Brown & Root Industrial Services, Llc
Provides integrated industrial services including engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance.
Scaffold Lead
Leadman oversees scaffold building, guides crew, follows plans and safety standards.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The Leadman role provides leadership, instruction, and guidance to other craft workers in work crews, assisting the Foreman while operating as a journeyman. The Leadman works closely with the Foreman to ensure crew productivity and safety. The position involves building, positioning, and dismantling wooden structures such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports, and temporary frame shelters, following sketches, blueprints, or company standards. All work must comply with project specifications and safety regulations. • Examines, selects and gathers materials and tools. • Examines blue prints and specifications to determine dimensions of structure. • Inspect base surface for obstructions. • Loads, transports and unloads material. • Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, using square, measuring tape, and ruler, and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber. • Saws boards and plywood panels to required sizes. • Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars. • Assembles scaffold containing handrails, mid rails, braces and planks, toe boards, screening, locking pins and wheels to job specifications. • Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls. • Secures scaffolding to permanent structure by tying. • Erects scaffolding for buildings and other structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways. • Sets and braces anchor bolts. • May rig materials. • Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities on tools and equipment. • Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules. • Make decisions based on measurable criteria. • Plan work and select proper tools. • Compare and see differences in the size, shape and form of lines, figures and objects.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸material selection
- ▸blueprint review
- ▸scaffolding erection
- ▸formwork assembly
- ▸tool operation
- ▸safety compliance
What You Bring
Candidates may need a high school diploma or equivalent and prior experience in the field. The role requires knowledge of common concepts, practices, and procedures, reliance on instructions and guidelines, and work under immediate supervision without extensive independent judgment. Reporting is typically to a supervisor or manager. Physical demands include standing (60%), walking (20%), sitting (20%), lifting up to 50 lb, carrying 40 lb, and pushing/pulling forces of 70 ft‑lb. The job also requires constant climbing, balancing, frequent stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, and occasional kneeling and crawling. • Apply basic mathematics and solve problems.
Requirements
- ▸basic math
- ▸high school
- ▸field experience
- ▸supervised
- ▸heavy lifting
- ▸climbing
Benefits
Brown & Root Industrial Services is an equal‑opportunity employer, offering competitive lifestyle benefits such as a 401(k) with company match, medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, paid time off, and flexible work schedules. The company supports career advancement through professional training and development.
Work Environment
Onsite