
Job Description
As an On-Site Crew Member at PWI, you will install, repair, and service PWI equipment and systems at customer sites and in the shop. The majority of your work will be on location at the customer’s site, with some overnight stays and work both indoors and outdoors. You will work safely, follow the foreman’s direction, and represent PWI professionally.
Responsibilities
- Installation and Service Execution: Install, repair, and service PWI equipment and systems in shop and field settings, diagnosing issues and completing work with quality and attention to detail
- Steel Erection and Welding: Rig steel beams, make bolted and welded connections, and fabricate and assemble structural weldments
- Blueprints and Layout: Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, and measurements to lay out and complete work accurately
- Tools, Equipment, and Jobsite Management: Safely use and maintain tools and equipment, including boom lifts, forklifts, and cranes, load and unload materials, and keep job sites clean, organized, and safe
- Travel, Team Coordination, and Professionalism: Travel to job sites, follow directions from the foreman, learn through on-the-job training, and represent PWI professionally through communication, conduct, and customer interaction
Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Character
- Safety-minded
- Adaptable with a team-first attitude
- Integrity in all situations
- Troubleshooter and Quick learner with a very high work ethic
- Punctual and reliable, showing up every day on time
- Professional with customers and coworkers
- Demonstrates PWI’s Core Values in daily decisions and interactions
Education or Experience
- Experience in steel erection, construction, and/or welding preferred, or ability to demonstrate proficiency
- Experience with forklifts and cranes (PWI can certify if not already certified)
- Experience rigging steel, making bolted and welded connections, and operating boom lifts is a plus
- High school diploma and at least 18 years of age
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Valid CDL, or willingness to obtain one (PWI can assist)
- Ability to pass a background check and MVR
Other Skills & Abilities
- Welding and steel fabrication, including structural weldments and bolted and welded connections
- Steel erection and rigging of steel beams
- Operation of boom lifts, forklifts, and cranes
- Reading and interpreting blueprints, sketches, and measurements
- Safe use of hand tools, power tools, welders, and construction equipment
- Powder-actuated tool experience is a plus
- Basic mathematics skills for layout and measurements
Physical Abilities
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and use hands and fingers to handle or free objects.
- The use of common hand tools and occasionally sharp tools is involved.
- The employee is frequently required to talk, hear, and communicate with other employees both in person and while using a telephone.
- The employee must be able to move and/or lift objects up to 50 pounds often and perform strenuous physical tasks in all weather conditions.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Cognitive and Communication Abilities
- Able to perform basic math using money, weight, and distance measurements. Ability to read and understand a tape measure and blueprints is required.
- Able to communicate and present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees in both verbal and written forms.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or blueprint form.
Location and Hours
- Majority of work is on location at customer sites, with work both indoors and outdoors
- Willing to travel 1–2 weeks at a time or longer, with overnight stays
- Approximate working hours of 5:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday (regular overtime expected). Hours may vary based on department needs, customers, and situations that need attention — we ask that you stay flexible with your schedule and communicate with your supervisor as needed.
Job Details and Benefits
- Positive work environment where culture and Core Values are the highest priority
- Full-Time status with regular overtime
- Hourly bonus plus tiered travel bonuses and per diem for overnight stays
- Paid time off, with up to 3 weeks of paid time off with tenure
- 401k retirement plan with up to 4% company match
- Employer-sponsored individual health insurance, with options for dental and vision
- Health reimbursement account (HRA)
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Paid birthdays off and a 7-year employed all-inclusive vacation package
QUESTIONS?
Contact:
Austin Beachy | Human Resources Director
Email: careers@pwiworks.com
Phone: (574) 646-2015
Compensation
$24-$30/HR + regular overtime and hourly bonus program, travel bonus, and per diem.
Hours
5:00 AM – 3:00 PM + overtime available (M-F). Regular travel required.

