Rigger/ Relief Tower Crane Operator

CHANGING SKYLINES, BUILDING FUTURES

Do you want to be a part of a close-knit, family-run organization where management appreciates and recognizes your hard work and values your input? If you are ready for a financially rewarding yet challenging position that promotes personal and professional growth, apply today!

Pagnotta Inc. is a mid-sized, full-service provider of structural concrete with job sites located throughout Western Canada. We are dedicated to providing value-added construction services to our customers by creating a successful partnership with them throughout the construction process. To learn more, visit www.pagnotta.ca or click here to view a short video about our company culture and values.

We are currently recruiting a Rigger/ Relief Crane Operator to assist with fast-paced, challenging projects that are shaping the Vancouver, BC skyline!

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Employer-paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• RRSP matching up to 4% of regular earnings
• Year-round, full-time work
• Opportunities for advancement - wage increases and promotions are regularly extended to those who take initiative, work hard and take pride in producing quality work
• Culture
• Our employees would describe the work environment as fast-paced and entrepreneurial-focused. We believe in hiring "A" Players who are self-motivated and intrinsically driven to succeed. These types of people thrive because they are resourceful and can seek out information on their own to make informed decisions.

Culture

• Our employees would describe the work environment as fast-paced and entrepreneurial-focused. We believe in hiring "A" Players who are self-motivated and intrinsically driven to succeed. These types of people thrive because they are resourceful and can seek out information on their own to make informed decisions.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Operate crane to lift, move or place construction equipment and materials
• Follow safe work procedures to assist the tower crane operator with lifting, lowering, or moving materials and loads.
• Understand lifting and load bearing capacities of the tower crane.
• Securing loads with suitable lifting equipment.
• Communicate with operator via two-way radio and/or hand signals.
• Signal and direct trucks on site for loading and offloading.
• Inspecting rigging equipment.
• Rig in decks and fly tables.
• Inspect crane and calculate capacities
• Fly tables
• Assemble and dismantle
• Perform repairs and maintenance

Working Conditions

• Overtime after 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• Double time after 12 hours per day
• Overtime and work on weekends as required
• Two paid 15 minutes breaks and one ½ hour unpaid lunch break per day
• Working at heights

Competencies

• Ability to work well in a team and independently
• Positive attitude towards safety
• Punctual and reliable
• Self-motivated
• Manual dexterity, mechanically inclined, physically fit

Requirements

• 3-6 years experience operating tower cranes
• 2-4 years of tower crane rigging experience
• Journeyman Tower Crane Operator Certificate or provincial equivalent
• Rigging ticket considered an asset
• Fall Protection
• CSTS
• WHMIS
• Applications will only be considered from those eligible to work in Canada