Structural Ironworker Instructor

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Job Summary:

The Workforce Development Instructor for Structural Ironworking delivers classroom, hands-on, field, and skills-based training that supports the development, qualification, and safe performance of craft professionals on large industrial construction projects. The instructor builds field-ready structural-ironworking capability through practical demonstrations, structured coaching, written and hands-on assessments, and competency verification. This position supports both Union and Open Shop operations with regular deployment to project locations for training and workforce development activities. #LI-TH1 

Major Responsibilities:

• Deliver structural ironworker instruction: Provide classroom, hands-on, and field-based instruction for apprentices, helpers, journey-level craft professionals, and supervisory personnel.
• Teach core structural skills: Cover structural-steel materials and components, unloading and handling, erection sequencing, connection types, bolting, alignment, plumbing, grating, stairs, handrails, decking awareness, access, fall protection, tolerances, and inspection-readiness.
• Teach drawing interpretation: Develop participant proficiency in reading structural drawings, erection plans, piece marks, connection details, bolt schedules, dimensions, elevations, specifications, and layout information.
• Evaluate competency: Administer written assessments, practical demonstrations, skills verifications, and job-level assessments; document results, identify performance gaps, and provide fair, skill-focused coaching and retraining.
• Support workforce progression: Facilitate apprenticeship, upskilling, multiskilling, craft progression, qualification, certification, and workforce-readiness programs aligned with established curricula and project needs.
• Maintain qualification boundaries: Teach and evaluate only within assigned qualifications and approved requirements. Reinforce that welding, rigging, crane signaling, equipment operation, inspection, and specialized bolting activities require the appropriate separate qualification or authorization.
• Maintain training materials: Develop, review, and update lesson plans, participant materials, practical exercises, assessments, and evaluator guides to reflect industrial practices, controlled requirements, and lessons learned.
• Maintain records: Coordinate training events and maintain accurate attendance, assessment, qualification, progression, and completion documentation.
• Support projects: Travel extensively to project sites and support workforce mobilization, project startup, instructor coordination, training-facility setup, regional coverage, and short-notice training needs.
• Promote safe and respectful learning: Reinforce environmental, safety, health, and quality requirements; explain the reason behind expectations; correct unsafe behavior immediately; and provide constructive feedback privately when practical.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
   

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of structural-steel members, connection types, fasteners, erection methods, bolting practices, alignment, tolerances, access systems, and workmanship expectations.
• Ability to interpret structural drawings, erection plans, piece marks, connection details, bolt schedules, specifications, dimensions, elevations, and field installation requirements.
• Proficiency in trade math, measurement, layout, material identification, erection sequencing, connection work, alignment, and use of common structural-ironworking tools and equipment.
• Working knowledge of applicable OSHA construction requirements, including Structural Steel Erection, fall protection, controlled access, struck-by and caught-between hazards, material handling, lifting interfaces, and required PPE.
• Ability to facilitate classroom, practical, and field-based instruction for participants with varied experience levels, literacy levels, learning styles, and generational backgrounds.
• Ability to evaluate knowledge and demonstrated skill objectively, explain the why behind required practices, identify performance gaps, provide respectful coaching, and document qualification decisions.
• Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, writing, organization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently in active field environments and collaborate with craft supervision, construction, safety, quality, engineering, equipment, and workforce-development personnel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively, work project-to-project, and adjust schedules to support project execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• NCCER Structural Ironworker credential recognized apprenticeship completion, or equivalent documented journey-level qualification.
• Experience with relevant NCCER structural-ironworking curricula, performance profiles, assessments, and credentialing processes.
• NCCER Certified Craft Instructor, Master Trainer, or Performance Evaluator credentials. Candidates without these credentials must be able to obtain required instructor or evaluator credentials after hire.
• Experience developing structural-ironworking curricula, practical exercises, job-level assessments, competency verifications, or craft-progression programs.
• Experience supporting workforce-development environments and structured apprenticeship programs.
• Bilingual English and Spanish capability is a plus.
• Familiarity with Bechtel processes is a plus but is not required. Required company-specific training, qualifications, and authorizations may be completed after hire.

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