# Construction Rigger - Memphis

**Company**: SpaceXAI
**Location**: Southaven, MS
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

SpaceXAI is seeking a Construction Rigger to support the buildout of its high-performance data centers. In this hands-on role, you will plan and execute lifts, land mechanical equipment, and keep construction moving on the next-generation AI supercomputing infrastructure.

You will work closely with mechanical, structural, electrical, and operations teams to rig, signal, and set loads from construction through turnover. This is a full-time, onsite role with significant travel to SpaceXAI data center sites.

## Responsibilities

- Plan and execute lifts using mobile and tower cranes, forklifts, gantries, tuggers, chain falls, come-alongs, and other hoisting equipment.

- Inspect, select, and install slings, shackles, spreader bars, below-the-hook devices, and other rigging hardware; confirm working load limits, hitch type, and sling angles before a pick.

- Keep damaged, unlabeled, or out-of-date gear out of service and maintain an orderly rigging crib and laydown yard.

- Signal crane and forklift operators and run the lift team communication for the duration of the pick, including exclusion zones.

- Crib, block, roll, and land pumps, cooling towers, air handlers, skids, pipe racks, modules, and other mechanical gear.

- Assist with simple lift sketches, load paths, and field changes; flag drawing or lift-plan conflicts before the pick starts.

- Stage, move, and inventory rigging gear and construction materials; fetch and return tools and keep consumables stocked.

- Open and close work areas: protection, debris removal, scrap segregation, and end-of-shift reset so the next crew can start immediately.

- Follow LOTO, PPE, lift-permit, and site rules; do not start a lift without authorization and a clear exclusion zone.

- Report damaged gear, unsafe conditions, and near misses immediately.

- Support punch-list work and cleanup through system turnover.

## Basic Qualifications

- Journey-level construction rigging experience: 3+ years of industrial or commercial construction rigging, completion of a recognised rigger or ironworker apprenticeship, or equivalent military experience.

## Preferred Skills and Experience

- Experience signaling cranes and executing lifts with slings, shackles, chain falls, come-alongs, and gantries or tuggers.

- Willingness to work at heights, outdoors, and on a changing data center construction site.

- Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and material-handling equipment safely.

- Strong safety mindset and willingness to follow site procedures, including lift permits and exclusion zones.

- Willingness to work extended hours, nights, and weekends during critical construction windows.

- Prior experience on data center, industrial, or heavy-civil construction sites.

- Familiarity with load charts, pick planning, and mechanical equipment sets (pumps, air handlers, cooling towers, skids).

- NCCCO Rigger certification (Level I or II) or equivalent.

- Qualified signal person certification.

- Forklift certification; aerial lift or scissor lift certification a plus.

- OSHA 10 or equivalent training.

- Ability to read plans, lift sketches, and equipment arrangement drawings.

- High school diploma or equivalency certificate.

## Additional Requirements

- Ability to travel extensively to SpaceXAI data center construction sites and remain onsite during peak construction phases.

## Skills

### Required
- construction rigging
- crane operation
- safety protocols

### Nice to have
- NCCCO Rigger certification
- Qualified signal person certification
- Forklift certification

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