Summer Internship Program

POSITION SUMMARY

To provide internship candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a position as it relates to job performance in the concrete construction services sub-contracting sector of the industry. The program is designed to extend over a continuous training period of, ideally, no less than 9 weeks. The program is designed to include two major components: field and office.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Field Component

• Train in the types of work performed by WBC
• Train with technical knowledge and skills in footings, slabs, columns, walls, elevated shored slabs, formwork, setting anchor bolts, concrete placing and finishing, layout, etc.
• Experience and participate with an active role in Teamwork
• Train with Inspections (rebar, post tensioning, formwork, etc.)
• Report any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Work as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team

Field Responsibilities

Phase I: Building Laborer Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers to build concrete forms
• Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers with assembling prefabricated (i.e., patented) forms
• Assist carpenter helpers with assembling scaffolding attached to concrete wall forms
• Hold lumber in place for carpenters to nail in form building and/or assembly processes
• Clean wooden, metal, or other concrete forms.
• Help stack and load shoring and braces from dismantled forms.
• Oil metal forms
• Convey materials and tools about the job site
• Dig shallow holes or trenches to support posts, braces, and other structural members of concrete forms using hand tools
• Perform hand excavation of some footings, pads, and turndowns in special situations where equipment cannot reach or be used. (i.e., remove water and mud/silt from footings)
• Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers to build concrete forms
• Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.

Phase II: Carpenter Helper Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides building materials to form carpenters (unless done by laborer)
• Uses hand, small power and power-actuated tools, as well as light power equipment, to measure and cut new/used lumber according to instructions from the form carpenter during the form building process
• Erects appropriate scaffolding using hand tools
• Assists carpenters with constructing and bracing concrete forms
• Place panels and form units in position preparatory to assembling
• Nails expansion joint material to walls or forms
• Edge or wall forms to achieve alignment
• Places and ties re-bar.
• Sets anchor bolts using string lines as per carpenter or foreman's directions/settings
• Rubs and repairs concrete surfaces as directed by carpenter or foreman
• Removes shoring and braces from forms, dismantles, and stacks them for storing/transport
• Operates vibrator during foundation, column and wall pours
• Places and finishes concrete in some of these same concrete pours
• Mixes grout according to directions and grouts baseplates
• Helps to disassemble forms after the concrete has set-up
• Assists form carpenters with their duties as directed
• Always helps to keep work area clean
• Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.

V. Office Component

This component will last approximately 1 to 5 days, and may cover, but is not limited to: Safety, Engineering, Accounting, Management, and a basic introduction to WBC Commonly Used Software: Viewpoint, Primavera Contractor, Microsoft Outlook, VPN, WBC Network Structure, and AutoCAD.

General Required Skill Set:

• Communicating with stakeholders (e.g., clients, suppliers, vendors, WBC personnel, etc.)
• Problem solving and decision-making
• Managing Subcontractor and Vendor Relationships

VI. Job Requirements (Field and Office Components):

• Follows all company and job site SAFETY rules.
• Successfully completes all company and job site safety, personal protective equipment, rigging, MSDS, OSHA regulations, and WBC Safety Manual orientations.
• Complies with all company, state, and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Reports any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Works as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team.
• Follows directions from Equipment Operator / Carpenter Helper / Carpenter / Lead Carpenter / Foreman / Superintendent.
• Participates in any skill training offered, as directed.
• Willing to submit to background check - required
• Perform all assigned roles, responsibilities, and related work processes/tasks in the safest possible manner. Ensure that a safe, accident/incident-free work environment is maintained for all co-workers, customers, clients, suppliers, etc. at all times.

Education and/or Experience

• College or University Rising Junior or above - Preferred

• Field construction experience - preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Good attitude and character
• Willing to learn
• Willing to share knowledge
• Willing to stop unsafe work or at-risk behaviors

Working Conditions

• Outdoors - frequently
• Indoors - rarely
• Loud noise - frequently
• Temperatures - seasonal
• Personal Protective Equipment - at all times
• Multi-activity worksites - frequently
• Willing to work long hours as required.

ID21Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid Driver's License - preferred
• OSHA 10-Hour Certification - Required; training provided by WBC

Physical Demands

• Lifting and carrying up to 90 pounds
• Frequent lifting, bending, kneeling and reaching
• Walking frequently
• Reaching above shoulder
• Standing for long periods of time
• Climbing ladders, working at heights, wearing/using fall protection harness
• Handling and assembling formwork
• Handling and installing concrete reinforcement materials
• Handling, placing, and finishing of concrete

Please review position description and requirements and begin application online by clicking on the Apply Now above.