Key Responsibilities:

• 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 andcrawler, 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.

Qualifications and Skills:

• 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.