Rigger Apprentice

If you are looking for a new company to build a career with, we are looking for you! Do you like to work in a team environment? Do you like to be challenged and go to the next level? Are you good with your hands and like to fix and/or solve problems? MEI Rigging & Crating is a professional machinery moving company. We are a leader in our field and we provide quality machinery moving services to our clients ranging from Automotive, Data Center, and Aerospace companies to every industry in between. MEI Rigging & Crating is known in the industry for our best-in-class service, professionalism, safety focus, quality methods, and skilled team. We are committed to ensuring that our clients can provide their services to the communities that we live in. Our people are our best asset and we invest in training, support, and we promote from within.

This is a great opportunity, WE TRAIN YOU!! We are looking for good people who enjoy working with their hands, the work is physical but very rewarding when you accomplish something new that you never thought you could do! Our team says that they enjoy working for MEI because every day is different and they get a sense of accomplishment doing vital work for clients. If you are highly motivated, love a challenge, and you are looking to be a part of a great team, please apply!

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

· **Willing to train**
· Move and set equipment
· Perform seismic bracing
· Dissembling crates and offloading/loading trucks
· Building wooden crates for equipment
· Dismantle and store equipment after use
· Learn to load, secure, and unload MEI equipment
· Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability
· Ability to use precision measuring tools and equipment; hand, power, and pneumatic tools
· Demonstrate ability to adhere to safety practices and work safely
· Learn MEI's policies
· Successfully complete MEI’s BKM training
· Maintain good attendance
· Maintain a clean work area
· Take initiative and be willing to learn

Minimum Qualifications:

· HS Diploma or GED equivalent
· Valid Driver's License

· OSHA 10 Certification

Preferred Qualifications:
· Understand how to use a tape measure
· Experience in Construction or similar field
· Forklift experience
· Mechanical knowledge

Other Professional Requirements: Must be able to work in a highly functioning team environment. Display the highest levels of honesty, integrity, and professionalism. Take pride in your work and in the company. Communicate openly and strive for peak performance in daily tasks. Know and deliver the quality service MEI's customers have come to expect.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions: Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials up to 50 pounds.

This job description is intended to summarize the type and level of work performed by the incumbent and is not an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements.