NCCCO TLL Crane Operator Certified

TIC – The Industrial Company; Damascus (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a skilled crane operator for construction sites across North America. You will operate various cranes to lift and move materials, plan lifts, and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Responsibilities include rigging and daily equipment inspections, responding to rigger commands, reading indicators, and estimating resources. You will enforce project rules and maintain safe work practices on site.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Strong working knowledge and abilities for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Operate crane to lift and move materials.
• Plan all lifts and take complete charge of safety for setup, operation and capacity.
• Perform rigging inspection and daily equipment inspection.
• Respond to hand and verbal commands from rigger or helpers.
• Observe load travel and take action to avoid injury or damage.
• Read boom angle and drum rotation indicators.
• Estimating sizes, distances, quantities, and resources needed for a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with contract plans and specs; identify deficiencies and take corrective action.

Skills

Crane operation

Rigging inspection

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Electrical tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Measurement tools

Job description

Kiewit is one of North America's largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. With its roots dating back to 1884, the employee-owned organization operates through a network of subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Kiewit offers construction and engineering services in a variety of markets including transportation; oil, gas and chemical; power; building; marine; water/wastewater; industrial; and mining. Kiewit had 2024 revenues of $16.8 billion and employs 31,800 staff and craft employees.

Position Summary

Operate various types of cranes in accordance with all manufacturer and industry standards.

Experience Level

Skilled

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Operate crane to lift and move materials and other objects.
• Plan all lifts and take complete charge of all safety pertaining to set up and knockdown, operation of crane and proper use of capacity charts.
• Perform rigging inspection and daily equipment inspection.
• Respond accordingly to both hand and verbal commands from rigger or helpers.
• Observe the travel of all loads and take appropriate action to avoid injury to personnel or damage to property.
• Read boom angle and drum rotation indicators.
• 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.

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 current NCCCO with TLL Certification

- Must Operate Greater than 100 Tons

- May require U.S. Driver License

- Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required

- Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.