• Job Description

  Req#: 25-22426
  
  Job Title: Formwork Field Technician
  Contract Duration: 12 Months
  Work Type: Hybrid
  Location: Sugar Land, TX
  US citizenship is required
  
  Project Overview:
  • Our client is among the most respected engineering, project management, and construction companies in the world. Our client operates through four global business units that specialize in infrastructure, mining and metals; nuclear, security, and environmental; and oil, gas, and chemicals. Today, our colleague's team works with customers, partners, and suppliers on diverse projects in nearly 40 countries.
  • Client Equipment Operations supports client Construction with the following centers of excellence, or more commonly known as category management
  • Equipment operations
  • Rigging services
  • Tools & consumables
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Scaffold program
  • Shoring & formwork
  • Heavy Haul
  • Survey
  • Augmented reality and virtual reality(AR/VR)
  • Client's Formwork CoE rents Doka Frami Xlife handset formwork system to client projects at well below market rates. Projects have access to one of the highest quality, most productive systems available, and because our fleet is one system with standard and common sizes, it offers advanced work planning/packaging opportunities and automated design in 3D built in model software packages.
  
  Job Summary:
  • The client Formwork Field Technician will play a key role in the setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of formwork and shoring systems on construction sites.
  • The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with formwork installation, specifically with Doka systems, an understanding of structural concrete, and the ability to read technical drawings and blueprints.
  • This position requires a proactive individual with strong problem-solving skills, especially on bespoke, atypical, and complex problems, with a particular emphasis and commitment to safety and efficiency.
  
  This includes:
  • Input to project estimating teams when developing the means, methods, and equipment scope.
  • The Formwork Field Technician assists client civil engineers with the constructability of proposed designs
  • On-site training on the client's formwork systems
  • Assessment of projects' formwork handling, maintenance, and repair programmes
  • Develop and enhance formwork installation methodology to improve installation rates and productivity.
  • Client and assess innovations that may be beneficial to client projects
  • Identify innovative accessories and assist the technical team at Doka in the viability, testing, and development of said innovations.
  
  Major Responsibilities:
  • The Formwork Field Technician will possess competency in the following areas in order to perform his/her role in a safe, productive, and effective manner. Note that the areas listed are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by co-workers assigned to this role.
  • They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
    • Designs formwork
    • Supports the team with the production of formwork drawings
    • Inspection criteria of installed Formwork
    • Ensures a Safe Work Environment
    • Participates in Training/Certifications
    • Frequent Site Visits to assist, guide, and provide technical instruction where needed to the client, Supervision, and Craft Professionals/ Main point of contact for formwork
    • Familiarization with industry formwork systems means and methods
  
  Education and Experience Requirements:
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience
  
  Required Knowledge and Skills:
  Basic Qualifications:
  • Have a working knowledge of structural construction operations, formwork installation, and concrete installation.
  • Technical knowledge of industry formwork and shoring systems, and solutions
  • Knowledge of construction technologies.
  • Knowledge of supervisory functions relating to field activities.
  • Familiarity with current industry quality standards.
  • Demonstrated commitment to Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H).
  • Demonstrable commitment to a zero-accident safety program.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  • Intermediate knowledge of supervisory functions relating to construction field activities.
  • Preferably with prior experience in roadway construction, mass grading elements, and slip-form paving activities.
  • Intermediate understanding of production management, including scheduling.
  • Sound communication skills.
  • Sound interpersonal and teamwork skills.
  • Extensive experience in civil construction on large projects in several, if not all, of the client's types of construction work (infrastructure, mining and metals; nuclear, security and environmental; and oil, gas, and chemicals)
  • Previous supervisory experience within the civil discipline.
  • ASBI, ACI, SAIA, and/or PTI participation/membership
  • Extensive knowledge in vertical wall pouring using shutter forms
  • Extensive knowledge in the installation of embeds within minimal tolerances
  • Background in Post Tensioning duct work and knowledge of Post Tensioning.
  • Must be able to coordinate with other disciplines to minimize schedule impact
  
  Additional Qualifications:
  • Direct hire mass excavation and backfill.
  • Direct hire shallow soil stabilization and soil solidification.
  • Direct hire stockpile management and onsite trucking management experience.
  • Direct hire wick drain installation.
  • Marine Experience.
  • Piling experience.
  
  Benefits:
  • Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
  • 401k Retirement Fund
  
  About the Company
  Trusted engineering, construction, and project management partner serving Energy, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & Technology, Mining & Metals, and Nuclear, Security & Environmental sectors. From planning to operations, we deliver impactful projects for industry and government, making a lasting difference globally.
  
  About GTT
  • GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!
  
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