Iron Worker (Construction)

SpaceXAI is seeking a skilled Iron Worker to support the buildout of high-performance data centers and AI supercomputing campuses. In this hands-on role, you will erect structural steel, miscellaneous metals, and equipment supports.

Responsibilities:

• Erect structural steel for supercomputer halls, mechanical plants, substations, cooling yards, and site buildings.
• Install miscellaneous metals: stairs, ladders, platforms, catwalks, grating, handrail, embeds, and equipment frames.
• Fabricate and install pipe racks, aerial galleries, mezzanines, and support steel for chilled-water piping, cable tray, busway, and liquid-cooling distribution.
• Rig, hoist, and set structural members and heavy equipment-support steel using cranes, come-alongs, chain falls, and approved lifting gear.
• Bolt, torque, weld, and plumb connections to drawings, AISC and AWS standards, and inspection requirements.
• Read structural drawings, erection plans, and shop drawings; lay out from control, check elevations and plumb, and report conflicts.
• Coordinate with civil, mechanical, and electrical crews.
• Follow fall protection, crane, rigging, hot-work, LOTO, PPE, and permit rules.
• Support inspection, punch-list, and turnover work.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of ironworking experience on commercial, industrial, or heavy-civil structural steel.
• Ability to read structural and erection drawings and work to AISC connection details.
• Hands-on proficiency with structural bolt-up, cutting, and safe use of aerial lifts, ladders, and material-handling equipment.
• Willingness to work at heights, outdoors, and on a changing construction site.
• Strong safety mindset with current OSHA 10 or equivalent training.
• Willingness to work extended hours, nights, and weekends during critical construction windows.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Journey-level ironworker experience and/or completion of an ironworker apprenticeship.
• AWS D1.1 structural welding certification.
• Qualified rigger and/or signal person; NCCCO or equivalent crane, rigger, or signal certification.
• OSHA 30 and/or fall-protection competent person.
• Prior experience on hyperscale data center, power plant, industrial, or other mission-critical steel.
• Experience with pipe rack, equipment support steel, and miscellaneous metals.
• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel extensively to SpaceXAI construction sites.
• Capability to work in industrial environments, climb ladders and structural steel, lift moderate to heavy loads, stand and walk for a full shift, and wear PPE for extended periods.
• Ability to work at elevation in varying weather, around cranes and heavy equipment, and in active construction yards.