Tool Assistant

Job Description

Crofton offers industry leading solutions above and below the waterline, combining comprehensive expertise in all facets of commercial diving, marine construction and crane rental & rigging. We execute our projects with safety and integrity. Crofton is a growing company with a highly collaborative and dynamic work environment. Our team members work vigorously to meet our customers’ needs. No two days are the same! Crofton is seeking a Tool Assistant to join our team.

The ideal Tool Assistant inventories, stores, and distributes hand tools and other equipment. They maintain tool functionality, calibration specifications, and safe condition by performing frequent inspections of tools and equipment for wear, defects, or damage.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

• Pick and stage tools as requested for various jobs
• Cycle counting inventory and Conex boxes.
• Assist in entering information into the Inventory Management System (Tool Watch) and building Excel spreadsheets with infill and ordering information.
• Collect and maintain certifications for various items within the purview of the Tool Department.
• Perform light maintenance on various tools or prepare them to be sent out for repair.
• Help build, create and maintain job boxes, conexes and kits to be used on the jobsite.
• Work with industry-specific and high complex precision machines, including but not limited to conveyors, lathes, mills, grinders, saws, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, pumps, gears, bearings, compressors etc.
• Use precision leveling and alignment tools in order to measure angles, material thickness, and small distances with calipers, squares, micrometers, and other tools.
• Fit bearings, align gears and wheels, attach motors, and connect belts according to manufacturers’ blueprints and drawings.
• Assist with the dismantling of machines using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Assist with the unloading, inspecting, moving, and setting of equipment into position using cranes, hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
• Use rigging and hoisting devices such as chokers, chain falls, and hand winches to move equipment / materials into place.
• Conduct preventative maintenance on small hand tools, equipment and pumps.
• Operate mobile equipment fork trucks.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Basic understanding of function and repair of general tools and equipment.
• Basic computer knowledge and skills.
• Ability to accurately perform cycle counts.
• Trade specific math - (working knowledge of geometry and trigonometry a plus).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills across all levels, both verbal and in writing.
• Ability to work independently at a satisfactory pace as determined by your supervisor.
• Must be reliable and report on time for work daily.
• Possess the ability to perform work tasks as instructed to completion.
  
  

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Proficient in tool maintenance
• Valid Driver’s License
• Some inventory experience preferred but not required
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like.
• Exposure to construction and marine site dangers.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
• Ability to see and respond to dangerous situations.
• Noisy environments.
• Ability to respond quickly to sounds.
• Able to traverse all areas of the jobsite in all types of weather; this may require walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching.
  
  

Company Description

Crofton Industries began as a commercial diving company in 1949. For over 71 years, the company has continued to grow and evolve by expanding its capabilities to better accommodate customer needs and offer competitive advantage. Today, Crofton offers comprehensive solutions in the commercial and industrial market segments, with a history of service focused in the maritime industry. Our people are our biggest asset, at every level. Each service division accommodates customers’ needs independently and when advantageous, multiple divisions collaborate with one another to transfer the economic benefits of in-house resources to customers. Crofton is a diversified contracting firm offering, marine construction, commercial diving services, crane and rigging services, and equipment rentals.

Benefits

Full time team members at Crofton have access to a comprehensive benefit package which includes the following:

• Health Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Supplementary Insurance via Aflac
• PTO
• FinFit Financial Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Participation
  
  

Crofton Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It is the policy of this Company to assure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, color, age, disability, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other factor protected by Federal, State or local laws. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job training

Crofton Industries complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled employees. It is the policy of Crofton Industries to comply with all the relevant and applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Crofton Industries will not discriminate against any qualified employee or job applicant with respect to any terms, privileges, or conditions of employment because of a person’s physical or mental disability. Crofton Industries will also make reasonable accommodation wherever necessary for all employees or applicants with disabilities, provided that the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential duties and assignments connected with the job and provided that any accommodations made do not impose an undue hardship on Crofton Industries.

Crofton is an E-Verify employer.

Crofton Industries began as a commercial diving company in 1949. For over 71 years, the company has continued to grow and evolve by expanding its capabilities to better accommodate customer needs and offer competitive advantage. Today, Crofton offers comprehensive solutions in the commercial and industrial market segments, with a history of service focused in the maritime industry. Our people are our biggest asset, at every level. Each service division accommodates customers’ needs independently and when advantageous, multiple divisions collaborate with one another to transfer the economic benefits of in-house resources to customers. Crofton is a diversified contracting firm offering, marine construction, commercial diving services, crane and rigging services, and equipment rentals. Benefits Full time team members at Crofton have access to a comprehensive benefit package which includes the following: -Health Insurance -Short Term Disability Insurance -Dental Insurance -Life Insurance -Supplementary Insurance via Aflac -PTO -FinFit Financial Wellness Program -Employee Assistance Program -Paid Holidays -401(k) Participation Crofton Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It is the policy of this Company to assure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, color, age, disability, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other factor protected by Federal, State or local laws. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job training Crofton Industries complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled employees. It is the policy of Crofton Industries to comply with all the relevant and applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Crofton Industries will not discriminate against any qualified employee or job applicant with respect to any terms, privileges, or conditions of employment because of a person’s physical or mental disability. Crofton Industries will also make reasonable accommodation wherever necessary for all employees or applicants with disabilities, provided that the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential duties and assignments connected with the job and provided that any accommodations made do not impose an undue hardship on Crofton Industries. Crofton is an E-Verify employer.