Job Description

Overview

The Foreman at EZARC, Inc. leads ironworker crews in the safe and efficient erection of structural steel at the TSMC project in Phoenix, Arizona. This role combines hands-on ironwork with daily crew supervision, ensuring compliance with safety standards and project specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, direct, and coordinate ironworker crews in daily erection work.
  • Plan work assignments, sequencing, and manpower to meet the project schedule.
  • Train, mentor, and develop crew members while holding them to performance standards.
  • Communicate clearly with the superintendent, project manager, and other trades.
  • Read and interpret erection drawings, shop drawings, and specifications.
  • Oversee layout, rigging, hoisting, connecting, bolting, decking, and field welding.
  • Ensure members are aligned, plumb, and fit up within AISC tolerances.
  • Confirm bolting is done to the specified method.
  • Coordinate crane picks, lift plans, and material staging with the crane crew.
  • Promote and enforce a strong safety culture every day.
  • Run daily toolbox talks, pre-task plans, and job hazard analyses.
  • Enforce fall protection and OSHA steel erection standards.
  • Follow all TSMC site rules, permits, and badging requirements.
  • Identify hazards and correct them immediately.
  • Ensure all work meets project specifications and quality standards.
  • Track productivity and adjust crew activities to stay on schedule.
  • Complete daily reports on progress, manpower, and production.
  • Report issues, delays, and material needs to the superintendent.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of structural steel or ironworking experience.
  • Strong ability to read blueprints and erection drawings.
  • Solid knowledge of rigging, crane signaling, and steel erection methods.
  • Working knowledge of OSHA standards and jobsite safety practices.
  • Clear communication with crew, supervisors, and other trades.
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines and changing site conditions.
  • Experience leading crews on structural steel erection projects is preferred.
  • OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification is preferred.
  • Rigging and/or signal person certification is preferred.
  • First Aid/CPR certification is preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: TSMC project site, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Full-time schedule: Monday through Friday, with overtime and weekends as required.
  • Start times may move earlier in summer to reduce heat exposure.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 33% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $24–$39/hr middle band drawn from 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 134 different employers. 59 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 247 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

EZARC currently has 15 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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