Lifting Manager

Parsons is looking for an amazing Lifting Manager with strong contractor experience as an Appointed Person (AP) to join our team! In this role, you will lead and safely deliver all lifting operations for complex hospitality or mixed-use developments and construction projects within Riyadh, KSA, ensuring safe and successful execution of lifting operations, methodologies and applications across all construction phases through to close out and demobilization activities.

Manages and leads, all on-site field lifting operational activities from lifting plan preparation and method statements through to safe execution, works involve multiple contracts and programs.

Typically, experience of construction projects having more than 5M man-hours or a total cost of more than US $1Bn.

What you will be doing

• Managing, leading, developing detailed plans and method statements, safe systems of work across all on-site construction activities in line with project objects, plans, specifications, and safety standards.

• Supervise lifting operators, riggers and signallers/banksmen ensure all pre-lift briefings are conducted and all crews involved understand lifting plans and their specific roles.

• Developing equipment inspection and selection processes and procedures, ensuring lifting plant/equipment, tools, and tackle have stringent inspection regimes and best practices, in place.

• Site coordination with site management and other trades to ensure lifting areas are clear, secured and safe.

• Coordinate with design teams, engineering, subcontractors, procurement, environment, safety, to ensure unnecessary lifting movements are ‘designed out’ through effective design principles for safe execution.

• Supervising multiple site teams and subcontractors, assigning work, monitoring progress, and making recommendations on lifting operations and any corrective actions.

• Leading site lifting inspections, safety audits, and quality checks to ensure compliance and resolve technical issues.

• Preparing detailed progress reports and presenting updates to senior management and clients.

• Promoting construction best practices, technical excellence, and client satisfaction across the project.

• Implementing and ensuring compliance with safety, QA/QC, and document control protocols.

• Representing Parsons in meetings with clients, authorities, and external stakeholders, with the ability to enhance and promote client relationships whilst remaining an ambassador for the company.

• Leading multi-disciplinary lifting assessments and lifting operation workshops to optimize project delivery.