Welder/Skilled Laborer - (Well-Rounded)

Experience: welding, scaffolding, equipment operator, abrasive blasting, and coatings
Project duration: April 2025 through December 2026
Physical Location: 4800 Lock and Dam Rd, Modoc, IL 62261 (Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam)
Job Requirements:

• D1.5 Welding Certification
• Physically Capable (must pass our Work Well screening and Physical)
• Pass a Drug screening (We work under the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act)
• Be able to work on the US Army Corps of Engineers Dam Jobsite.
• Flexibility in working hours and ability and willingness to work extended hours
• Driver’s license and reliable means of transportation to/from work

Preferred Experience:

• Scaffold Building
• Working safely, meeting and/or exceeding OSHA requirements
• Hot work (grinders, cut-off wheels, torch work, arc gouging.
• Crane signaling and/or operation
• Commercial sandblasting
• Painting (airless or conventional)

Description:
Being a well-rounded worker by having skills in several or all areas listed above. We will run a small crew, requiring all members to be skilled in several aspects of our work. Scaffold building, rigging, working with the crane, operating equipment on or around water, cutting, fitting, and welding structural steel in ordinance with D1.5, sandblasting, and conventional painting. There are several aspects to any job. We are looking for people who are skilled and are eager to learn more.
Duties / Responsibilities

• Work Safely. Our number one concern is keeping everyone safe.
• Show up on time every day you are scheduled to work
• Work the full day that is planned (Be dependable)
• Assisting with moving scaffold components
• Work with com-a-long, slings, ajax bars, and most common hand tools
• General power tool operations, grinding steel, preparing steel for installation
• Work with the other crew members to learn the task at hand and become a team
• Climbing Scaffolding, wearing fall protection, following EM 385 1-1 safety regulations

Compensation: (Based on Experience and Duties)

• Hourly Rate and Fringe Based on Prevailing Davis Bacon Wage Rates
  • Starting: Base $40 to $63 and Fringe depending on experience and certifications
• Health Benefits
• Prevailing Wage Pension Plan
• Full Time
• 40 to 60 Hours per Week

We are looking for hardworking, honest people who are eager to learn and grow. If you are motivated and willing to work hard, please apply. Your experience in a few areas listed above is valuable to us. Thank you.
Applications and resumes must meet the minimum experience requirements and must include at least three employer references.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
Veterans and service members are encouraged to apply.

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