Ironworker - New Construction
Location
Calvert, AL
Wage
$26 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
SteelAPI
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Posted on August 26, 2026
Job Description
Overview
At Lexicon, we're seeking a skilled Ironworker to join our team and be a part of our continued success. Offering competitive pay ranging between $26-$30/hr with a $100/day per diem, this role presents an exciting opportunity for growth and development.
Responsibilities
- Unload and lift steel and materials from trucks.
- Set up hoisting equipment for raising and placing structural steel members.
- Signal workers operating hoisting equipment to lift and place steel members by means of hand signals.
- Pull, push, or pry steel members into approximate position to bolt the pieces together.
- Must be able to permanently weld members or pieces into place.
- Spread, screw and/or weld metal sheets of steel for floor or roof decking and on sides of building.
- Responsible for adhering to all company safety and QA/QC programs and OSHA regulations.
- Must be able to work overtime and maintain regular, punctual attendance.
- Ironworker safety sensitive.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an ironworker.
- Must be able to read and/or comprehend company policies.
- Certification papers proving welding ability is required.
- Must be able to lift more than 50 pounds frequently on the job.
- Must be able to climb more than 300 feet.
- Must be able to pull own weight when climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding up to 150 feet.
- Must tolerate temperature fluctuations and a loud and dusty work environment.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- PTO
- 401k
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
PTO
401k
How this job compares in Calvert, AL
Pay in context
At roughly $28/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama — toward the top of a $20–$32/hr middle band drawn from 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 66% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
The local market in Calvert, AL
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Calvert, AL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 131 other active welding openings from 95 employers. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.
The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (9), ORION (4), and Rheem Manufacturing Company (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $48/hr, Birmingham at $25/hr, and Huntsville at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Ironworker - New Construction figures were last recalculated when this page was built.