well (either naturally or with correction).
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance