Steven Kelly
Dundalk,MD
Summary
Safety-driven ironworker promoting several-year career working outdoors in extreme temperatures and lifting heavy items. Determined employee willing to communicate properly with all team members. Ready for new position with company that appreciates hard work and attention to detail. Skilled Journeyman Ironworker with background in structural iron and steel projects. Experience includes erecting, assembling, and installing metal structures while adhering to safety regulations. Strengths encompass understanding blueprints, operating equipment, welding techniques, and physical stamina. Previous work demonstrates commitment to high-quality results through rigorous attention to detail and problem-solving abilities. Adaptable individual boasting a background in analyzing blueprints, specifications and sketches. A motivated Ironworker with experience implementing corrective actions to alleviate project issues. Journeyman reinforcing ironworker with several years of diverse ironwork experience. Reinforcing expert with record of safe and durable completion of multiple structures using various techniques. Exceptional leader, mentor and individual performer with proven success at meeting any construction site challenge. I have many years of Ironwork as well as Plumbing, Carpentry, and Fiber Optics.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Journeyman Ironworker
Local 5 Ironworkers/CGI GLASS
Baltimore, MD
06.2007 - Current
- Operated welding and cutting equipment to join or cut metal components.
- Performed layout and installation of structural steel, stairs, rails, ladders and other miscellaneous ironwork items.
- Installed reinforcing steel bars in concrete forms for building foundations.
- Erected columns, beams and girders according to blueprints or specifications.
- Assembled structural frameworks from prefabricated parts using bolts, clamps and hand tools.
- Inspected completed work for conformance with requirements and codes.
- Maintained a safe working environment by adhering to safety regulations and guidelines.
- Repaired defective metal parts using welding techniques as required.
- Aligned structures during erection process using levels, plumb bobs, lasers.
- Laid out reference points on metal materials prior to fabrication or assembly operations.
- Fabricated metal products according to customer specification using manual cutting torches or plasma arc cutting equipment.
- Grinded surfaces of metal pieces prior to assembly operations if necessary.
- Transported material manually or with the aid of hoists or cranes.
- Connected columns, beams and girders with bolts as specified in drawings.
- Checked dimensions of installed components against blueprint measurements.
- Assisted other trades such as carpenters, electricians when needed.
- Set up scaffolding for elevated worksites following OSHA standards.
- Removed slag from welds after completion of joint assemblies.
- Secured steel members in place before welding them together.
- Read blueprints accurately to determine job specifications.
- Conducted visual inspections of all finished work before final sign off.
- Encouraged workers to take precautions to prevent mishaps and injuries on job sites.
- Studied and understood blueprints and specifications before beginning work on projects.
- Signaled crane operators in safe and accurate lifting and placing of reinforcing iron members and moved rebars manually into specific positions.
- Determined safety risks associated with projects and implemented precautions to address risks.
- Worked closely with structural ironworkers, ornamental Ironworkers, riggers and machinery movers, enabling clear and safe cross-functional operations.
- Led and mentored less-experienced ironworkers and assisted foremen in assigning work activities.
- Collaborated with construction foreman to establish and confirm task sequences and reinforcing requirements.
- Received structural steel and moved it to modular locations.
- Assessed blueprints and specifications to determine aspects of project before work started.
- Managed and tracked materials and supplies needed for projects and expedited additional materials to avoid project delay.
- Performed layout and set up blocking in mod footprint.
- Fabricated steel frames, columns, beams and girders according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
- Aligned and connected structural components to create safe, long-lasting results.
- Set up hoisting equipment to lift and place structural steel items.
- Removed and replaced existing grating and structural steel with steel materials.
- Positioned steel units, aligned holes and inserted temporary bolts while checking alignments and joining steel parts.
- Supervised crew members.
- Inserted additional sealing, wiring and insulating materials based on job-specific requirements.
- Operated cranes appropriately to hoist metal components into required areas.
- Performed mod assembly, erected and connected structural steel and leveled and torqued connections after steel placement.
Education
High School Diploma -
Paris High School
California05-1989
Skills
- Job Planning
- Rigging Preparation
- Safety protocols and procedures
- Job site preparation
- Erection drawing assessments
- Blowtorches and equipment
- Blueprint Reading
- Welding
- Safety measures
- Prefabricated steel unloading
- Scaffolding
- Steel component alignments
- Heavy Lifting
- Quality Control
- OSHA Compliance
- Effective customer communication
- Parts Fabrication
- Qualified Riggers Certification
- Stick Welding Certification
- Vala Crane Operator
- Qualified Crane Signaling
- CPR/FIRST AID Certification
- OSHA 10 & 20 Certification
Certification
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 20
- CPR/FIRST AID
- RIGGERS
- VALA
- WELDING
- CRANE SIGNALING
- STICK WELDING
Timeline
Journeyman Ironworker
Local 5 Ironworkers/CGI GLASS
06.2007 - Current
High School Diploma -
Paris High School
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