Shipping/Crater Rigger

Chart Industries; Windsor (CT); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 39 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Résumé du poste

Chart Industries, Windsor, CT is seeking a Shipping/Crater Rigger to crate and rig large industrial blowers and vacuum systems for shipment. You will build crates and skids, secure equipment, and coordinate with shipping and logistics teams to ensure safe, compliant transport.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in shipping/receiving or warehouse roles, GED/high school, forklift experience, and knowledge of woodworking tools and tape measure usage.

Qualifications

• GED/High School diploma.
• 1–3 years of shipping, receiving, or warehouse experience.
• Forklift operation experience.
• Knowledge of woodworking tools and ability to read a tape measure.
• Experience hoisting and handling large industrial components or machinery.
• Familiarity with LTL/FTL, small parcel systems, and export documentation.

Responsabilités

• Build custom wooden crates, pallets, and skids to specification.
• Rig, block, and brace large industrial blowers and vacuum systems for transport.
• Safely handle and position equipment using hoists and material-moving equipment.
• Protect components with shrink wrap, foam, desiccants, and corrosion inhibitors.
• Operate carpentry and power tools safely; maintain tools and equipment.
• Assist with loading and securing heavy machinery for shipment and coordinate with logistics.
• Ensure crates/shipments are properly labeled and identified per standards.
• Document crating builds and suggest improvements to methods.
• Collect and dispose of scrap wood daily.
• Serve as backup for shipping/receiving operations.
• Work in an on-site warehouse/manufacturing environment; move between office and floor; wear PPE as required.

Connaissances

Shipping/receiving experience

Manufacturing environment experience

Hoisting large components

LTL/FTL & export docs familiarity

Reading tape measure

Formation

GED/High School diploma

Outils

Woodworking tools

Forklift operation

Description du poste

Location: Windsor, CT, United States, 06095

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global engineering business who focus on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and have over a century of experience in doing so. We are hiring a Shipping/Crater Rigger for our Windsor, CT location.

What Will You Do?

The Crater/Rigger is responsible for crating and rigging large industrial blowers and vacuum systems for shipment. This role involves building custom wooden crates and skid systems and safely handling and positioning equipment using hoists and powered industrial material moving equipment. The Crater/Rigger ensures all items are properly protected for transport by applying correct carpentry, blocking, bracing, and rigging practices, and by confirming accurate labeling and identification in accordance with shipping and safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Build custom wooden crates, pallets, and skids to specification using measurements, drawings, and diagrams.
• Rig, block, and brace large industrial blowers and vacuum systems for transport using approved methods, chains, slings, straps, and hardware.
• Safely handle and position equipment using hoists and powered industrial material moving equipment.
• Protect sensitive components using appropriate materials such as shrink wrap, foam, desiccants, and corrosion inhibitors per customer and shipping requirements.
• Operate carpentry and power tools—including saws, nail guns, drills, and hand tools—safely and effectively; maintain tools, equipment, and consumables.
• Assist with loading and securing heavy machinery for shipment, coordinating activities with the Shipper/Receiver and logistics personnel.
• Ensure all crates and shipments are properly labeled and identified in accordance with shipping and safety standards.
• Document crating builds, maintain a standards/designs library, and recommend improvements to crating and rigging methods.
• Collect and dispose of clean wood and construction wood daily.
• Serve as backup for shipping/receiving operations.
• On-site warehouse/manufacturing environment; ability to move between office and floor; lifting requirements as applicable; PPE per safety policy.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

Standing, bending, stooping, for a period of time. Walking the production floor. Reading documents to build crate.

Your Experience Should Be...

• GED/High School diploma
• Manufacturing environment experience
• 1–3 years of shipping, receiving, or warehouse experience.
• Forklift operation experience.
• Knowledge of woodworking tools and ability to read a tape measure.
• Experience hoisting and handling large industrial components or machinery.
• Familiarity with LTL/FTL, small parcel systems, and export documentation.

Key Competencies

• Sense of urgency and accountability
• Strong data integrity and attention to detail
• Cross-functional communication skills
• Ownership and follow-through
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

Our Benefits Package...

Medical, Dental, Vision, and other benefits

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair.