Commercial Structural Joist Technician

About the role

The Commercial Structural Joist Technician is responsible for installing and fabricating various structural components, ensuring adherence to building codes and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Accurately measure and read height, width, length, and other proportions with a tape measure
• Assist foreman with proper layout for work to be put in place
• Fabricate or alter parts using grinders, sawzalls, shears, hammers, punches, or drills
• Join materials with PAFs, nails, screws, staples, or adhesives
• Use levels, rules, plumb bobs, framing squares, and lasers to ensure everything is level and secure
• Check work along the way to ensure it meets specification and quality standards
• Install/use rigging and hoisting equipment
• Install flooring systems according to specifications and building codes
• Maneuver units into position for installation, and anchor the units
• Perform welds using stick processes for joists or deck in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions (optional)
• Work at heights with several elevated platforms
• Keep work area clean and productive
• Always exercise the proper use of PPE
• Set up and safely use company equipment
• Maintain welding certification through maintenance logs and supervisor observation

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Participation in a secondary or post-secondary trade curriculum
• 1+ year experience with floor joist, metal deck, or structural steel installation
• Knowledge and understanding of construction safety devices and PPE
• 1+ year experience with stick welding. Current AWS D1.1 SMAW 3G and AWS D1.1 SMAW 4G certifications, AWS D1.5 SMAW 3G and 4G are preferred (optional)
• Rigging and Signaling experience is a plus
• Basic carpentry knowledge

Qualifications

• Self-motivated to grow personally and professionally through on-going education as a result of the rate of change in the position
• Conscientious with customers in areas such as meeting customer needs, wants & expectations
• Ability to successfully adapt (personally and professionally) to changes in the internal and external environment
• 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
• Ability to work effectively and productively as a member of a cross-functional team
• Proactively define and resolve problems before they become an issue, and identify and resolve identified problems for optimum results
• Ability to manage one's internal states, impulses and resources

Skills

• Full dexterity of hands and arms
• Lift up to 50 pounds independently
• Stand for long periods of time
• Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Walk for long periods of time
• Bend or twist body
• Repeat the same movements
• Kneel, stoop, crouch, or crawl
• See objects close and far away
• Focus on and listen to specific sounds related to the task

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Medical Gap Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Basic Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K
• Employee Referral Program

Pay

The pay for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position is full-time Monday through Friday schedule.

Benefits

Klover Benefits includes:

• Medical Insurance
• Medical Gap Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Basic Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K
• Employee Referral Program

Clearances

The following PA Act 153 clearances, or proof of application of clearances, are required beginning employment and as a condition of continued employment:

• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance
• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check
• FBI Fingerprint Criminal Background Check

Equal Opportunity Employer

Klover Contracting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable laws.