Senior Superintendent

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Review lift plans for Non-Routine (Complex and Critical Categories), Weighing procedures, and Loadout Manuals with Construction Support Operations (CSO) department at home office. Must be in line with Petrofac and project HSSE policies and guidelines.
• Working closely with Construction lead and team leads to develop lift and haul schedules at site and assist wide optimization and utilization of lifting resources according to site priorities.
• Assessing lifting / hauling operations to provide planning, selection of crane, lifting gear & equipment, instruction, and necessary safety precaution.
• Support in developing lift study, heavy haul plans, weighing and loadout plans, method statement and JSA’s.
• Conduct daily site audits to ensure HSE and Lifting / Hauling inspections and procedure compliance.
• Monitoring of project lifting & rigging operations to ensure all lifts are performed in accordance with approved rigging plans and procedure
• Qualified person for all Load-out, Load-in, Hauling and Erection activities using lifting equipment.
• Ensure all lifting / hauling equipment are well maintained, inspected and certified by approved 3rd party and meets the regulatory frequency.
• Ensure all personnel involved in lifting / hauling operation are trained, competent and 3rd party certified.
• Conducting training of rigging personnel, VOC assessments and maintaining such records at site.
• Reviewing and approving lift plan, rigging & lifting procedure and lift studies including subcontractor’s lift plan.
• Confirming there is an effective procedure for reporting defects and incidents and taking any corrective action.
• Ensuring that the implementation of Petrofac procedures are in place and sub – contractors adhering to them.
• Conduct audits and functional assessments on projects as advised by HOD.
• Share the technical knowledge with subcontractors & Petrofac staff.
• Distribute site wide bulletins for good communications with all personnel.
• Clear roles and responsibilities to be defined for subordinates
• Input site construction feedback in Construction Observation Form

Essential Qualifications And Skills

• 15+ rigging & lifting site experience in direct hire construction with an international oil & gas EPC company and with subcontractors overseeing or managing project lifting and rigging operation in all stages including modular, static, rotating equipment’s as well as heavy/oversize transport operation.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience as a rigging supervisor.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Lifting Superintendent
• Must be college graduate preferably an engineer in profession.
• Experience working in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS/FSU), Middle East, and/or North Africa
• Prior experience working with a diverse international workforce
• Good communications skills
• Have an extensive lifting and Rigging International Standards knowledge like ASME, OHSA and LOLER Regulations.
• Trained and competent for the task in accordance with local legal requirements whenever applicable i.e. Abu Dhabi EHSMS – EHS Code of Practice 34.0: Safe use of Lifting Equipment and Lifting Accessories
• Have formal training by an approved third-party training institute and accredited by OPITO i.e. NPORS BV (or equivalent 3rd part training), letters from the Crane Supplier will NOT be accepted
• Able to produce working reports
• Able to coordinate possible SIMOPS
• Able to train and qualify riggers, rigging supervisors and crane operators.
• Must have working knowledge and interpretation skills of lifting drawing and calculations and provide guidance to subcontractors. Capable of reviewing and approving lift plans/studies, rigging & lifting procedures.
• Also, able to generate project lifting & rigging procedures when necessary.
• Have general knowledge in the inspection of lifting gears and equipment’s like overhead cranes, gantry, davit arms winches and others.