Welding Shop in Nashville, TN

Overview

The Structural Ironworker position involves working on a major AI data center construction project in Memphis, TN, offering competitive pay based on experience, overtime opportunities, and travel per diem for eligible workers.

Responsibilities

• Erect columns, beams, bracing, joists, and metal deck for compute halls, mechanical plants, substations, and cooling yards.
• Install stairs, ladders, platforms, catwalks, grating, handrail, embeds, and equipment frames.
• Build pipe racks, mezzanines, and support steel for chilled-water piping, cable tray, busway, and liquid-cooling distribution.
• Rig, hoist, and set members with cranes, come-alongs, and chain falls; act as rigger or signal person when qualified.
• Bolt, torque, weld, and plumb connections to drawings and AISC/AWS standards; close connection punch lists.
• Lay out from control, check elevations and plumb, flag drawing conflicts, and coordinate with other trades so embeds and support steel land correctly.

Requirements

• 2+ years of ironworking on commercial, industrial, or heavy-civil structural steel, or equivalent military structural or rigging experience.
• Reads structural and erection drawings and works to AISC connection details.
• Hands-on structural bolt-up and cutting; safe use of aerial lifts, ladders, and material-handling equipment.
• Works at heights, outdoors, and in varying weather, including extended hours, nights, and weekends.
• Strong safety mindset; follows fall protection, crane, rigging, hot-work, and LOTO rules.

Benefits

• Health Insurance

Additional Information

• 6 days a week, 12-hour shifts (Mon–Sat or Sun–Fri), with an optional 7th day and substantial overtime.
• Day and night shifts; must be open to either.
• $160/day travel per diem, paid weekly, for workers living 75+ miles from the site.
• Possible conversion to a permanent role after 90 days (not guaranteed).