Jobs at Barnhart Crane & Rigging

Oversee branch field operations, including scheduling jobs, coordinating labor and equipment, leading field personnel, ensuring DOT and safety compliance, managing training and equipment maintenance, supporting sales, and improving efficiency, safety, and profitability. The role also monitors operational metrics, conducts post-job reviews, and develops team members.

Aligns, anchors, assembles, tests, operates, maintains, and stores crane and rigging equipment. Selects cables, gears, shackles, and related equipment based on load requirements, directs hoisting operations, and safely moves or supports heavy materials through confined spaces. Requires mechanical reasoning, weight and measurement knowledge, physical ability, schedule flexibility, travel availability, overtime willingness, and successful completion of drug, fitness, and background checks.

Leads Barnhart’s project portfolio and project management program across its branch network. Establishes governance, processes, standards, reporting, and performance metrics; oversees project health, resource allocation, risks, and complex projects. Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to improve execution, implement project tools, support project teams, and drive accountability, safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Provides leadership, mentoring, project reviews, corrective-action guidance, and performance insights, including for nuclear-related projects.

Supports project managers with planning and coordination of heavy-lift, heavy-transport, and specialized rigging projects. Responsibilities include schedule development, cost tracking, customer submittals, project documentation, proposal support, meetings, site visits, and local field coordination. The intern gains exposure to equipment, project planning, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and project execution while collaborating with engineers, superintendents, and field teams.

Supports project managers in coordinating heavy construction and rigging projects. Maintains budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and project documentation; communicates with customers, engineers, vendors, suppliers, and field teams; coordinates crews and equipment; monitors costs, safety, quality, and deadlines; participates in site visits; and helps resolve schedule and project issues.

Ensures company-wide DOT and FMCSA compliance by reviewing driver qualification files, onboarding drivers, managing license and drug-testing records, auditing branch compliance, coordinating Samsara vehicle hardware, monitoring HOS requirements, investigating incidents, reporting CSA violations, and supporting ELDT requirements. The role also manages compliance-system billing, regulatory records, and cross-functional communication with fleet, sales, maintenance, and branch teams.

Oversee branch field operations, including job scheduling, labor and equipment allocation, personnel leadership, safety compliance, training, equipment maintenance, regulatory adherence, and continuous improvement. Partner with the Branch Manager and sales team to meet customer needs, improve efficiency and profitability, and achieve branch performance goals. Ensure compliance with DOT requirements, SOPs, qualification tracking, safety audits, and post-job reviews.

Develops customer relationships and drives sales of heavy-lift, rigging, transportation, and specialized project services. Evaluates customer projects and jobsites, develops technical solutions with engineering and field teams, prepares estimates and proposals, leads presentations and negotiations, and coordinates transitions to execution. The role requires mechanical aptitude, consultative selling, project coordination, regular travel, outdoor jobsite work, and a strong commitment to safety.

Leads the design and development of custom crane, rigging, and structural equipment. Creates drawings, 3D models, specifications, calculations, manuals, and test plans; performs structural analysis and ensures compliance with engineering and safety standards. Coordinates with project managers, fabricators, suppliers, clients, and field personnel, provides onsite technical support, manages schedules and costs, assesses operational risks, and mentors junior engineers.

Develop customer relationships and grow sales for heavy lift, rigging, transportation, and specialized industrial project services. Responsibilities include identifying opportunities, conducting site visits, understanding customer needs, developing estimates and proposals, presenting solutions, negotiating pricing and scope, and coordinating project transitions with engineering, operations, and field teams. The role requires technical aptitude, consultative selling skills, regular travel, and a strong focus on safety.

Supports engineers in developing heavy-lift and heavy-transport solutions through AutoCAD and Inventor modeling, equipment layout drawings, basic steel design, calculations, engineering process improvements, and proposal support. Collaborates with engineering, management, and field teams; develops knowledge of rigging equipment and operations; troubleshoots equipment issues; and provides local field support. The internship is based in the Memphis branch, equipment yard, and project field locations.

Leads Barnhart’s training and implementation function, managing trainers and administrators, developing technical and operational programs, identifying branch training needs, and supporting adoption of new tools and processes. Measures training effectiveness, drives operational improvements, manages resources and budgets, and promotes safety, continuous improvement, and servant leadership across the branch network.

Seeking a Project Sales Representative to develop accounts in heavy industrial and energy markets, create sales strategies, and build customer relationships.

Develop engineered lift plans, rigging studies, crane studies, transportation plans, lifting devices, 3D CAD models, and fabrication drawings. Provide engineering support to project and operations teams, perform structural and engineering analyses, maintain documentation, conduct field assessments, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, schedule, budget, codes, and standards. The role supports complex lifting, heavy transport, and industrial projects across Canada.

Manages awarded industrial and heavy-construction projects across safety, schedules, budgets, profitability, quality, risk, and customer satisfaction. Coordinates project teams, crews, equipment, engineers, vendors, and customers from sales transition through execution. Reviews contracts and project scope, develops critical-path schedules, anticipates construction and cost risks, communicates project status, and ensures safety plans are implemented. Requires construction project knowledge, leadership, mechanical aptitude, contract understanding, and willingness to travel.

Develops and grows customer accounts in heavy industrial and energy markets through prospecting, jobsite visits, proposals, RFP responses, solution presentations, and relationship management. Identifies expansion opportunities, builds sales plans, qualifies leads, estimates project costs, closes profitable work, and coordinates project development with Operations. Requires industrial sales expertise, familiarity with heavy lifting and transportation, strong communication skills, and frequent travel to customer sites.

Manage industrial construction projects from award through closeout, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, risk, customer satisfaction, crews, equipment, vendors, and field leadership. Responsibilities include contract review, proposal support, project scheduling, critical-path management, status reporting, issue resolution, and coordination across customers, engineers, suppliers, and project teams. Projects may involve nuclear power, government, manufacturing, and other industrial sites.

Lead heavy-rigging and construction projects from award through closeout. Coordinate crews, equipment, customers, engineers, vendors, and project teams while managing safety, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, contracts, and client satisfaction. This hands-on role requires significant job-site work, real-time problem solving, field leadership, and travel as needed. The manager also supports proposals, contract reviews, project planning, schedule development, status reporting, and continuous improvement of project management practices.

Lead technical authority for complex mechanical/structural R&D projects in heavy lift. Mentor and coordinate a multidisciplinary engineering team, perform hands-on high-complexity design and analysis, drive innovation, ensure compliance with codes and safety, and support critical lift operations.

Manage branch administrative and operational support including employee onboarding and compliance, tracking certifications/licenses, payroll/time tracking, invoicing and payables, procurement, job file and project support, monthly safety materials, and supervise a part-time admin assistant. Ensure policy and safety compliance and support the Branch Manager with additional administrative duties.