Crane and Rigging Superintendent

Bechtel Corporation•Lake Charles, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Rigging Superintendent supervises and directs operations within the cranes and rigging discipline, including craft professionals, subordinate supervisors, and other assigned personnel. The position provides safety leadership and ensures crane and rigging work complies with Bechtel procedures, OSHA standards, applicable regulations, and customer and project requirements. The role manages crane operations and equipment, supports lifting and heavy-haul activities, and coordinates rigging resources across the project. The position plans manpower and equipment needs, monitors craft work for compliance with specifications and schedules, supports recruitment and training, reviews time records, and prepares construction progress, staffing, and expenditure reports. It also manages rigging equipment and hardware, coordinates with discipline superintendents and subcontractors, reviews mobilization and demobilization, and escalates scheduling constraints to construction management. Work includes field inspections at the Louisiana LNG project near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or international equivalent and 8–10 years of relevant experience, or 12–14 years of relevant work experience.
Heavy industrial direct-hire construction experience commensurate with the work.
Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
Working knowledge of applicable industry codes and standards.
Excellent communication and problem-solving ability.
Ability to read and interpret crane manufacturers’ operator manuals and load charts.
Experience in the safe use and inspection of rigging equipment and hardware.
Ability to develop a three-week look-ahead schedule.
Ability to conduct field inspections involving extensive walking at a construction site, climbing ladders and scaffolding, working on elevated platforms and uneven surfaces, and working in small or confined spaces.
Some lifting may be required; ability to enter and exit the project site and use required standard-issued PPE.

Nice To Haves

Experience in oil, gas, refinery, petrochemical, minerals processing, or power-generating-station construction.
Certified rigger/signal person (NCCCO, NCCER, or equivalent).
Certified crane operator (NCCCO, NCCER, or equivalent).
Qualified OSHA crane inspector.
Qualified crane A/D Director.

Responsibilities

Provide ES&H leadership, prepare and implement safety procedures, and lead Bechtel and subcontractor safety meetings.
Ensure crane and rigging operations comply with Bechtel procedures, OSHA standards, applicable federal, state, county, and local regulations, and customer and project requirements.
Participate in developing relevant Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs).
Manage site cranes, including safe operation, relocation, assembly and disassembly, rigging, raising and lowering of long-boom cranes, setup, and crane-pad ground-bearing conditions.
May manage site crane operator examiners and the crane operator qualification program, including verification of certifications, state licenses, and medical certificates.
Ensure personnel are qualified, trained, competent, aware of their responsibilities, and compliant with applicable standards and safe practices.
Inspect the site for unsafe conditions and practices and take corrective action.
Coordinate safety training and enforce safe work practices with Environmental Safety and Health.
Review and approve subcontractor equipment and personnel mobilization and demobilization.
Plan manpower and equipment required to execute the work.
Monitor craft activities for compliance with specifications and schedules.
Interface with Labor/Industrial Relations on craft recruitment and training programs.
Conduct employee reviews and identify training and development opportunities for subordinate cranes and rigging personnel.
Review craft time records using established automated tools.
Prepare reports and forecasts covering construction progress, craft personnel, and expenditures.
Implement applicable corporate and project policies, procedures, and instructions in assigned areas.
Prepare material requisitions for tools and consumables and coordinate procurement.
Manage rigging equipment and hardware, including forecasting, inventory, and rigging lofts.
Review weekly scheduled work plans with discipline superintendents to ensure qualified rigging resources are available for planned scopes.
Identify and elevate scheduling concerns and constraints to construction management.
Coordinate daily with direct-hire and subcontract representatives on rigging construction activities.
Ensure safe execution of rigging activities in accordance with applicable SWPPs and legislative codes and standards.
Coordinate availability of cranes, SPMTs, other heavy-haul/heavy-lift equipment, and rigging hardware for lifting and transportation activities.
Direct Rigging/Heavy Haul General Foremen and Foremen as needed to support project initiatives.
Ensure rigging team members assigned to tasks have the skills needed to perform the work safely and effectively.
Conduct field inspections involving walking, climbing, working at heights and on uneven surfaces, and entering small or confined spaces; use required personal protective equipment.