Lifting Equipment Superintendent

About this role

The Lifting Equipment Superintendent is responsible for overseeing the safe operation, maintenance, inspection, and certification of all lifting equipment and lifting gear. The role ensures full compliance with industry standards, manufacturer recommendations, and HSE regulations while maintaining operational efficiency and technical integrity across the lifting fleet.
The position involves developing and reviewing lifting plans, rigging studies, and risk assessments for critical and complex lifting activities, including heavy and tandem lifts. The Superintendent leads and supervises riggers, crane operators, and lifting personnel, ensuring competency, safety awareness, and performance excellence.
Requirements
Supervise operation, maintenance, and inspection of all lifting equipment.
Manage the personnel of lifting division.
Ensure that both repairs and inspections of lifting equipment (along with the lifting gear: Slings, spreader beams, chains and shackles) are in full compliance with both relevant industry standards and manufacturer recommendations)
Develop and maintain lifting plans, rigging scenarios and risk assessment for critical, super heavy, complex, and tandem lift activities.
Guide, develop and assess riggers and operators
Monitor and enforce compliance with HSE policies and regulations
Monitor technical integrity and certification validity of crane structure and main components and accessories (chassis, boom, wire ropes, sheaves, LMI and safety controls circuitry)
Maintain competent two-way communication and efficient coordination with key personnel at manufacturers and dealers over technical issues arising with lifting fleet (mobile cranes/wheeled and crawler, manlifts, scissor lifts , forklifts)
Utilize specialized software in extracting different load charts to design competent lifting plans.
Advise management on proactive plans to refurbish, replace, or write off lifting equipment.
Maintain close control on spares inventory to ensure continuous operation cost effectively.
Perform and maintain necessary reporting.
Conduct investigation on incident and employ learnt lessons to eliminate incident reoccurrences.
B.Sc. or diploma in Mechanical Engineering •
Age (38 to 45) years
Minimum experience of 12 years in lifting equipment out of which minimum of 5v years in GCC. Experience with Oil & Gas projects will add a major value.
Commanding personality and leadership skills
Good knowledge of lifting standards and regulations
Microsoft office skills/AutoCAD skill will add a value.
Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Benefits