What are the responsibilities and job description for the BRIDGE/STRUCTURAL CARPENTER position at Branch Highways?
Position Summary
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, in include concrete footings, slabs, walls, columns, and bridge decks. This position requires a candidate who is familiar 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.
Duties / 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 wreck of 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.
Duties / Responsibilities Cont.
Qualifications
Competencies Accepting Direction Delivering High Quality Work Working Safely Travel
Travel is infrequent at project site. However, employee should be willing and able to travel to project site.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position does not have supervisory responsibility.
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. The positionlifts heavy objects, walks and stands for long periods of time and performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.The employee lifts, pushes, pulls or carries objects. The position requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands). The position requires the ability toquickly move arms and legs. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds.
Position Type / Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40 hours a week.
AAP / EEO Statement
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.
