Project Name: Elbow Creek Repower Project

Project Location: 2402 Driver Road, Big Spring, TX 79720

As an Ironworker, your primary duties include marking, positioning, and securing structural steel members to reinforce concrete or building structures.

• Setting up, flagging, and inspecting a crane
• Inspecting rigging properly
• Running a site level
• Checking-in truck deliveries against bill of lading when load arrives
• Counting bars and bundles of rebar, dobies, and wire mesh
• Directing forklift/crane to unload delivery truck
• Shaking out rebar and distributing/organizing accordingly
• Using pliers to tie rebar intersections with tie wire
• Splicing mats or rebar sections together with short rebar dowels
• Understanding building codes/requirements
• Cutting excess rebar ends and miscellaneous pieces with gas cut saw or cutting torch
• Installing mechanical rebar splices by bolting or welding ends together
• Installing caps on vertical rebar dowels for safety
• Installing rebar dowels into fresh concrete footings
• Determining number, size, shape, and location of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions
• Bending steel rods with hand tools or rodbending machine
• Reinforcing concrete with wire mesh
• Ornamental Ironworker: Installing prefabricated ornamental ironwork
• All other duties as assigned
• Renewable Energy Group Accountabilities:
  • Receiving and offloading all major components
  • Installing loose components for Nacelle, hub, and tower preparation
  • Connecting blades to hub
  • Setting base and tower sections
  • Managing taglines
  • Involved with main erection crane assembly and teardown
  • Climbing ladders – average 80m

All team members are expected to demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Cooperate with others when in a team environment
• Accept direction from supervisors
• Follow work rules and procedures
• Punctual and consistent attendance
• Accept constructive feedback

• Strong teamwork orientation
• Positive attitude and professional customer service skills
• Detail orientation
• Ability to move levers, shift gears, depress pedals and maneuver steering wheel to operator equipment
• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, crouch, kneel, climb, and periodically lift up to 50 lbs
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, procedure manuals, and load charts
• Knowledge of equipment and their uses
• Understand and apply basic mathematical skills (adding, subtracting, division, & multiplication)
• Strong teamwork orientation
• Positive attitude and professional customer service skills
• Ability to work independently

Education and Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Equipment certifications as required
• 1 year of related experience preferred
• Must possess valid driver’s license of proper class and necessary endorsements as required by law
• Must have passed the Apprentice Aptitude Test

Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer. EEO is the Law