BRIDGE/STRUCTURAL CARPENTER

About the role

Branch Civil is searching for a skilled, reliable Bridge and Structural Carpenter to join our well-established, growing company. The Carpenter is a skilled craft position that constructs, erects, and repairs forms and structures according to specifications, including concrete footings, slabs, walls, columns, and bridge decks. This position requires familiarity with the process and operation of machines used for the layout of bridge finishing, tying rebar, and other related duties associated with heavy civil construction. The ideal candidate should be capable of working with minimal oversight but willing to follow directions closely.

Responsibilities

• Experience constructing and dismantling concrete forms for bridges, culverts, and walls.
• Prepare the layout of construction.
• Follow project instructions from construction manager or supervisor.
• Estimate height, width, length, and other proportions for construction.
• Work with blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Erect and dismantle all forms, guardrails, and temporary supports.
• Set and tie steel rebar.
• Load and unload materials.
• Use power tools such as saws, concrete vibrators, air chisels, and other construction and maintenance tools and equipment to complete daily tasks.
• Shovel dirt, gravel, and concrete.
• Follow all health and safety procedures on the job site and report violations immediately to management.
• Load and unload construction supplies from trucks both manually and with the use of equipment.
• Erect scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Clean and clear debris and hazardous materials.

Requirements

• Positive attitude and work ethic.
• Able to work independently or as an active member of a team.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience.
• Strong knowledge and experience interpreting drawings/project specifications.
• Working knowledge of driving pile, erection and dismantling all forms, setting and tying steel, pouring and finishing concrete, and set up and maintenance of erosion control.
• Knowledge of survey controls, grade checking, and bridge geometry.
• Competency in reading civil construction plans.
• Experience on large highway, bridge/structures, paving, and/or utility relocation projects.
• Able to work while tied off to fall protection.
• Able to work or walk on uneven ground.
• Able to walk, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Pay

Salary range: $46,245.50 – $77,080.00. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Schedule

This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40+ hours a week.

Travel

Travel is infrequent at the project site. However, the employee should be willing and able to travel to the project site.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• Lifts heavy objects, walks and stands for long periods of time, and performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
• Lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects.
• Requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands).
• Requires the ability to quickly move arms and legs.
• Must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds.