Rigging Manager
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About the Role
The employer is seeking a Project Rigging Engineering Manager to oversee rigging work packages for a permanent theatre installation in Abu Dhabi. The role requires managing subcontractors, coordinating with project teams, and ensuring technical delivery, with onsite presence required until November 2026.
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Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the rigging engineering and coordination scope.
- Manage and supervise specialist rigging subcontractors.
- Review technical proposals, calculations, shop drawings, and subcontractor documentation.
- Coordinate interfaces between structural steel, winch systems, pipe grids, chain hoists, and acoustic banners.
- Identify missing information, technical risks, and coordination issues.
- Follow up RFIs, technical decisions and outstanding engineering actions.
- Coordinate directly with the project engineering, BIM, construction, and project management teams.
- Participate physically in technical meetings, workshops, and onsite coordination sessions.
- Review drawings and BIM information for technical and installation feasibility.
- Ensure subcontractor engineering is aligned with the project specifications and design requirements.
- Support technical submittals, drawing reviews and consultant/client comments.
- Track the engineering and procurement status of the rigging packages.
Requirements
- Strong professional experience in entertainment, theatre, or permanent installation rigging
- Experience with theatre pipe grids, winches, and motorised rigging systems
- Experience managing specialist subcontractors and engineering packages
- Good understanding of structural and mechanical interfaces
- Ability to review technical drawings and engineering documentation
- Experience working within formal construction project procedures and approval workflows
- Strong coordination and technical problem solving skills
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical packages
- Good communication skills in an international project environment
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Role Overview
- We are looking for an experienced Project Rigging Engineering Manager / Rigging Package Manager to support a complex permanent installation project in Abu Dhabi.
- The role requires full time involvement and regular physical presence onsite and in project meetings and workshops.
- The successful candidate will take ownership of the coordination, technical management, and delivery of the rigging related work packages.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the rigging engineering and coordination scope.
- Manage and supervise specialist rigging subcontractors.
- Review technical proposals, calculations, shop drawings, and subcontractor documentation.
- Coordinate interfaces between structural steel, winch systems, pipe grids, chain hoists, and acoustic banners.
- Identify missing information, technical risks, and coordination issues.
- Follow up RFIs, technical decisions and outstanding engineering actions.
- Coordinate directly with the project engineering, BIM, construction, and project management teams.
- Participate physically in technical meetings, workshops, and onsite coordination sessions.
- Review drawings and BIM information for technical and installation feasibility.
- Ensure subcontractor engineering is aligned with the project specifications and design requirements.
- Support technical submittals, drawing reviews and consultant/client comments.
- Track the engineering and procurement status of the rigging packages.
Required Experience
- Strong professional experience in entertainment, theatre, or permanent installation rigging.
- Experience with theatre pipe grids, winches, and motorised rigging systems.
- Experience managing specialist subcontractors and engineering packages.
- Good understanding of structural and mechanical interfaces.
- Ability to review technical drawings and engineering documentation.
- Experience working within formal construction project procedures and approval workflows.
- Strong coordination and technical problem solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical packages.
- Good communication skills in an international project environment.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with permanent theatre, auditorium, or cultural venue projects.
- Knowledge of EN 17206 and relevant entertainment rigging standards.
- Experience with BIM based project coordination.
- Ability to work with AutoCAD and/or Vectorworks is highly beneficial.
- Previous project experience in the UAE or Middle East is beneficial.
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