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Crane & Rigging Operator

St. Johns Ship Building, Inc.
Palatka, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/26/2026
Position Summary

Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions. Ensures that the powered industrial equipment is maintained and in working order.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

  • Shipyard experience preferred.
  • NCCCO required.
  • Maintains and ensures that the cranes, and other powered industrial equipment are operational and preventive maintenance is scheduled and completed per the preventive maintenance schedule for the piece of powered industrial equipment.
  • Determine load weights and check them against lifting capacities to prevent overload.
  • Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate cranes, cherry pickers, electromagnets, or other moving equipment for lifting, moving, and placing loads.
  • Inspect cables and grappling devices for wear and install or replace cables as needed.
  • Clean, lubricate, and maintain mechanisms such as cables, pulleys, and grappling devices, making repairs as necessary.
  • Inspect and adjust crane mechanisms and lifting accessories to prevent malfunctions and damage.
  • Direct helpers engaged in placing blocking and outrigging under cranes.
  • Load and unload bundles from trucks, and move containers to storage bins, using moving equipment.
  • Review daily work schedules to determine sequences of Crane usage, and special loading instructions.
  • Direct truck drivers backing vehicles into loading bays, cover, uncover, and secure loads for delivery.
  • Inspect bundle packaging for conformance to regulations and customer requirements and remove and batch packaging tickets.
  • Review production schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
  • Review operations and confer with technical or executive staff to resolve production or staffing problems.
  • Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
  • Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records.
  • Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
  • Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies.
  • Review plans and confer with architect and executive staff to develop new processes if needed.
  • Attend all administrative and employee meetings pertaining to production and safety.
  • Ensure all areas of production and safety are followed by each yard employee.

Competency Statement(s)

  • Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
  • Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
  • Resource Management (People & Equipment) - Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.
  • Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
  • Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
  • Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
  • Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
  • Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
  • Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
  • Conceptual Thinking - Ability to think in terms of abstract ideas.
  • Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.

Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).

Experience

  • Five or more years of experience operating cranes and other industrial powered equipment.
  • Two or more years’ experience supervising subordinate staff
  • Must have current crane operator’s license.

Lift/Carry

Physical Demands:

  • Stand: F (Frequently).
  • Walk: F (Frequently).
  • Sit: F (Frequently).
  • Handling / Fingering: F (Frequently).
  • Reach Outward: F (Frequently).
  • Reach Above Shoulder: F (Frequently).
  • Climb: O (Occasionally).
  • Crawl: O (Occasionally).
  • Squat or Kneel: O (Occasionally).
  • Bend: O (Occasionally).
  • 10 lbs or less: F (Frequently).
  • 11-20 lbs: F (Frequently).
  • 21-50 lbs: F (Frequently).
  • 51-100 lbs: N (Not Applicable).
  • Over 100 lbs: N (Not Applicable).

Push/Pull

  • 12 lbs or less: F (Frequently).
  • 13-25 lbs: F (Frequently).
  • 26-40 lbs: F (Frequently).
  • 41-100 lbs: F (Frequently).

N (Not Applicable): Activity is not applicable to this occupation.

O (Occasionally): Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs/day).

F (Frequently): Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day).

C (Constantly): Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs/day).

Other Physical Requirements

  • Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth Perception).
  • Sense of Sound (hear alarms and radios).
  • Sense of Touch.
  • Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (safety glasses, hard hats, steel toed shoes, ear plugs, gloves, harness).

Work Environment

Outdoor Environment, Excessive Heat, Excessive Cold.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

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