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Job Position: Fleet Dispatcher
Essential duties:
To coordinate and delegate all work assignments and equipment during lift operations in a timely manner. Ensures all personnel involved on each job are adequately prepared to complete that job according to all JJ Curran Crane Company, business and quality standards, policies and procedures.
Responsibilities include:
- Oversee all equipment and operators during actual lift operations
- Understands and influences management of all resources and duties to help reduce overhead and additional labor cost
- Accounts for locations of equipment and demonstrates expertise when moving assets and resources of all types
- Takes orders from customers via, phone, email, website, fax or text. Charts jobs for crane size and price effectively
- Informs workers of type and location of work to be performed. Dispatches workers to job locations generates job tickets, checks status of e-tickets
- Acts as a liaison between customers, operators and operations
- Processes transport/crane requests and data enters them into a fleet management system
- Schedules assignments and coordinates activities for the trucks, trailers, cranes, operators and oilers for lift operations
- Coordinates scheduling of transport/crane requests with sales people
- Processes and transmits information, instructions and permits
- Communicate maintenance issues with Shop Manager
- Requests appropriate maps and direction charts to follow all permit laws from Service Manager
- Maintains awareness of changing weather conditions affecting crews and suspends activities if necessary
- Ensures new hires are properly briefed on current operation procedures
- Monitors activities and ensures related regulations, policies and procedural guidelines are followed
- May be required to be on call 24 hours a day
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
It’s essential you have these skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook and fleet management systems)
- Continuing education or coursework completed in dispatching, effective communication, or project management is an asset
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience dispatching groups of 20 – 30 operators/drivers
- Minimum 5 years office experience in a fast-paced environment
- Must have previous experience and advanced knowledge of permits
- Previous experience in the transportation or heavy equipment industry required
- Previous experience in the Crane and Hoisting industry an asset
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
- High school diploma or GED required
- Associate degree preferred
Job Position: Service Manager
Essential duties:
Oversee the daily on site operations at the Detroit crane yard for all units in the fleet including cranes, tractors, trailers and any miscellaneous vehicles. Maintain the grounds and buildings located at the Detroit crane yard.
Responsibilities include:
- Create work orders for all preventative maintenance tasks including annual inspections
- Ensure the proper intervals between services as it pertains to the manufacturer’s serial # and engine supplier
- Communicate work order numbers to mechanics and operators when in yard
- Keep work order entries up to date and keep track of all repairs and their status
- Track fuel inventory and schedule refills accordingly
- Update hour meter readings within the fleet maintenance software, both for in-house equipment and rented units
- Establish and maintain an approved vendor list for all purchased items needed in the shop
- Maintain all inspections and Preventative Maintenance service records per OSHA requirements
- Keep internal fleet management software up to date with current unit information
- Ensure that all mechanics are up to date on all safety training
- Keep appropriate inventory and proactively seek the most cost effective solution for all shop consumables, tools and supplies.
- Prepare purchase orders within fleet management system
- Match shipments with purchase orders and verify package contents with packing slips
- Handle any out-going shipments, core returns or parts returns
- Coordinate bare rental inspections (pre-and post)
- Communicate with bare rental customer for Proof of Service records, when equipment is serviced on site
- May be required to produce and distribute both road permits and directional mapping
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
It’s essential you have these skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Excellent computer proficiency including MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook
- Experience with a fleet management operations system
- Must have working knowledge of crane operations as well as tractor trailer operations
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to assign tasks to members of the team to achieve completion of all work orders
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, company guidelines and standard best practices
- High school diploma or GED required
- Associate degree preferred
- Must be able to operate a truck with a plow for snow removal
- CDL preferred
Job Position: Crane Operator
Essential Duties:
Operate a variety of heavy equipment with an emphasis on crane operations. Operate, tractor/trailer combinations, rubber-tired cranes and similar equipment in a safe and experienced manner, as determined by supervisor(s). Assemble rigging to lift and move equipment or material by crane or other lifting/hoisting device.
Responsibilities Include:
- Ablility to travel and work overtime (may include nights and weekends)
- Select rigging, ropes, blocks, and sheaves per weight and size of load to be moved
- Monitor weather conditions and recognize its hazards prior to start of lifting operations
- Perform pre and post lift crane inspections
- Responsible for reviewing and following lift plans and lift charts for every lift
- Responsible for selecting the best boom, jib and crane configuration to suit the load, site and lift conditions
- Responsible for assembling, setting up and rigging the crane properly
- Responsible for reporting equipment service hours
- Maintain communications with signal person
- Must exercise the right to refuse to operate the crane if there is reason to suspect the lift is unsafe
- Responsible to track work hours and get appropriate customer signatures on company supplied mobile device
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
- Monitor and maintain all certifications
- Report and document all non-functioning and broken equipment to service manager
Education and Work Experience Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age, pass drug screen, and background check
- Must have NCCCO Certification
- Must be member of Local 324 Operating Engineers
- High school diploma or GED required, associate degree preferred
- Must maintain DOT physical certification
- Must remain current with ALL MUST Safety Modules
- Must remain current with MUST drug screening
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Excellent computer proficiency on FCC tracking software on tablet
- Must have ability to receive instructions via hand signals and radio communications
- Working knowledge of hazards and safety precautions common to crane and heavy equipment operations.
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
Physical Requirements:
- Operate equipment with both hand and feet controls
- Operate both types of control simultaneously and be able to manipulate controls to regulate speed and direction of equipment movement
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to climb into and on all equipment located at the Detroit crane yard
Job Title: Mechanic
Essential duties:
Diagnose, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, fork lifts, tractors, trailers and miscellaneous vehicles.
Responsibilities include:
- Perform related duties as assigned by service manager or outlined on work order
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
- Ability to work extended hours as needed to maintain equipment
- Ability to look at mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems, identify problems and determine possible solutions
- Maintain a clean work environment both inside the equipment and service building
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize work
Education and work experience requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years mechanical experience
- Minimum of 3 years heavy equipment experience
- Must have NCCCO certification to operate and move cranes
- Must have CDL to drive and move semi-tractor
- Associate degree preferred
- Technical skills: familiarity with electronics and ability to read blueprints and use electronic diagnostic equipment
- Familiarity with parts and components of complex machinery and engines, as well as the tools to repair them
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and maintain a positive attitude while providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given and standard accepted practices
Physical requirements:
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions
- Ability to maintain consistent punctual attendance
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Manual dexterity: good hands and great hand-eye coordination
- Ability to talk, listen and speak clearly on telephone
- Ability to work in challenging environments
- Pass background checks and drug tests
