About the role
GeoStabilization International (GSI), Access Limited, and RoadGuard together form a leading infrastructure solutions platform dedicated to protecting people and strengthening critical infrastructure across North America and New Zealand.
GSI is the premier geohazard mitigation firm specializing in emergency slope stabilization, landslide repair, grouting, and micropiles through innovative design-build delivery. Access Limited brings over a century of steep-slope expertise and operates North America’s largest fleet of spider excavators, delivering complex rockfall and geotechnical solutions in the most challenging environments. RoadGuard, founded in 2024, unites industry-leading roadway safety companies providing guardrail, bridge railing, highway signage, fencing, and specialty fabrication services.
Across all our businesses, we are driven by innovation, extreme ownership, technical excellence, and a relentless commitment to measurable results that improve safety and infrastructure resilience.
Essential Responsibilities
Shop Operations
- Follow AISC Shop Certification standards and company shop procedures
- Fabricate and weld components to specification using hand and machine welding techniques
- Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and work orders
- Operate welding equipment, fabrication machinery, and hand and power tools
- Measure, cut, bend, and fit metal materials
- Maintain assigned welding equipment, tools, and work area to manufacturer specifications and safety standards
- Complete assigned tasks safely and on schedule, and report progress to your lead
Quality
- Inspect your own welds and finished work for accuracy and compliance with safety, AISC, and project standards
- Flag quality concerns, material issues, or scope questions to your lead or Project Manager
Field Support
- Work as part of a union crew installing guardrail, attenuators, sign structures, and related highway safety hardware per DOT specifications and contract documents
- Operate crew equipment as trained, including post drivers, skid steers, man lifts, drill rigs, boom trucks, and dump trucks
- Set up and stage materials and equipment, and follow traffic control plans
- Complete timesheets and production logs accurately
Safety
- Follow all safety procedures, including proper PPE use and safe material handling
- Participate in toolbox talks and job hazard analyses, and report unsafe conditions immediately
- Work safely adjacent to live traffic in varying weather conditions
Required Skills and Abilities
- Solid welding and metal fabrication skills, with the ability to produce quality work with minimal supervision
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and take direction from leads and supervisors
- Working knowledge of safe equipment operation
- Ability to use smartphones or tablets for timekeeping and daily reports
- Comfort working under collective bargaining agreements
- Physical capability to stand, walk, bend, twist, climb, and use hands to operate tools and equipment; ability to lift at least 75 pounds
Required Experience and Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of welding and metal fabrication experience; experience with guardrail, bridge beam, or structural steel fabrication is ideal
- Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record
- Ability to commit to a Monday–Friday schedule with travel to active project sites, including staying out of town during work weeks
- Must reside within commuting distance of the Folsom, NJ office
Highly Preferred
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
Preferred Certifications
- AISC Shop Certification (or ability to obtain)
- OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 – Construction
- First Aid / CPR certification
- Experience with heavy civil or highway construction
Physical and Environmental Requirements
- Regularly stand, walk, bend, twist, climb, and use hands to operate tools and equipment
- Lift at least 75 pounds
- Work performed in a fabrication shop and outdoors adjacent to live traffic in varying weather
- Regional position based out of the Folsom, NJ yard with daily travel to active projects
- Night work and occasional overnight travel may be required
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US pay range for this role.
$24—$31 USD
Soil Nail Holdings and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.