Lift Planner

The Lift Planner works with the Company’s sales team and customers to support Maxim’s fleet of rental equipment by assessing project lifting requirements and developing accurate technical lift plans and supporting documentation. The role’s responsibilities include gathering information needed to produce detailed lift plans, calculating crane ground bearing pressures, training sales staff, coordinating with other lift planners and determining rigging requirements.

The Lift Planner may also work with regional sales and national product staff to plan tower crane and hoist projects from the bid stage all the way to execution. This role is responsible for identifying effective equipment installations to satisfy Maxim’s interests and provide solutions for our customers.

• Receive work requests and perform or delegate work to other staff members.
• Coordinate with Maxim Engineers to develop and approve Engineered Lift Plans.
• Review project documents to ensure they satisfy company standards and meet the needs of our customer.
• Communicate effectively with sales and customers.
• Coordinate with Maxim team members and customers to develop project lift requirements.
• Coordinate current and upcoming workload with other Lift Planners, Senior Lift Planners and Regional Engineering Managers.
• Perform and present ground bearing pressure calculations for track mounted and outrigger mounted cranes.
• Develop crane layout and rigging details for crane lifts in private, commercial and industrial settings. Calculate crane and lifting requirements as well as develop standard and critical lift plans.
• Use AutoCAD, 3D Lift Plan and other tools to create lift plans according to customer needs and project or site requirements.

Must be able to read and comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence and memos and the ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, use hands to finger; handle or feel; and kneel; crouch; and talk; or hear; push and/or pull; reach; bend and/or stoop. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of an outside sales job. Moderate physical effort required; including sitting, standing, walking, using a keyboard, and a phone are regular actions performed in this role. Occasional exposure to the elements may occur while visiting Maxim locations or customer job sites. Must be alert and aware while driving on company business.

• Moderate level knowledge of applied geometry.
• 1-2 years of previous experience with AutoCAD.
• Prior crane industry experience preferred.
• Excellent level ACAD skills.
• High School Diploma is a minimum. An associate degree in an Engineering field is preferred.
• Moderate level presentation and documentation preparation skills.
• Excellent level communication skills.