Rigger J1 - J4

National Steel and Shipbuilding Com•Norfolk, VA

49d•Onsite

About The Position

General Dynamics NASSCO is seeking 10 Riggers for its Rigging department in Norfolk, Virginia. The role covers Journeyperson levels 1 through 4 and involves rigging, moving, installing, and positioning heavy machinery, equipment, structural parts, and other loads aboard ships. Work may take place in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft, or in confined spaces. The listed work hours are 06:00–2:45 p.m. and 3:00–11:00 p.m.; the posting identifies the shift as ALL. No security clearance is required. Responsibilities and duties vary by journeyperson level. More experienced riggers may fabricate, install, and repair rigging and weight-handling gear; select and attach lifting equipment; signal cranes; handle lines during ship dry-docking operations; install and repair ship rigging and equipment; and move barges and derricks. Entry-level riggers assist with lifting and equipment movement, line handling, and staging erection. The posting also describes use of rigging gear, tools, forklifts, and aerial lifts, as applicable to the level.

Requirements

Knowledge of OSHA standards.
Knowledge of rigging equipment and materials, including shackles, chainfalls, natural, synthetic, and wire ropes, turnbuckles, rollers, clamps, and crane signals, as applicable to the journeyperson level.
Ability to work in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft, or in confined spaces as required.
Ability to tie knots and splice natural or synthetic ropes, as applicable to the journeyperson level.
Ability to use hand tools; higher journeyperson levels may use electric and pneumatic tools.

Responsibilities

Fabricate, install, and repair rigging and weight-handling gear aboard ships.
Attach hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install, or position machinery, equipment, structural parts, and other heavy loads.
Select and attach chainfalls, jacks, rollers, levers, and pulleys according to the loads being moved.
Signal cranes and other equipment to move loads.
Control the movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings and confined spaces.
Handle lines on cleats or bollards and assist with ship dry-docking operations.
Install or repair ship rigging and equipment, including antenna wires, small boat handling gear, shipboard cranes, winches, windlasses, replenishment equipment, and weight-handling equipment.
Move barges and derricks using tug boats and yard boats.
Assist with attaching hoists and pulling gear, moving equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, line handling, and erecting staging.
Work in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft, or in confined spaces as required.
Splice ropes and tie knots.
Operate forklifts and aerial lifts where applicable to the journeyperson level.
Use electric, pneumatic, and hand-powered tools, as applicable to the journeyperson level.