Tower Crane Operator/rigger

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

We are currently seeking a Tower Crane Operator / Rigger to assist with fast-paced, challenging projects in Vancouver, BC.

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

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.