Overview
Appointed Person Lifting Operations
Company: HBK Construction & Contracting
Location: Qatar
Requirements
– Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
– 13-15 years of experience.
– Appointed Person (AP) – Lifting Operations, recognized and accepted by the project/client.
– LEEA Qualification (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association), relevant lifting operations or equipment modules.
– Rigging Supervisor Certification, valid third-party competency certification accepted by QatarEnergy/client.
Employment Type: Full-Time
Key Responsibilities:
– Lead, manage, and coordinate all lifting and rigging activities across the project site, ensuring safe, efficient, and timely execution in accordance with project requirements and approved procedures.
– Prepare, review, and technically assess lifting plans for routine, non-routine, critical, heavy, and tandem lifting operations, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and client requirements.
– Determine and verify suitable crane capacity, configuration, boom length, working radius, lifting height, counterweight, and load chart requirements based on actual site conditions and load characteristics.
– Ensure lifting activities are supported by approved Method Statements, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Risk Assessments, and appropriate control measures in compliance with project HSE requirements.
– Provide technical guidance and supervision to Rigging Supervisors, Lifting Supervisors, Crane Operators, Riggers, and Signalmen to ensure proper rigging arrangements and safe lifting practices.
– Ensure all cranes, lifting accessories, and rigging equipment are properly inspected, certified, maintained, color-coded, and suitable for their intended lifting applications.
– Plan, coordinate, and oversee complex lifting activities, including heavy equipment installation, structural steel erection, module lifting, tandem lifting, and lifting operations in congested or restricted areas.
– Verify ground-bearing capacity, crane positioning, outrigger arrangements, underground services, overhead obstructions, access routes, and site conditions before commencement of lifting operations.
– Enforce project lifting procedures, establish exclusion zones, monitor weather conditions and wind speeds, manage SIMOPS interfaces, and exercise stop-work authority whenever unsafe conditions arise.
– Manage rigging manpower requirements, verify personnel qualifications and competency certifications, ensure adequate supervision, and organize training and competency development for lifting personnel.
– Coordinate lifting activities with Construction, Engineering, Planning, Logistics, Operations, and HSE departments to ensure lifting operations align with construction priorities and project schedules.
– Monitor and control subcontractor lifting activities, crane utilization, equipment availability, manpower deployment, and compliance with project technical and safety requirements.
– Investigate lifting-related incidents, near misses, and unsafe practices, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and promote continuous improvement in lifting safety performance.
– Maintain lifting plans, crane registers, lifting equipment inspection records, personnel competency records, risk assessments, and daily/weekly lifting activity reports for project management and client review.
How to Apply
– Send your updated CV to: [email protected]
