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Ironworker

Continental Construction Company, Inc.
New Orleans, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/23/2026
PLEASE DO NOT CALL REGARDING OPEN POSITIONS

Position: IRONWORKER

Job Summary

Perform tasks involving physical labor at heavy construction projects. Raises, places and unites beams, girders, columns, bracing, and other structural steel members to construct structures or framework.

Essential Duties

  • Follow Daily Procedures and Protocols as set forth in job orientations and trainings and Safety Handbooks. Properly follow OSHA safety procedures. Bring problems to the attention of the Superintendent or Safety Facilitator.
  • Use basic rigging knowledge to set up hoisting and raising of structural steel members.
  • Signals crane operator in setting of steel members during erection.
  • Using tag line, guides members in place then uses hand tools to pry, push, and pull the members into place so that the connections can be made up.
  • Lays out, positions, aligns and fits components together in various body positions and may assist in lifting, positioning and securing of materials and work pieces during installation.
  • Bolts, welds, and cuts material as needed to make up connections.
  • Loads, transports and unloads material, tools, equipment and supplies
  • Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities of tools and equipment
  • Full-time position, benefits, hourly pay

Qualifications

  • Must have valid TWIC card.
  • Must meet qualifications for DISA program.
  • Knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in heavy construction work.
  • Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions.
  • Ability to understand and execute erection drawings.
  • Ability to use equipment and tools properly and safely.
  • Ability to meet attendance schedule with dependability and consistency.
  • Able to travel and work overtime (may include nights and weekends).
  • Must be at least 18 years of age, pass drug screen and background check.

Physical Requirements

  • Strength:
  • Standing 65% Walking 20% Sitting 15%
  • Lifting - 50 LB Carrying - 50 LB
  • Motions:
  • Occasional

Stooping, Kneeling, Couching, Crawling

  • Frequent

Pushing, Pulling

  • Constant

Climbing, Balancing, Reaching, Handling, Fingering

Work Conditions

  • Construction site with mobile construction equipment.
  • Outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat, humidity, and exposure to building materials and dust.

Continental Construction Company, Inc. is an EEO employer and will not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

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