Rigging Foreman

MEI Rigging & Crating LLC•North East, MD

12d•Onsite

About The Position

MEI Industrial Solutions is a professional machinery-moving company providing quality machinery-moving services nationwide, including rigging, millwrighting, mechanical installation, commercial storage, crating, and export packing services. Our clients span industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Construction, Data Center, Institutional, Manufacturing, and Medical, as well as many others. We are known throughout the industry for our professionalism, commitment to safety, quality methods, and skilled teams. The North East, MD team primarily supports large-scale pharmaceutical projects, along with other industrial machinery-moving and equipment installation projects. Our work requires experienced professionals who understand the complexities of machinery relocation, precision equipment handling, and working safely in demanding customer environments. We are guided by our corporate values of integrity, respect, professionalism, safety, commitment, and results.

Requirements

HS diploma or equivalent necessary.
Proven machinery moving foreman experience or comparable field experience, preferably within the machinery moving industry.
Excellent interpersonal, supervisory and project management skills.
Highly self-directed and motivated.
Valid driver’s license required.
Must have own hand tools.
Must have extensive experience moving machinery with forklift, skating, leveling and anchoring of machines.
Must be able to work alongside field technicians in assembly and erecting of machine tools.
Must be able to obtain DOT medical card upon hire (company will assist as needed).

Responsibilities

Responsible for all job site management activities of the rigging crew.
Develops, plans and implements crew schedules in alignment with the customer and sales personnel with direction of the job.
Directs workforce to meet operational goals in terms of volume, cost, quality, safety and schedule.
Directly supervises and works with one or more machinery moving crews.
Working foreman role with the ability to effectively move machinery utilizing forklifts, skates and jacks (not cranes).
Develop, train and instruct machinery moving crews in best known rigging operation practices and procedures including safety.
Work closely with safety personnel in coordinating safety training, accident and injury investigations and reporting and equipment or property damage incidents investigations and reporting.
Build customer and employee relationships with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Develop highly effective relationships with customers, business partners, crating operations management and support staff.
Effectively manage job site projects by organizing all project information to ensure they are accurate and contain all necessary information.
Consistently demonstrates professional conduct representative of MEI corporate mission, vision and values.
Must be able to drive to customer job sites and work and direct all activities on customer job sites.