Shipping/Crater Rigger

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global engineering business who focus on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and have over a century of experience in doing so. We are hiring a Shipping/Crater Rigger for our Windsor, CT location. 

What Will You Do?

•    Inspect product and work from blueprints, sketches, shipping instructions and other specifications to determine size and shape of container, materials of construction and supports and braces to be used.
•    Design, measure and cut wood to build crates for domestic and export shipping of non-standard items to include machines, sub-assemblies, parts and accessories.
•    Prepare machines for shipment by securing nameplates, decals, reference tags, coupling guards, in place as required.
•    Place product in crate, manually or using hoist, and secure in place using bolts or other strapping material as required.
•    Mark, label and identify packaged items with appropriate markings and identifications.
•    Work from work orders, verbal and/or written instructions, blueprints and other information to move goods to other areas and/or to load trucks.
•    Assemble rigging to lift and move equipment or material; Hoist and move loads to ensure safety of workers and material handled.
•    Locate items to be moved; pick up, transport, and delivered in accordance with operational sequences.
•    Store parts in assigned areas in a neat and orderly way. 
•    Assist with other Shipping and Receiving and Inventory Management tasks as required

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

Standing, bending, stooping, for a period of time. Walking the production floor. Reading documents to build crate. 

Your Experience Should Be...

•    GED/High School diploma
•    Good communication and teamwork skills.
•    Ability to read tape measures, blueprints, and instructions.
•    Ability to drive a forklift.
•    Ability to lift at least 50lbs.
•    Ability to pay attention to details and follow safety protocols.

Our Benefits Package...

Medical, Dental, Vision, and other benefits