Rigging Foreman

Rigging Foreman (Full Time)

Location: Chester

Department: Crane

Reports To: Rigging Department Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary: Leads work crews and workers engaged in lifting and moving materials, and machines, using power operated equipment such as cranes, hoists, winches, etc.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Complies with the highest level of safety during all stages of project execution to avoid any type of incidents and or accidents.
• Has practical knowledge of Regulatory Compliance with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), CSE, Inc. Rules and Regulations and Site-Specific Rules and Regulations.
• Understands OSHA standards relating to Steel Erection; understands and complies with CSE, Inc. Safety Program, rules, regulations and updates.
• Works within AISC Certification Procedures.
• Familiar with and enforces strict compliance with all QA/QC and Safety procedures.
• Trained to safely operate forklifts, JLG type man-lifts, scissor-lifts and similar equipment.
• Observes 100% of tie-offs.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in rigging activities.
• Specifies locations for movement and deployment of rigging equipment using knowledge of various sliding and lifting equipment.
• Leads and controls skilled labor and work crews engaged in all activities concerned with rigging.
• Commands respect of workforce and develops excellent working relationships with all other department personnel as well as client management.
• Ensures work crews are properly supplied with tools, equipment and materials.
• Optimizes resources to ensure efficient and timely completion of work.
• Keeps records of all work completed; documents and records time, equipment, and materials used in production of project scope of work, for outside the scope of work.
• Proceeds only after written authorization is received or is notified to provide by Project Manager.
• Obtains customer signatures on documents.
• Documents employee absenteeism, policy violations and performance/behavior warnings on appropriate forms. Notifies HR immediately of same.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Oversees field employees engaged in steel erection and ironworking activities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty safely and satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Minimum High School Certificate plus certificate or diploma or equivalent professional qualification. Extensive familiarity with rigging works with at least 3 years of experience as Foreman or Lead Person.

Language Skills

Ability to read, interpret, and follow project documents including specifications, drawings, project plans, lift plans, procedures, and memos. Able to give instructions efficiently and effectively to workforce. Communicates with Project Managers to ensure the optimum outcome.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Valid driver's license. Must meet all CSE MVR criteria.

Other Qualifications

Must be able to travel. Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is usually exposed to significant heights and small ledges.

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