Rigging Foreman

MEI Rigging & Crating is looking to add strong, dependable, and eager to learn individuals to join our team as soon as possible. We are a professional machinery moving company and our work focus is serving our customers at the highest level with quality employees who are motivated to learn, grow, and have the ability to look ahead at the next task.

As a leader in our field, we provide quality machinery moving, mechanical installation, storage and machinery transportation services to our clients ranging from Automotive, Aerospace, Data Centers, Industrial construction, Manufacturing, and Medical companies to every industry in-between. We are known for our professionalism, safety focus, quality methods, and skilled team; and are committed to ensuring that our clients can provide their products and services to the communities that we serve. Our people are our best asset, we invest in training, support, and promote from within. If you are looking to be a part of a great team with a national footprint, please apply!

We have a great team willing to guide and train if you are willing to learn.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all job site management activities of the rigging crew of up to 8 people.
• Develops, plans, and implements crew and alignment with customer and salesmen with direction of job.
• Directs workforce to meet operational goals in terms of productivity, cost, quality, safety, and schedule.
• Directly supervises and works with one or more machinery moving crews.
• Working supervisor with the ability to effectively assemble/disassemble and move machinery utilizing forklifts, gantries, cranes, skates, and jacks.
• Develop, train, and instruct machinery moving crews in best known rigging operation practices and procedures including safety.
• Work closely with safety personnel in identifying safety training needs. Assist in conducting investigations of accident, injury, or damage incidents for reporting purposes.
• Build customer and employee relationships with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effectively manage job site projects by documenting and organizing all on-site project information to ensure accuracy and appropriate documentation.
• Consistently demonstrates professional conduct representative of MEI corporate mission, vision, and values.
• Work alongside field technicians in assembly and erecting of machine tools.
• Drive to customer job sites and work and direct all activities on customer job sites.
• Maintain a presentable, neat, and orderly work environment.
• A certain degree of problem-solving, creativity, flexibility, and decision-making ability is required.
• Perform other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Valid driver's license
• Minimum 5 years’ proven machinery moving foreman experience or comparable field experience, preferably within machinery moving industry
• Minimum 5 years’ crane rigging & signaling experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience assembling/disassembling and moving machinery utilizing forklifts, gantries, cranes, skates, and jacks.
• Must have own basic hand tool set
• Ability to pass a pre-employment DOT physical

Preferred Qualifications:

• Class A CDL
• NCCCO Rigger Certification
• NCCCO Signalperson Certification
• OSHA 30

Professional Skills:

• Highly self-directed and motivated
• Excellent interpersonal, supervisory, and problem-solving skills
• Directing teams towards individual goals

Other Requirements:

Must be able to work in a high functioning team environment. Display the highest levels of honesty, integrity, and professionalism. Take pride in your work and in the company. Communicate openly and strive for peak performance in daily tasks. Know and deliver the quality service MEI’s customers have come to expect.

This job description is intended to summarize the type and level of work performed by the incumbent and is not an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements.

MEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.