Crane and Rigging Coordinator
About The Position
The Crane and Rigging Coordinator coordinates and oversees crane, rigging, lifting, and heavy equipment activities in assigned areas of an industrial construction project. Working directly at the project site, this role provides hands-on field leadership to ensure lifting operations are planned, resourced, coordinated, and executed in alignment with project schedules, safety requirements, quality expectations, and construction priorities. The coordinator works with forepersons, rigging personnel, crane operators, construction management, engineering, HSE, logistics, and other project teams. The role translates construction priorities into executable field plans and coordinates workforce and crane resources. It supports workface planning, lift planning, pre-lift coordination, constructability reviews, field readiness, workforce productivity, apprentice development, cost awareness, and quality execution. The coordinator helps ensure crews have the direction, information, equipment, materials, and access required to work safely and productively, while supporting efficient construction flow and successful project delivery.
Requirements
- Typically 12 or more years of relevant crane, rigging, lifting, heavy industrial construction, or related field experience.
- Journey-level certification or equivalent trade qualification where required.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating crane and rigging activities on industrial construction, energy, chemicals, power generation, LNG, petrochemical, refining, mining, infrastructure, or major capital projects.
- Strong knowledge of crane and rigging operations, lifting practices, construction sequencing, workforce planning, and field execution.
- Experience providing work direction to forepersons, rigging personnel, and trade crews in active construction environments.
- Strong understanding of workface planning and its application to field productivity and construction readiness.
- Proven ability to monitor manpower requirements, equipment utilization, workforce efficiency, and construction productivity.
- Ability to interpret applicable construction drawings, lift-related documentation, schedules, and field execution requirements.
- Advanced understanding of systems, processes, equipment, and tools associated with crane and rigging operations.
- Strong problem-solving capabilities, including identifying field constraints and supporting practical execution solutions.
- Effective communication, stakeholder engagement, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to collaborate across construction management, engineering, HSE, logistics, quality, subcontractors, and other field disciplines.
- Working knowledge of labor relations practices and their application within industrial construction environments.
- Commitment to safety, quality, workforce development, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate crane, rigging, lifting, and related field activities to support construction schedules and project priorities.
- Provide day-to-day work direction to forepersons and trade personnel within assigned areas.
- Plan and coordinate workforce requirements to maintain appropriate manpower levels for scheduled construction activities.
- Support workface planning and ensure crews have the information, equipment, materials, and access needed for safe and productive execution.
- Coordinate crane utilization and rigging activities with construction management, field engineering, logistics, HSE, and other construction disciplines.
- Support lift planning, pre-lift coordination, constructability reviews, and field readiness activities in accordance with project requirements.
- Monitor manpower utilization, craft productivity, equipment utilization, and work progress against project objectives.
- Promote a proactive HSE culture and reinforce safe lifting and rigging practices.
- Coordinate complex lifting activities to minimize conflicts among cranes, crews, equipment movements, and adjacent construction operations.
- Provide technical guidance regarding rigging methods, lifting practices, field execution, and work sequencing.
- Monitor completed work for quality, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements.
- Identify field constraints, equipment conflicts, productivity barriers, and execution risks, and coordinate practical solutions.
- Collaborate with construction leadership to prioritize crane resources and support multiple construction work fronts.
- Support apprentice training, craft development, and consistent application of approved work methods.
- Monitor construction costs, workforce efficiency, and productivity trends within the assigned scope.
- Apply company labor relations policies and support a respectful, productive, and collaborative field environment.
- Communicate progress, constraints, resource requirements, and execution priorities to construction management and relevant project stakeholders.
- Support continuous improvement in crane utilization, rigging practices, work planning, safety performance, and field productivity.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay (usually 8 days per year in the US)
- Eligibility to participate in medical insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in life insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in dental insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in vision insurance plans
- Eligibility to participate in a 401K plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
