As a 100% employee-owned contractor, when you work at Sundt, you're not just hiring on at a company, you're joining a culture. Because everyone at Sundt is part owner, you'll join a team of people who are deeply invested in their work. From apprentices to managers, we're passionate about the details and deliberate in everything we do.
At Sundt we focus on building long-term prosperity for our clients, communities and employee-owners. We offer competitive pay, industry-leading benefits including a 401k and employee stock ownership plan, incentive programs for craft and administrative employees as well as training that focuses on your personal and professional growth. We're driven by skill, grit and purpose. Join us as we strive to be the most skilled builder in America.
Basic Job Functions
Plan, lay out, and perform all types of structural steel erection, rebar installation, and fabrication work in accordance with all applicable plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards.
Job Summary
Duties include placing, tying, and securing reinforcing steel (rebar) for concrete structures such as slabs, walls, columns, and foundations. Work in other crafts at levels appropriate to training and skills as requested by project supervision. Must have the ability to take direction from a higher skilled worker or foreman.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain positive working relationships with all members of the crew.
- Produce high-quality work, safely and productively at all times.
- Provide feedback to ensure all materials, tools, equipment, and information are available for the work.
- Look for opportunities for improvement in all tasks, means, and methods regarding the work and be willing to learn from others.
- Continually seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
- High proficiency in all related trade mathematics.
- Inspect subordinates work, ensure accuracy and compliance with plans and specifications, explain deficiencies, and take necessary corrective action.
- Eliminate WASTE such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage, and time.
- Cut, bend, place, and tie rebar using proper tools and techniques, according to drawings and bar bending schedules.
- Secure reinforcing steel in forms for concrete pours, ensuring correct spacing, alignment, and support.
- Follow safety practices to prevent injury, including use of rebar caps and proper lifting techniques.
- Lift and carry heavy items up to 50 pounds.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Must have a minimum of three years (level I), four years (level II), five years (level III), and six-plus years (level Sr.) experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry with in-depth knowledge of the ironworker trade, including rebar installation.
- Must be able to read and understand drawings, specifications, safety and quality standards, and effectively utilize all trade tools and equipment relevant to the work.
- Possess effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Note: Job Description is subject to change at any time and may include other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Work up to a 12-hour shift doing hard physical work in varying temperatures and outside conditions.
- Climb and maintain balance on steel/wood framework, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
- Lift, push, or pull objects up to 50 lbs. on an occasional basis.
- Use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry, or feel objects on a frequent basis.
- Must comply with all safety standards and procedures.
- Reach above shoulder heights and below the waist on a frequent basis.
- Stoop, kneel, or bend on an occasional basis.
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to steel-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hardhat, vest, etc.).
- Move in and around confined, cluttered, and uneven areas.
- May use telephone, computer system, email, or other electronic devices on a limited basis to communicate with internal and external customers or vendors.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: Sundt Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, age, disability, national origin, covered veteran status, or genetic information. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.