MCSF
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Pay: $26/hr +
Job Full Description
Structural Steel Fitter –Baton Rouge, LA
Full-Time
$26/hr + Depending on Experience
Mon-Fri: 6:00 AM-2:30 PM
Express Employment Professionals, a full-service staffing and recruiting firm, is currently hiring for a Structural Steel Fitter for a local client in East Baton Rouge. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in reading blueprints, fitting structural steel components, and working in an industrial shop environment. You’ll be responsible for fitting and assembling structural steel parts in preparation for welding and coating.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
- Lay out, position, and secure parts and assemblies according to engineering drawings, using straightedge, combination square, calipers, and ruler to ensure specifications are met.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures as needed, using hand tools.
- Tack-weld components and assemblies, using Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), to obtain required configurations and positions for further welding.
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Use torches, grinders, and measuring tools to complete precise layouts
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Collaborate with welders, painters, and shop supervisors
EXPERIENCE and EDUCATION NEEDED:
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Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings
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Familiarity with tools such as torches, grinders, tape measures, and squares
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Ability to lift heavy materials and stand for extended periods
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Strong attention to detail and safety
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Experience working in blasting/painting environments
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Forklift or overhead crane experience
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Varying standing and sitting for extended periods throughout the day.
- Occasional lifting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching.
- Exposure to varying environments, including loud, hot, and smoke-filled areas
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Inside an industrial shop
BENEFITS:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short Term Disability
- Term Life
Express Employment Professionals has a variety of job opportunities available. We place individuals in fields such as light industrial, skilled trades, office services, and professional fields. Whether you are looking for part-time, full-time, contract, evaluation hire, or direct hire positions, our team is available to assist you. We operate in the following areas: East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and Livingston Parish. Please give us a call at (225) -448-0130 to learn how our team may be able to assist you with your employment needs.
A full description of all open employment opportunities can be found on our website: Express Employment Professionals.
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Baton Rouge (Downtown), LA
2257
855 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
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