Remote Apprentice Crane Operator Jobs in Kentucky

Pay: $65.00 per hour

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Lead complex heavy rigging, transportation, crane, and industrial construction projects from planning through completion.
• Take ownership of high-impact field operations while serving as the key connection between crews, customers, dispatch, and internal teams.
• Put your superintendent and heavy industry experience to work on challenging projects where leadership, safety, and precision matter.
• Work alongside experienced professionals and mentor field teams while helping drive successful project outcomes.
• Earn $65 per hour while taking on a high-level leadership role with significant operational responsibility.
• Enjoy the flexibility of being based anywhere in Kentucky or surrounding states while traveling to project sites as needed.

Location: Remote position that can be based anywhere in Kentucky or surrounding states, with extensive travel required to project sites throughout the region and across the country as business needs require.

Note: Must have 10+ years of experience in heavy rigging, crane operations, heavy haul transportation, or industrial heavy construction, along with 3+ years of superintendent or field leadership experience and a willingness to travel extensively. Heavy Haul Industry experience is required.

About Us

We are a specialized heavy haul, heavy lifting, rigging, and transportation organization supporting complex industrial projects across the country. Our team combines deep industry expertise with a commitment to safe, efficient, and customized project execution. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Lead the planning, organization, and execution of complex rigging and transportation-related project work.
• Develop detailed project scopes, identify project requirements, and establish schedules that keep work moving efficiently.
• Manage day-to-day project operations while maintaining oversight of scope, progress, manpower, equipment, and resources.
• Coordinate with customers, office personnel, dispatch, crews, and other site personnel to plan scheduling and equipment mobilization.
• Identify equipment requirements and coordinate timely delivery of specialized equipment to project sites.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for field crews while coordinating rigging activities with customers, craftsmen, and other site personnel.
• Inspect and manage work sites to monitor progress and ensure work conforms to project scope and specifications.
• Establish and enforce work standards, operating procedures, and safety practices.
• Lead Job Hazard Analysis activities and ensure compliance with applicable safety training and procedures.
• Maintain complete, current, and properly organized project documentation.
• Provide oversight and controls that support project profitability and successful execution.
• Mentor and develop team members to strengthen field proficiency and operational performance.
• Assign daily work activities and ensure effective utilization of manpower and equipment.
• Communicate project updates, priorities, and operational needs clearly with customers and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of directly relevant experience in heavy rigging, crane operations, heavy haul transportation, industrial heavy construction, or a closely related field.
• 3+ years of superintendent, project superintendent, field superintendent, or comparable field leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of rigging principles, project planning, field operations, and heavy equipment.
• Proven ability to lead crews, coordinate multiple priorities, and manage complex job-site activities.
• Willingness to travel extensively.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.
• Experience with Goldhofer or similar hydraulic platform trailers is preferred.
• Familiarity with gantry systems, unified jacking systems, strand jacks, and jack and slide systems is a plus.
• Ability to work outdoors in changing weather conditions.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds repetitively.

Why You Will Love Working Here

This is an opportunity to step into a true field leadership role where your experience directly influences project safety, efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction. You will work on challenging industrial projects, collaborate with experienced professionals, mentor field teams, and have the autonomy to help drive projects from planning through completion.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance