About this role
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
- Operate assigned equipment safely and in accordance with good industry practices.
- Move levers, depress foot pedals, or turn dials to operate cranes, cherry pickers, electromagnets, or other moving equipment for lifting, moving, or placing loads.
- Clean, lubricate, and maintain mechanisms such as cables, pulleys, or grappling devices, making repairs as necessary.
- Inspect cables or grappling devices for wear and install or replace cables, as needed.
- Inspect ground conditions and set up accurately.
- Manipulate cables, chains, shackles, and other euqipment.
- Have the knowledge on when to use soft slings, chains, and wire ropes.
- Direct helpers engaged in placing blocking or outrigging under cranes.
- Ascend and work at heights up to 100 feet.
- Determine load weights and check them against lifting capacities to prevent overload.
- Direct truck drivers backing vehicles into loading bays and cover, uncover, or secure loads for delivery.
- Load or unload bundles from trucks or move containers to storage bins, using moving equipment.
- Review daily work or delivery schedules to determine orders, sequences of deliveries, or special loading instructions.
- Weigh bundles, using floor scales, and record weights for company records.
- Log hours and work performed for each lift.
- Read and understand load chart and range diagrams.
Required Education & Experience:
- One year certificate from college or technical school preferred.
- Or three - five years of heavy equipment operation.
- NCCCO or NCCER Preferred
- Trained/Certified in Crane Signals
- Knowledge of communicating through radios.
Necessary Equipment Operation:
- American and Manatewok cranes ranging from 40 to 150 tons.
- Hydraulic and friction rough terrain and lattice boom.
Special Skills:
- Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals.
- Perform basic mathematical functions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- High performance and a strong team player.
- Commitment to company values and safety program.