Mechanical Rigger Journeyman

TIC - The Industrial Company; Louisiana; On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC - The Industrial Company is seeking a skilled rigging technician to plan, lay out, and install rigging for lifting equipment and heavy machinery on industrial sites. You will use signaling, layout, and measuring tools to ensure safe and accurate crane operations and load handling.

The role requires the ability to work on construction/industrial sites, endure outdoor conditions, and perform lifting tasks with a focus on safety and compliance with plans and standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with previous field experience.
• Strong working knowledge and abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively.
• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of tools and layout/measuring equipment.

Responsibilities

• Set up and rig large-scale heavy equipment.
• Position, align, or level machines and structures.
• Rig items for crane hoisting with proper signaling.
• Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities for loads and work.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with plans and specs.
• Select rigging components and develop basic rigging procedures.
• Identify suitable rigging points based on load tension.
• Maintain understanding of loads and hazard dynamics.

Skills

Rigging knowledge

Crane signaling

Blueprint reading

Tool proficiency

Safety compliance

Education

HS Diploma

Tools

Measuring tools

Layout tools

Power tools

Job description

Plan, lay-out and install all necessary rigging components for lifting and installing equipment, machinery, pipe, steel, etc. in accordance with all plans, specifications, codes and industry standards.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Setting up and rigging large-scale heavy equipment.
• Position, align, or level machines, equipment, and or structures.
• Shakeout of items to be installed into erectable sequence and rigging of same for crane hoisting with a thorough knowledge and use of crane signals.
• Guide rigged items into position using a tag line.
• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and explain and take any corrective action needed.
• Select riggin components and develop basic rigging procedures for general load handling activities
• Identify suitable rigging points for the load to be handled and select the rated rigging based on its anticipated tension
• Maintain working understanding of LHE dynamics and their associated hazards

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools
• U.S. Driver License may be required
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and fit for duty medical

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Few contractors can build what TIC builds, the way TIC builds it. We only hire the best — and our family mentality will drive you to continue to be the best

Whether it’s cement for our sidewalks and driveways; aluminum for our automobiles; wood pellets for our grills; paper plates for our picnics; food for our pets or the beverages we consume with our friends, our longstanding work in the industrial market touches the tiny details in our daily lives.