Rigger

Meyer; Windsor; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Street Address: 175 Great Pond Dr

City: Windsor, CT

Zip Code: 06095

Founded in 1915, Meyer, Inc is entirely focused on being the most requested provider for the handling, storing, and relocating of our client’s highly valued assets. With 5 locations extending from the mid-Atlantic region into New England, we have been recognized as the premier provider of office moving, industrial relocations as well as warehousing and storage services. Our existing customer base ranges from private businesses to Fortune 500 companies. With cutting-edge technology, highly secure facilities, and a broad portfolio of loyal clients, we are well-positioned to take the company to the next level. Based on rapid growth and expansion, we are seeking dynamic, highly motivated professionals to join our team.

JOB SUMMARY

The Rigger will install machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, and other drawings in industrial establishments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Reads blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
• Dismantles machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Moves machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, forklifts, and trucks.
• Assembles and installs machinery and heavy equipment.
• Aligns machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
• Assembles machines and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to the foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Selects cables, ropes, pulleys, winches, blocks, and sheaves, according to weight and size of load to be moved.
• Attaches pulley and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, with bolts and clamps.
• Attaches load with grappling devices, such as loops, wires, ropes, and chains, to crane hook.
• Sets up, braces, and rigs hoisting equipment, using hand tools and power wrenches.
• May direct workers engaged in hoisting of machinery and heavy equipment operations.
• Works within precise limits or standards of accuracy; follows instructions and reads blueprints; visualizes flat drawings or pictures as solid objects; works at heights without fear; uses logical step-by-step procedures in work; plans work and solves problems; makes decisions based on measurable information; performs a variety of duties which may change often, and operates machinery.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• The position is out in the field on customer job sites.
• This job is physically demanding and requires the person to be able to lift and work with heavy machinery. Workers must be able to: Coordinate eye-hand movements; use hands and fingers fully; reach for, manipulate, and feel objects; stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl; climb and maintain body balance on ladders, scaffolding, or high structures; and see and hear well (either naturally or with correction); lift and carry objects weighing up to 70 pounds, and stoop and bend.

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and more.

Meyer, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and seeks to employ qualified persons regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran status, including individuals with disabilities who are able to perform the essential functions of a particular job with or without reasonable accommodation.

We participate in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employees Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and six months to two years of driving experience and/or training.
• Knowledge of rigging heavy equipment safely.
• Knowledge of the use of forklifts and various moving equipment.
• Class A or Class B is required for this position with at least one year of experience.