Cranes Project Coordinator & Equipment Lead

Mortenson; Minnesota; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Mortenson in Minneapolis, MN is seeking an Assistant Equipment Manager - Cranes, Project Coordination to support crane solutions across its projects. The role connects project teams with crane planning, Fleet Operations, Technical Services, and external crane partners to coordinate requirements, documentation, mobilization readiness, and schedule changes for safe, reliable, and cost-aware crane delivery.

The successful candidate will gain broad knowledge of Mortenson's crane business and

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary crane-program contact for assigned projects from early planning through mobilization, active operations, demobilization, and closeout.
• Translate project requirements, schedules, site constraints, and changes into clear actions and accountable handoffs across crane planning, Fleet Operations, Technical Services, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Maintain visibility to project commitments, decision dates, equipment requirements, mobilization milestones, and unresolved risks; communicate required actions and elevate issues that threaten safe, timely, or cost-effective delivery.
• Manage handoffs among estimating and preconstruction support, crane selection, commercial agreements, deployment, ongoing project support, and closeout.
• Establish and facilitate an appropriate project-coordination cadence, providing clear updates regarding availability, schedule, scope, cost, risks, and required decisions.
• Support resolution of service issues, schedule changes, equipment conflicts, and other delivery risks by engaging the appropriate internal and external resources.
• Develop trusted working relationships with project teams and provide consistent, responsive customer service throughout the crane engagement.

Job description

Mortenson in Minneapolis, MN is seeking an Assistant Equipment Manager - Cranes, Project Coordination to support crane solutions across its projects. The role connects project teams with crane planning, Fleet Operations, Technical Services, and external crane partners to coordinate requirements, documentation, mobilization readiness, and schedule changes for safe, reliable, and cost-aware crane delivery.

The successful candidate will gain broad knowledge of Mortenson's crane business and