Description

Main Purpose

To perform all job duties involved in forklift operations such as lift/install/move materials, structures, or equipment from one location of the yard to another, or to Offsite locations, including loadouts in a safe and efficient manner.

Essential Functions

• Assist crane operators and cherry picker operators by hooking-up slings and load cables to materials or structures as required.
• Assist crane operators, cherry picker operators, and maintenance personnel (mechanics) in performing routine maintenance work on cherry pickers, cranes, dozers, etc.
• Report all defective rigging equipment (slings, shackles, jacks, cracked sledgehammer handles, plate clamps, etc.) to the rigging foreman immediately.
• Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles using multipoint suspension techniques. 
• Assist in cleaning up work areas as needed prior to beginning lift or loadout operations.
• Give hand signal directions to crane operators during lift operations.

Requirements

Physical Requirements

• Standing- Is an essential job function/physical requirement.
• Walking- This is an essential job function/physical requirement.
• Turning, twisting, bending, and stooping- These physical requirements are essential job functions.
• Pushing and Pulling- These physical requirements are essential job functions.
• Reaching, forward, and reaching overhead- These are essential job functions /physical requirements.
• Climbing- This is an essential job function /physical requirement.
• Balancing, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing- These are all considered normal physical duties/requirements and would be needed/required to work in this industrial environment is a safe and efficient manner.
• Lifting - employees must be able to lift up to 25-50 pounds regularly, and occasionally 75 pounds.

Job Requirements

• Must be able to pass pre-employment physical and drug screen
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Desirable Experience/Training

• Highschool diploma or GED.

Environmental Conditions

80 to 90% of the work activities are performed outdoors. Individuals will be required to work in changes of temperature, hot, cold, humid, wet, and dry conditions; dust, mud, etc.; they may also be exposed to fumes (Paint, paint thinners, diesel, gas, etc.)

Gulf Island will not sponsor applications for work visas. Additionally, applicants for employment with Gulf Island must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Accordingly, Gulf Island will not consider applications from candidates who require the company to sponsor a work visa and who are not currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Gulf island is not accepting unsolicited candidates from search firms for posted employment opportunities. Please no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to Gulf Island employees via email, the internet, or any other form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for the position will be deemed the sole property of Gulf Island. No recruiting placement fee will be paid in the event Gulf Island hires the candidate due to the referral or through other means.