Rigger

JOB SUMMARY:

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

Job Description:

• 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 follow instructions and read blueprints; look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look 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 heavy lifting 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.
  

Apply Now! About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions.