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Job Description

Overview

Edwards Moving & Rigging specializes in moving heavy equipment and materials that require skilled rigging. The company is looking for Riggers to join their experienced field crew to safely lift, move, and handle various loads in challenging environments.

Responsibilities

  • Attach and configure rigging used to lift, move, and position loads.
  • Operate forklifts, skid steers, and other equipment as required.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, hydraulic tools, and precision measuring equipment.
  • Inspect rigging equipment before use to ensure safety.
  • Signal and communicate with other crew members during lifting and moving operations.
  • Help position equipment and materials safely and accurately.
  • Perform the physical work required to execute heavy rigging projects.
  • Work alongside Leadmen, Foremen, Superintendents, Operators, and other Riggers.

Requirements

  • 1–5 years of experience in rigging, heavy rigging, crane operations, construction, heavy trucking, or a related field.
  • Experience working safely around heavy equipment.
  • Ability to understand and follow instructions during complex lifting and moving operations.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.
  • Respect for rigging equipment and discipline to inspect it before use.
  • Ability to recognize when something doesn't look right and speak up.
  • Willingness to learn new equipment, techniques, and methods.
  • Physical ability to perform demanding field work, including repetitive lifting of up to 50 pounds.
  • Welding experience is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Approximately 75% travel is expected as work occurs where customers and projects are located.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$41/hr across 26 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 85 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 67 different employers. 38 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Edwards Moving and Rigging currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Rigger figures were last recalculated when this page was built.