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Form of workDescription
Main Purpose
To perform all job duties involved in operating equipment to lift/install/move materials (a pipe, plate, etc.) or structures, equipment, or materials either from one location of the yard to another or Offsite locations, including loadouts in a safe and efficient manner.
Essential Functions
- Operating cherry pickers or cranes making complex lifts over pipelines/ water.
- Able to thread and install screw pipes.
- Assist fitters with measurement taking and proper cleaning of fittings for welding.
- Assist crane operators and cherry Picker Operators by hooking-up slings and load cables to materials or structures as required.
- Performing routine maintenance work on cherry pickers, cranes, dozers, etc.
- Report all defective rigging equipment (slings, shackles, jacks, cracked sledgehammer handles, plate clamps, etc.) to the rigging foreman immediately.
- Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles using multipoint suspension techniques.
- Assist in cleaning up work areas as needed (including barges) prior to beginning lift or loadout operations.
- Set up water pumps on barges as required to prepare for load-outs.
- Assist welders and fitters as required in grinding, buffing, rigging, etc.
- Give hand signal directions to crane operators during lift operations.
- Operating joe boat to travel back and forth to job site.
- Utilizing torquing/impacting tools on all size flanges.
Requirements
Physical Requirements
- Standing- Is an essential job function/physical requirement.
- Walking- This is an essential job function/physical requirement.
- Turning, twisting, bending, and stooping- These physical requirements are essential job functions.
- Pushing and Pulling- These physical requirements are essential job functions.
- Reaching, forward, and reaching overhead- These are essential job functions /physical requirements.
- Climbing- This is an essential job function /physical requirement.
- Balancing, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing- These are all considered normal physical duties/requirements and would be needed /required to work in this industrial environment is a safe and efficient manner.
- Lifting - employees must be able to lift up to 25-50 pounds regularly, and occasionally 75 pounds.
Job Requirements
- Must be able to pass pre-employment physical and drug screen
- Must be able to pass a background check.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Desirable Experience/Training
- Highschool diploma or GED preferred.
- 3 Years of experience operating equipment stated above.
Environmental Conditions
80 to 90% of the work activities are performed outdoors. Individuals will be required to work in changes of temperature, hot, cold, humid, wet, and dry conditions; dust, mud, etc.; they may also be exposed to fumes (Paint, paint thinners, diesel, gas, etc.)
