Riggers Needed Immediately! - Norfolk, VA

We have an exciting opportunity for Riggers working in Norfolk,VA with one of our Clients in the Ship Repair Industry.

Job Description:

• Strongly prefer a  LEVEL 1 Rigger Certification from NCCCO
• Must have 2-5 years’ experience in heavy shipboard rigging
• Must have ability to obtain DBIDS
• Fabricates, installs and repairs rigging and weight handling gear on ships. 
• Attaches hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts and order heavy loads aboard ships. 
• Selects and attaches chainfalls, jacks, rollers, levers and/or pulleys according to types of loads being moved. 
• Signals cranes or other equipment to move loads.
• Controls movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces. 
• Lays out and handles lines on cleats or bollards and hauls in ships with capstans when assisting dock master in ship dry docking operations. 
• Installs or repairs ships’ rigging such as mast on antenna wires, small boat handling gear, shipboard cranes, winches, windless, replenishment and weight handling equipment. 
• Move barges and derricks with tug boats and yard boats. 
• Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
• Thorough knowledge of shackles, natural, synthetic and wire ropes, steamboat jacks, hydraulic jacks, turnbuckles, rollers, chainfalls, clamps, swivels, crane signals, shipboard nomenclature, forklifts and aerial lifts. 
• Splice natural and synthetic ropes, tying knots, use of electric, pneumatic and hand powered tools. 

Hours:

• 1^st Shift  6AM – 245PM
• 2^nd Shift 3PM – 11PM

Pay:

• First Class is up to $30 an hour
• Second Class is up to $22 an hour
• Prefer Local only