Crane & Rigging Superintendent

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Project Overview:

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far — enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility. We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services. Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway. The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno. Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium. Bechtel is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project. 

Job Summary:

The Rigging Superintendent is responsible for supervising and directing operations within the cranes & rigging discipline. Supervises and directs cranes & rigging craft professional, subordinate supervisors, and others, as assigned.  #LI-BH1

Major Responsibilities:

Additional Responsibilities:

• Prepare reports and forecasts, including summary of construction progress, craft personnel forecasts, and expenditures forecasts.
• Responsible for implementing relevant corporate project policies, procedures, and instructions within their assigned area(s) of operation.
• Prepare material requisitions for tools and consumables and coordinate through Procurement to obtain these materials.
• Act as the manager of rigging equipment and hardware including forecasting, inventory and rigging lofts 
• Reviews weekly scheduled work plans with discipline superintendents to ensure the  project has the rigging resources available with the proper qualifications to support  the planned work scopes. 
• Ensures that scheduling concerns and constraints are identified and elevated to the  construction management team. 
• Supervises and coordinates daily with direct hire and subcontract representatives on  rigging construction activities. 
• Possesses responsibility for the safe execution of rigging activities in accordance with  applicable SWPPs and legislative codes/standards.
• Coordinates and ensures availability of cranes, SPMTs, or other HH/HL equipment  and rigging hardware required to execute lifting and transportation activities. 
• Provides direction to Rigging/Heavy Haul General Foremen and Foreman as  necessary to support rigging/heavy haul initiatives across the project.
• Ensures the rigging team members assigned to each task have the skill sets necessary to execute the  work safely and effectively 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Typically requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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