Pile Driver

Crofton • Portsmouth, VA

8d • $25 - $30

About The Position

Crofton is seeking a Pile Driver to join its team. Crofton provides commercial diving, marine construction, and crane rental and rigging services, and emphasizes safety, integrity, collaboration, and meeting customer needs. The Pile Driver operates machinery to install piles that support foundations, bridges, piers, and other structures, and reviews building plans to ensure pilings are installed accurately. The role involves work in marine and construction environments.

Requirements

• Perform work in a marine environment.
• Work at heights, including climbing pile-driving leads or working from a manlift while wearing fall protection.
• Be able to see well, naturally or with correction.
• Be able to climb and maintain balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Be able to reach for handles and manipulate objects.
• Have 2–5 years of experience as a pile driver.
• Be able to acquire and maintain base access.
• Have a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Be able to lift up to 40 pounds at times.
• Be able to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and similar structures.
• Be able to repeat motions that may involve the wrists, hands, or fingers.
• Be able to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
• Be able to see and respond to dangerous situations, respond quickly to sounds, and handle noisy environments.
• Be able to traverse all areas of a jobsite in all types of weather, which may require walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching.

Nice To Haves

• Rigging and signaling certification.

Responsibilities

• Operate a pile driver to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, foundations, and other structures.
• Judge the distance and position of piling leads.
• Move construction materials, earth, and other heavy materials to construction sites.
• Clear land, dig trenches, and prepare the worksite.
• Oil and service machinery as needed.
• Perform pre-operational equipment checks.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED