Form Carpenter
Durr Heavy Construction, LLC, New Orleans, LA, United States
Summary of Responsibilities
The Form Carpenter is responsible for constructing, forming, and installing wood, metal, and other materials to meet the requirements of the provided layout and construction plans. This includes parking lots, sidewalks, curbs, walls, frames, foundations, structures, and other construction-related fixtures.
The Take Charge FORM CARPENTER
Ensures quality at a productive rate on each project. Performs form carpentry in an efficient and productive manner to ensure production and schedule goals are met.
Responsibilities
Read and analyze construction drawings, sketches, diagrams, and layouts with supervisors to determine proper dimensions, shapes, and designs of required formwork and framing.
Use precise measurements to cut and assemble formwork, stakes, boards, plywood, keyway, paving baskets, expansion materials, and other building materials used to execute the framing of concrete paving.
Secure formwork and related materials using screws, nails, bolts, rods, anchors, and other fastening devices.
Use hand saws, electric saws, gas-powered saws, hand tools, generators, pumps, and other small tools and equipment during the execution of work items.
Use levels, rules, tape measures, framing squares, and surveying equipment to ensure structures are level, properly aligned, and plumb.
Cut, tie, and assemble required steel, rebar, and reinforcing within concrete work items.
Verify and perform grading of base and sub-base materials as necessary to achieve required pavement widths and thicknesses.
Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisors.
Equipment Maintenance
Maintain clean tools and equipment and remove trash, debris, and other material from work areas and jobsites daily.
Perform daily tool and equipment inspections and properly complete inspection reports.
Perform other jobsite cleanup duties as assigned by the supervisor, specifically cleanup and organization required in the immediate work vicinity, and maintain a secure and safe jobsite.
Safety
Be actively engaged on your project.
Be a mentor – educate and provide guidance for those under your supervision.
Be actively engaged in all safety meetings.
Perform housekeeping and good organization.
Recognize and identify hazards in upcoming work and proactively engage with your foreman and safety manager to mitigate any upcoming risks.
Be knowledgeable regarding DURR’s safety requirements and familiar with the Safety Manual.
Report all safety incidents and near misses immediately.
The DURR Way
Be Proactive
Anticipate future needs and address them today.
Be Accountable
Take ownership of your actions and honor your commitments to others.
Speak the Truth
Always be honest and share your thoughts to improve yourself and the team.
Go the Extra Mile
Do what it takes to get the job done right and safe the first time.
Give Praise
Acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of teammates.
Be Part of One Team
Build strong win‑win relationships with all teammates.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Basic experience with power equipment, including powder‑activated tools, saws, drills, chippers, and grinders.
Work independently and complete daily activities according to the work schedule.
Able to lift heavy objects, walk, and stand for long periods of time, and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
Basic knowledge of heavy construction, specifically concrete paving, and related blueprints.
Able to communicate orally and in writing.
Knowledge of the proper use of equipment, materials, and supplies in construction work.
Knowledge of safety precautions.
Understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions.
Maintain attendance schedule with dependability and consistency.
Education and/or Experience
Three to five years of related experience or training in the construction industry as a Form Carpenter.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. This position is performed in outside weather conditions.
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The Form Carpenter is responsible for constructing, forming, and installing wood, metal, and other materials to meet the requirements of the provided layout and construction plans. This includes parking lots, sidewalks, curbs, walls, frames, foundations, structures, and other construction-related fixtures.
The Take Charge FORM CARPENTER
Ensures quality at a productive rate on each project. Performs form carpentry in an efficient and productive manner to ensure production and schedule goals are met.
Responsibilities
Read and analyze construction drawings, sketches, diagrams, and layouts with supervisors to determine proper dimensions, shapes, and designs of required formwork and framing.
Use precise measurements to cut and assemble formwork, stakes, boards, plywood, keyway, paving baskets, expansion materials, and other building materials used to execute the framing of concrete paving.
Secure formwork and related materials using screws, nails, bolts, rods, anchors, and other fastening devices.
Use hand saws, electric saws, gas-powered saws, hand tools, generators, pumps, and other small tools and equipment during the execution of work items.
Use levels, rules, tape measures, framing squares, and surveying equipment to ensure structures are level, properly aligned, and plumb.
Cut, tie, and assemble required steel, rebar, and reinforcing within concrete work items.
Verify and perform grading of base and sub-base materials as necessary to achieve required pavement widths and thicknesses.
Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisors.
Equipment Maintenance
Maintain clean tools and equipment and remove trash, debris, and other material from work areas and jobsites daily.
Perform daily tool and equipment inspections and properly complete inspection reports.
Perform other jobsite cleanup duties as assigned by the supervisor, specifically cleanup and organization required in the immediate work vicinity, and maintain a secure and safe jobsite.
Safety
Be actively engaged on your project.
Be a mentor – educate and provide guidance for those under your supervision.
Be actively engaged in all safety meetings.
Perform housekeeping and good organization.
Recognize and identify hazards in upcoming work and proactively engage with your foreman and safety manager to mitigate any upcoming risks.
Be knowledgeable regarding DURR’s safety requirements and familiar with the Safety Manual.
Report all safety incidents and near misses immediately.
The DURR Way
Be Proactive
Anticipate future needs and address them today.
Be Accountable
Take ownership of your actions and honor your commitments to others.
Speak the Truth
Always be honest and share your thoughts to improve yourself and the team.
Go the Extra Mile
Do what it takes to get the job done right and safe the first time.
Give Praise
Acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of teammates.
Be Part of One Team
Build strong win‑win relationships with all teammates.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Basic experience with power equipment, including powder‑activated tools, saws, drills, chippers, and grinders.
Work independently and complete daily activities according to the work schedule.
Able to lift heavy objects, walk, and stand for long periods of time, and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
Basic knowledge of heavy construction, specifically concrete paving, and related blueprints.
Able to communicate orally and in writing.
Knowledge of the proper use of equipment, materials, and supplies in construction work.
Knowledge of safety precautions.
Understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions.
Maintain attendance schedule with dependability and consistency.
Education and/or Experience
Three to five years of related experience or training in the construction industry as a Form Carpenter.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. This position is performed in outside weather conditions.
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