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Overview

S&R Enterprises is seeking a Steel Erection Superintendent to lead crews across the U.S. This role emphasizes leadership, accountability, and a commitment to safety and quality in the steel construction industry.

Responsibilities

  • Lead crews and clearly communicate project plans.
  • Manage manpower, equipment, and daily jobsite operations.
  • Oversee crane selection, rigging, and lift planning.
  • Interpret structural, erection, and shop drawings.
  • Ensure compliance with AISC, OSHA Subpart R, AWS, and safety standards.
  • Coordinate vendors, materials, and deliveries.
  • Enforce safety programs and site-specific plans.
  • Complete reports, timesheets, and job documentation.
  • Support project planning, budgeting, and execution.

Requirements

  • Journeyman-level ironworker experience.
  • 8-10 years in steel erection or structural steel industry.
  • 5+ years in a leadership or superintendent role.
  • Strong knowledge of codes: AISC, RCSC, SJI, SDI, AWS D1.1/D1.5.
  • Ability to read and interpret complex drawings.
  • Experience with jobsite setup, crane operations, and rigging.
  • Proven leadership in crew management and field operations.
  • Commitment to safety, quality, and accountability.
  • Basic computer and reporting skills.
  • Must be willing to travel.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $77/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $60/hr median for structural welder jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $59–$66/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 119 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 86 different employers. 58 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 444 other active welding openings from 281 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (7), and Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $31/hr, and Conyers at $31/hr. Atlanta is among them.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • AWS D1.5 — the Bridge Welding Code, jointly published by AWS and AASHTO. It is stricter than D1.1 on fracture toughness and inspection, and is required on most state and federal bridge work.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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