Airswift are a Global Manpower Provider specialising in the Energy, Infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.

We are working with a Major Oil & Gas operator to source for Construction Superintendent Lifting and Rigging onresidential status to be based at site (Ras Laffan Industrial City). This role has key responsibilities to provide front line safety and technical leadership. Ensuring safe effective and efficient execution of Lifting and Rigging ( Additional Scaffolding qualification advantageous ) activities in accordance with the project schedule and compliance to safety, quality and technical policies procedures and standards. Providing technical support to all company functional teams within an assigned construction division and geographical area. Provide technical guidance to assure Contractor compliance during planning and execution of routine / non routine, critical, and heavy lift operations and scaffolding operations.

This is a contract role with initial duration of 36 months working on a residential basis with 6-days per week / 10 hours per day. Please see details below:
Title: Construction Superintendent Lifting and Rigging
Start Date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
Duration: 36 months (potential for extension)
Location: Site (Ras Laffan Industrial City), Qatar
Working Schedule: 6-days per week / 10 hours per day

Key Accountabilities

• Reports to NFS Construction Division Manager
• Demonstrating visible safety leadership and care for people
• Act as the Company focal point for lifting (and scaffolding) matters including approval of related documents submitted by Contractor.
• Ensures all activities are undertaken in compliance with Company and contractually defined policies, regulations, and standards.
• Apply contractual awareness protecting the Company position when engaging with Contractors on schedule, technical and cost issues.
• Provide technical support for the selection of Contractor safety critical lifting (and scaffolding) operatives.
• Ensuring contractors ongoing competency processes and procedures are compliant to Company requirements and Qatar government regulations.
• Review and recommend improvements to ways of working, procedures and plans ensuring effective and smooth project execution.
• Participate in constructability and construction readiness reviews identifying improvement opportunities with contractor team.
• Establish and maintain relationships, communications with contractor and company functional teams (safety, quality, engineering, business).
• Attend activity planning and risk assessment meetings, assist contractor in identifying schedule mitigations
• Undertakes daily walk-through of construction areas, confirming safety standards are maintained,
• Undertakes daily walk-through of construction areas, confirming efficiency of the work and compliance with the planned daily activities and overall construction schedule.
• Perform surveillance inspection and audits on the Contractors lifting (and Scaffolding) equipment and verifies its condition and validity.
• Review, approve and audit as required Contractors lifting (and scaffolding) plans, procedures, method statement, PTW and task instructions.
• Attends onsite safety meetings and toolbox talks to ensure there is a clear understanding of the activities that are to be performed.
• Review of contractors daily weekly and monthly reports analysing performance and verifying progress and status.
• Develops and issues CPY daily and weekly reports as directed by Line Manager

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering in relevant discipline and/or recognised industry trade qualifications (e.g., NVQ/City &Guilds, CITB/CISRS LOLER etc).
• Valid certifications issued by Internationally Recognized bodies
• More than (10) years proven experience within EPC and/or Client organization.
• Minimum of 15 years supervisory experience in lifting operations, lifting preparation (lift plans), lifting supervision, lifting equipment inspection and scaffolding.
• Demonstrate extensive experience in lifting & rigging especially in critical & heavy lifts in onshore Greenfield environment.
• Demonstrates sound written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills