Job description

Matrix is looking to hire Iron Worker/ Metal Fabricators for a long-term project in Halifax, NS. This position offers weekends off to allow for work/life balance.

The Iron Worker/ Metal Fabricators will be working indoors in a controlled environment. Additional overtime is being offered for this position. The pay rate is $37.12/hr.

Our client has been building quality vessels for over 50 years and have been in the forefront of the Canadian shipbuilding for over 130 years.

Key Responsibilities:

• Areas of specialization: shipbuilding, structural metal or steel, plate work, pressure vessel
• Measure, cut, grind, fit, align, and tack weld parts
• Layout of reference points and patterns
• Assemble and fit plates and sections to form structures
• Install interior structures, hatches, doors, bulkheads, etc. to complete all of the steel work in the ship
• Layout construct patterns and templates
• Read, interpret, plan, and execute from drawings, blueprints, and procedures

Requirements:

• Able to lift a weight up to fifty pounds (50 lbs)
• You must be eligible to work in Canada to apply for this job
• A pre-employment Government Security Clearance/Background and Credit check will need to be completed
• Full PPE + Fit Tested Respirator Mask.

Qualifications:

• Shipbuilding experience is an asset
• Completion of vocational, technical and/or equivalent training or 5+ years of related experience
• CWB Certification
• Metal fabrication trade certification, or equivalent, is preferred
• Pipefitting and Ironworking experience considered an asset
• Confined Space
• Fall Protection
• WHMIS
• HSE Orientation
• ISI Medium Voltage Cable Training- ISI Lockout Tag Training
• ISI Security Orientation (In Person)
• Must be able to commute to work daily.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: $37.12 per hour

Benefits:

• Housing allowance
• Relocation assistance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• No weekends
• Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Halifax, NS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Related: 5 years (preferred)
• Shipbuilding: 1 year (preferred)
• Pipefitting and Ironworking: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• CWB Certification (preferred)
• Metal fabrication trade certification, or equivalent (preferred)
• Confined Space (preferred)
• Fall Protection (preferred)
• WHMIS (preferred)

Work Location: One location

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