Tank Foreman - CB&I Careers

Company Overview:

CB&I® is the world's leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks and terminals. With more than 60,000 structures completed throughout our 130-year history, we have the global expertise and strategically-located operations to provide customers world-class storage solutions for even the most complex energy infrastructure projects.

Overview:

The Tank (Erection) Foreman is responsible for supervising a crew that field erects, fits, welds, grinds, and inspects new steel storage tanks, vessels, and structures and that makes repairs to existing steel storage tanks, vessels, and structures.

Responsibilities:

• Pass pre-employment drug & alcohol screen.
• Willing and able to travel for work in forty-eight contiguous states. Has reliable transportation.
• Assists Superintendent with Scheduling, coordinating, and supervising activities for a crew at one work location.
• Assists in resolving construction problems (lack of productivity, work interfaces, etc.) as required.
• Assists in development of look ahead scheduling and progress reporting.
• Supervises and evaluates crew to ensure compliance with project directives.
• Ensure crew perform work in compliance with drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction.
• Perform all work in accordance with approved for construction drawings and procedures furnished by the PMT.
• Ensure all Company processes, policies, and procedures and followed onsite.
• Ensure maintenance and upkeep of equipment at site.
• Train, coach, and mentor crew members in layout, rigging, fitting, and equipment operation.
• Work with precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Unload fabricated steel products and tools from trucks.
• Operated electric and pneumatic power tools such as grinders, wire brushes, and chipping guns. Perform basic and preventatitve maintenance functions on power equipment.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, brooms, scrapers, hand brushes, files etc.
• Hook-on or move material around the field site by hand or with the assistance of a forklift or crane.
• Align, fit, and tack steel shapes together utilizing temporary erection gear, fit up (pry) bars, and sledgehammers.
• Erect and dismantle temporary scaffolding used in steel plate construction.
• Set up, break down, and rig lifting equipment such as mobile cranes and fixed derricks.
• Set-up and use oxy-fuel or plasma burning equipment to cut or trim plate and structural steel.
• Perform welding operations to join the steel parts together in accordance with approved for construction welding procedures using SMAW, FCAW, SAW, and other processes.
• Inspect, set up, use, break down, and rig equipment such as aerial work platforms (spider buggies), elevated work platforms, and staging.
• Lay out and install tank accessories according to drawings and procedures.
• Read, understand, and communicate tasks to be completed based on engineering drawings.
• Ensure all cargo are secured properly and communicated with drivers.
• Responsible for site management of consumables and materials.
• Experience climbing & working on elevated surfaces.

 

Local Requirements:

Performance and Productivity Metrics

• Safety: Works safety at all times, meets standards of safety awareness, and complies with safety requirements and proper use, operation, and handling of tools, equipment, and materials.
• Attendance: Meets all attendance standards.
• Technical Skills: Possesses knowledge and skills to do the job required within the defined schedule.
• Quality of Work: Effectively analyzes, organizes, and exetures work to meet quality requirements.
• Teamwork: Interacts well with others, respects indivduals, is helpful, and behaves in a professional, courteous manner.

 

Other Expectations and Requirements

• Special client requirements as needed (TWIC, Background Check, Site Specific Safety Courses, etc.)

Physical Requirements

 

Normal work environment will be shop or field which will require exposure to outdoor weather conditions, loud noise, working near moving mechanical parts, electrical energy, construction equipment, vibration, fumes, chemicals, and airborne particles. Physical Requirements NP=Not Present, O=Occasionally (0-33%), F=Frequently (34-66%), C=Constantly (67-100%) Standing C Walking F Sitting F Pushing C Pulling C Climbing F Balancing C Bending C Stooping F Kneeling C Crouching F Crawling F Reaching C Handling F Fingering F Feeling C Vision C Hearing C Lifting (lbs.) Carrying (lbs.)     0-10lbs C 0-10lbs C   10-20lbs C 10-20lbs C 25-50lbs O 25-50lbs O 50-100lbs O 50-100lbs O 100lbs+ O 100lbs+ O   Sedentary Work: Lifting 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Light Work: Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Medium Work: Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds (overhead level). Heavy Work: Lifting 100 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Very Heavy Work: Lifting objects more than 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more (to shoulder height).   Tools Used Tape measure, straight edge, level, chalk line, sledgehammer, burning torch, welding equipment, chipping hammer, fitting gear, come-a-longs, jacks, chain falls, material handling equipment, inspection equipment, hoists, hammers, pry bar, fit-up bar, wrenches, key plates, bull pins, wire rope slings, shackles, hand wire brush and cribbing blocks.  Powered hand tools including grinders, chipping and peening guns, wire brushes, saws, ladder, scaffold and impact wrenches Personal Protective Equipment Hardhat, safety goggles/glasses with side shields Z87 stamped, full body harness with double lanyard, hearing protection, respiratory protection, gloves, respirator, fresh air equipment, and safety toe shoes required ANSI 41.1 with steel toe and defined heel   Audio-Visual & Licensing Demands R=Required & NR =Not Required Depth Perception R Color Discrimination R Peripheral Vision R Hearing (Avg) R   Work Environment NP=Not Present, O=Occasionally (0-33%), F=Frequently (34-66%), C=Constantly (67-100%) Inside O Wet and/or Humid F Electrical Hazards C Fumes C Outside C Noise C Burns C Odors   F Extreme Cold F Vibration C Explosives NP Mist F Extreme Heat F Mechanical Hazards F Radiant Energy O Gases NP

Qualifications:

• Typically, 10+ years of relevant experience with 3+ years in a supervisor/superintendent role.
• Weld Qualification/Certification in muliple processes (FCAW, SMAW, SAW, etc.)
• English is required.
• SIPP Training.
• NCCCO Certified Equipment Operator.
• CB&I Mobile Crane Safety Training.

Skills and Behaviors:

• Ability to perform construction activites by hand or with the assistance of normal steel construction equipment.
• Able to visually inspect work activities.
• Ability to use the tools and equipment listed.
• Planning Skills:
  • Plans work, crew, and TES for the day ahead of time by days/weeks.
  • Follow Schedule and progress, work-hours budgets, as planned.
  • Ability to plan & deploy personnel per site requirement.
  • Resource planning - Personnel, Equipment and Tools Allocation/Requirement.
  • Understands and follows Project schedule.
  • Understanding of work scope, work hour & plan for the project.
  • Works with management and client to manage safety schedule and productivity.
  • Maintains high Welder Utilization.
  • Effectively assigns personnel. 
  • Planning of Daily work.
  • Preperation of lifting plan and implementation per lift plans.
• Communication Skills:
  • Able to fluently read, write, and speak English.
  • Excellent Internal Communication skills (HSE, QC, Management, HR, etc.).
  • Ability to communicate directions effectively verbally from supervisors and respond to questions from managers and fellow workers. 
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Advanced understanding of:
  • W-Sheet, WPS, and ITP.
  • Rigging Procedures and Requirements
    • Basic Rigging Training is required.
    • Work with PMT to understand load type, offloading/loading plan, area compaction, and main steel spacing plan for proper preservation.
    • Ordering/requesting tools/equipment for rigging.
    • Load carry & rigging problem-solving skills.
    • Able to conduct periodic inspections and maintain records.
  • Tank Bottom/Lapped Plate - layout and fit.
  • Tank/Sphere shell plate - erect and fit.
  • Tank fittings - layout and fit.
  • Structural - erection and fit-up.
  • Compression bar / Shell stiffener / Wind girder / Top Angle.
  • Oxy fuel cutting.
  • Roof installation - all types
  • Tank Builders scaffold - erection and use
  • Weld seam grinding.
  • Manlift / Scissor / Gondola / Spider Buggy Lift use, operation, and maintenance.
  • Specialized Tank Activities - Air Raise / Hydrotest / Seal / Pneumatic Testing, etc.
  • QC Processes - ITPs, Specifications, Notifications, etc.
  • Construction Manuals and Sequences.
  • Cranes (grove/Terex, Liebherr, etc.) and their accessories for safe lifting.
  • How to do basic load calculations.
  • How to inspect lifting & safety tools / equipment's.
  • Operational & basic maintenance of all welding equipment.
  • Preheat & PWHT requirements.
  • Crane signals.
  • Equipment & tools operation.
  • Progress, workhours & Cost budgets, performance, etc
• Understanding of pipe erection and fit-up.
• Able to:
  • Access elecated work platforms and scaffolds using ladders, stairways, or other designated access ways. 
  • Climb structures utilizing appropriate fall protection and available handholds and footholds.
  • Work with precise limits or standards of accuracy.
  • Compare and see differences in the size, shape and form of all lines, figures, and objects. 
  • Understand verbal instructions and written posted notices.
  • Comply with all written and verbally communicated safety rules and procedures.
  • Perform general labor on construction sites.
  • Work in confined spaces where respirators and fresh air equipment are utilized.
  • Maintain and use personal protective equipment.
  • Practice good housekeeping to maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work area.
  • Perform a variety of duties, which may often change.