Commercial Drop Ceiling Technician | Tri-State Area, PA

Description

• Cuts tiles for fixture and borders, using keyhole saw, and inserts tiles into supporting framework.
• Work with blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Always exercise the proper use of PPE.
• Examine blueprints and specifications to determine types of grid and tiles and where they are appropriately installed.
• Basic material take-off to ensure proper material selection and quantity needed.
• Utilize appropriate tools to build or repair structural components
• Proactively defining & resolving problems before they become an issue, and identifying & resolving identified problems for optimum results
• Work with materials such as wood, metal, plastic, fiberglass, and/or drywall.
• Scribes and cuts edges of tile to fit wall where wall molding is not specified.
• Check work along the way to ensure it's up to code and specifications.
• Hangs dry lines (stretched string) to wall molding to guide positioning of main runners.
• Erect scaffolding.
• Nails or screws molding to wall to support and seals joint between ceiling tile and wall.
• The employee will adhere to the company’s safety policy and, at all times, will use all required Personal Protective Equipment provided to employee.
• Install acoustical ceiling main runners and cross runners.
• Measures and marks surface to lay out work according to blueprints and drawings.
• Accurately measure height, width, length, and other proportions, including but not limited to establishing correct ceiling heights.
• Attend required safety training as assigned.
• Inspects drywall partitions, mechanical mountings, and masonry surface for plumb and level, using a laser level.
• Join materials with nails, screws, staples, or adhesives.
• Install all types of ceiling grid systems (standard, slotted, and specialty products)
• The employee will encourage and maintain teamwork throughout the company and will communicate all pertinent information in a timely and effective manner.
• Read blueprints and perform proper layout for work to be put in place.
• The employee will represent the Company in a positive, professional manner with fellow employees and within the communities served.
• Use levels, rules, plumb bobs, framing squares, and lasers to ensure everything is level and secure.
• Hang or mechanically fasten support wires for acoustical ceiling grid from building structure.
• Coordinate with other trades on project to ensure an efficient installation flow.

Requirements

• Ability to manage one's internal states, impulses and resources.
• At times, multiple sounds can be heard as employee is working on job, employee must have the ability to focus on the sound in particular that is associated with the task they are completing. Employees with any sort of hearing impairment would not be considered fit for duty to perform this position.
• Due to the safety sensitive nature of the position, at all times, employee must be fit for duty and not report to work under the influence of a mind altering or performance altering substance. At no time, should employee be found to be possessing or using a mind or performance altering substance while performing any Company task.
• Ability to work effectively and productively as a member of a cross-functional team
• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to make decisions that promote successful outcomes for employees, customers, and/or the organization
• 2+ years commercial ceiling installation experience
• Knowledge and understanding of construction safety devices and PPE
• Participation in a secondary or post-secondary trade curriculum or 4 years apprenticeship program in Carpentry
• Conscientious with customers in areas such as meeting customer needs, wants & expectations.
• Knowledge and experience working with commercial carpentry tools and building materials
• 4+ years’ commercial ceiling installation experience
• Ability to build a relationship with another person or group through effective communication skills (listening, speaking & behaving).
• Ability to focus on and meet target goals and objectives.
• Self-motivated to grow personally and professionally through on-going education as a result of the rate of change in the position.
• Employee must be able to see objects close and far away
• Ability to successfully adapt (personally and professionally) to changes in the internal and external environment
• Due to the physical nature of the position, employee must have full dexterity of their hands and arms.

Benefits

• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic Short-Term Disability
• Employee Referral Program
• Medical Gap Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Medical Insurance

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance