We use essential cookies

Please Accept our Privacy Policy

Rigging and Cladding Ironworker -- PreEngineered Structures

Great Lakes Skilled Trades

Grand Rapids, MI 49503 • $22.00 to $30.00 / hr • 9/16/2026

Job Description

Job Description
Rigging and Cladding Ironworker PreEngineered Structures

Imagine stepping onto a commercial site where your skills move steel and close in the building. At Great Lakes Skilled Trades, a rapidly growing contractor serving the Midwest, we place skilled pros on projects that offer stability today and momentum for tomorrow. We’re hiring now.

Your impact

From first lift to final panel, you’ll help bring pre-engineered metal buildings to liferigging components, guiding picks with precise crane signals, and locking structural members into place before finishing the envelope with siding, roofing, and insulation. You’ll also pitch in on additional tasks as directed by the foreman to keep the build moving.

Core responsibilities
  • Erect commercial pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB)
  • Perform rigging, manage shake-outs, and communicate crane signals
  • Connect and bolt beams, purlins, and girders
  • Install siding, roofing, and insulation systems
  • Complete foreman-assigned duties to support the crew
What you bring to the crew
  • 1+ years of hands-on PEMB experience
  • Basic hand tools
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
  • Commitment to construction site safety
  • Dependability and the ability to follow direction
Compensation and benefits

Starting pay: $22.00/h - $30.00/h

  • Consistent work
  • Competitive pay
  • Insurance options: Health, life, vision, dental
  • Paid time off

Join a team where quality craftsmen thrive. Immediate openings availableadvance your PEMB career here.