Crane Operator - 2nd Shift

Triple-S Steel•Houston, TX

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated crane operator. The position is responsible for following safety standards, achieving daily productivity goals while meeting quality requirements, performing routine maintenance, and assisting with non-routine maintenance. The role involves safely handling and moving steel between storage or production areas, loading docks, and delivery vehicles, using assigned equipment and following safe work practices.

Requirements

Ability to correctly read and understand work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments and material or equipment needs.
Ability to effectively use basic computer applications.
Intermediate math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ability to safely meet or exceed the company’s minimum productivity levels.
Ability to plan and organize work independently, work without direct supervision, and work alone or as part of a team.
Ability to develop a good working knowledge of material and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Ability to maintain interdepartmental communication related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and to talk or hear.
Ability to occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Follow Triple-S safe work methods and immediately advise a supervisor of unsafe conditions.
Safely move steel to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, and delivery vehicles by hand or using forklifts, overhead cranes, or other equipment.
Attach slings, hooks, or other devices to lift material and guide loads, and climb onto vehicles to tie down or release material being loaded.
Apply proper bundling techniques.
Configure loads based on planned routes, including multiple stops.
Maximize trailer load capacity without sacrificing safety.
Maintain and safely operate assigned tools and equipment, including measuring tools, pallet trucks, banding machines, beam hooks, plate lifting clamps, forklifts, overhead cranes, and personal protective equipment.
Identify equipment safety issues and promptly report them.
Maintain spatial orientation and awareness while moving around a work environment with moving objects.
Judge near and far distances to remain aware of other people’s and equipment’s work activities.
Attend all required company meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.