Searching for Bridge / Structural Concrete Foreman/Carpenter The Bridge / Structural Concrete Carpentes perform skilled carpentry and concrete construction work associated with bridges, retaining structures, foundations, and other heavy civil concrete structures. These positions are responsible for constructing, installing, maintaining, and removing concrete forms, falsework, shoring, and temporary structures; assisting with reinforcing steel and embedded items; and supporting concrete placement, finishing, curing, and repair operations. Safety Responsibilities Follow company safety policies, project-specific safety requirements, and applicable OSHA requirements. Participate in daily pre-task planning, toolbox talks, and job hazard analyses. Wear and properly maintain required personal protective equipment. Inspect tools, ladders, scaffolds, fall-protection equipment, and work areas before use. Follow fall-protection requirements when working on bridge decks, pier caps, scaffolds, elevated formwork, and other elevated structures. Follow safe practices when working around cranes, concrete pumps, excavators, loaders, trucks, and other heavy equipment. Follow established procedures for rigging, signaling, lifting, and handling formwork and materials. Maintain safe access and housekeeping around formwork, reinforcing steel, excavations, and concrete operations. Immediately report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, incidents, and near misses to the Foreman. Quality Responsibilities Perform work in accordance with project drawings, specifications, approved work plans, and Foreman instructions. Verify form dimensions, elevations, alignment, bracing, and stability before concrete placement. Ensure forms are properly constructed, sealed, cleaned, and prepared before concrete placement. Verify chamfers, blockouts, keyways, construction joints, embeds, anchor bolts, and other required components are correctly installed. Protect reinforcing steel, embedded items, and completed concrete from damage during formwork operations. Identify damaged, misaligned, or improperly installed formwork and notify the Foreman before concrete placement. Maintain workmanship standards that minimize concrete leakage, dimensional deficiencies, surface defects, and unnecessary rework. Protect completed concrete during form stripping and subsequent construction activities. Required Skills & Qualifications Must have experience in bridge, heavy civil, commercial, industrial, and/or structural concrete carpentry Knowledge of concrete formwork construction and stripping methods. Ability to read and understand basic construction drawings, dimensions, elevations, and structural details. Ability to accurately measure, cut, drill, and assemble formwork materials. Ability to use hand and power tools safely and effectively. Familiarity with circular saws, reciprocating saws, drills, impact drivers, grinders, rotary hammers, levels, lasers, and other construction tools. Basic understanding of reinforcing steel, concrete placement, and structural concrete construction.
Certifications Desired:
OSHA 10-Hour or OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification. First Aid/CPR certification. Fall Protection training. Scaffold User training. Aerial lift training. Rigging and Signal Person qualification. Experience working on DOT, municipal, federal, or other public infrastructure projects. Physical Requirements This position involves physically demanding outdoor construction work. The employee must be able to regularly stand, walk, bend, kneel, squat, climb, reach, push, pull, and lift construction materials and equipment. The position require working on uneven terrain, around excavations and heavy equipment, and at elevated locations such as scaffolds, bridge decks, formwork, columns, and pier caps. Work may be performed in heat, cold, rain, wind, noise, dust, and other typical heavy construction conditions.