Lead Rigger 3 - Atlanta, GA

Lead Rigger 3

Looking for career opportunities, an employer who develops their people, a place to make your mark? If so, we are looking for you. MEI Rigging & Crating is a professional rigging and crating company. A leader in our field, we provide quality rigging and crating services to our clients ranging from automotive, social media, and aerospace companies to every industry in between. MEI Rigging & Crating is known for our professionalism, service, safety focus, quality methods, and skilled team. We are committed to ensuring that our clients can provide their services to the communities that we live in. 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 talented team, please apply!

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The Rigging Foreman position is responsible for all activities that take place on the assigned job site.

• Responsible for all job site management activities of the rigging crew.

• Develops, plans, and implements crew and alignment with customer and salesmen with direction of job.

• Directs workforce to meet operational goals in terms of volume, cost, quality, safety, and schedule.

• Directly supervises and works with one or more rigging crews.

• Hands on supervisory role with the ability to effectively rig utilizing forklifts, cranes, skates, jacks, and other necessary equipment.

• Develop, train, and instruct crews in best known rigging operation practices and procedures including safety.

• Work closely with safety personnel in coordinating safety training, accident, and injury investigations and reporting and equipment or property damage incidents investigations and reporting.

• Build customer and employee relationships with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Effectively manage job site projects by documenting and organizing all project information ensuring accuracy with all necessary information.

• 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, work, and direct all activities on customer job sites.

• Complete housekeeping duties in assigned area or project area daily and/or when required.

• A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.

• Complete required paperwork.

• Ability to travel out of the local area to work on occasions.

• Perform other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• HS Diploma or GED equivalent

• Minimum 2 years' proven rigging foreman experience or comparable field preferably within the rigging industry

• Minimum 5 years' rigging experience with forklift, skating, leveling, and anchoring of machines

• Valid Driver's License, Class A CDL preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing rigging such as CNC machines, injection molding machines, etc.

Professional Skills:

• Highly self-directed and motivated

• Excellent interpersonal, supervisory, and project management skills

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.