Carpenter

Summary

Carpenters with experience in form work for bridges/structures are sought for work in the Richmond, VA area.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works while tied off to fall protection
• Skilled in use of necessary hand and power tools
• Must be able to work with level
• Studies and understands blueprints, sketches, or bridge plans for information pertaining to type of material required
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials
• Prepares layout
• Marks cutting lines on materials
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements
• Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, for use in building concrete piers, footing, and walls
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue
• Sets expansion dams
• Assembles or runs overhang modules or stick built overhangs
• Climbs wingwalls, retaining walls
• Assembles wood deck forms
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete
• Assists in pouring and finishing of concrete
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Carpenter Training Program or equivalent, or experience in bridge work, i.e. bridge form work; read blue prints, read rule
• Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Compensation

• Expected base pay range: $25.00/hr - $30.00/hr
• Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case
• This salary range does not include any potential incentive pay or benefits, however, such information will be provided separately when appropriate

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• The employee must frequently work or walk on uneven ground and is required to wear steel toed boots at all times
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions
• The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, occasionally loud

Benefits

• Medical, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• A 401K plan

Benefits

• Kokosing is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action federal and state contractor
• The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class