The Role
Supervise complex lifting and rigging operations during customer-site outages. Produce lifting plans, RAMS, laydown and logistics plans; validate equipment and certifications; manage crane handovers, safety inspections, toolbox talks, reporting, and site coordination. Ensure compliance with LOLER regulations, mentor rigging teams, manage changes and incidents, and support continuous improvement. The role requires extensive UK and international travel and strong leadership, planning, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Lifting Specialist travels to customer sites and supports our internal and external customers with the production of specialized outage lifting plans required for all major or complex lifting activities. This position requires a thorough knowledge and adherence to Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).
Responsibilities
- Review Outage Plans of work to be completed with the Outage Manager and Technical Field Advisors.
- Production of Outage Specific Lifting Plans and RAMS, required for all major or complex lifting activities, to take place during each outage.
- Production and management of site specific lay down plans including Logistics.
- Ensure that the crane handover documentation is completed in a timely manner prior to site start up with any issues communicated to the client and Outage Manager.
- Ensuring adequate and tested & certified tooling is available for lifting and rigging procedures in accordance to LOLER regulations, responsibility to ensure that rigging and lifting equipment delivered to site is of a safe standard and all test certification documentation is present and correct.
- Validation and Inspection of Customer and OEM Lifting Equipment.
- Ensure that all equipment used is checked for safe use regularly (i.e. before each lift, as in lifting plans)
- Control and management of lifting and rigging procedures during outages
- Communication to in house & sub-contractor rigging Personnel, implementation of Putting People to Work Process , delivering toolbox talks to perform the disassembly and the re-assembly lifting according to the standard documentation.
- Ensure that all Lifting and rigging activities are conducted and performed in a manner that is Safe, this will be adherence to the RAMS documentation and LOLER Regulations.
- Safety of all staff during Lifting and Rigging operations in accordance to LOLER regulations.
- Integration and Interfacing of working Parties, coordinate with other working parties best utilisation of shared resources.
- Immediate reporting of any deviations from the defined targets/milestones to the Outage Manager & TFA’s
- Discuss impact of a change of work scope with the Outage Manager & TFA’s.
- Reporting of completed rigging activities and issues including defective equipment.
- Be involved in a continual improvement programme with the training team.
- In case of non-conformances and incidents issue or initiate a NCR respectively and incident report.
- Actively perform Daily Safety Walk downs.
- Adherence to Outage Schedule
- Keep change log up to date, creating multiple baselines as significant changes in workscope dictate.
- Mentor and support Slingers, riggers and lift supervisors.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- CPCS A61 Blue Card or NPORS N401 Blue Card qualification required.
- Level 5 Diploma in Controlling Lift Operations (Planning Lifts), accompanied by a valid Blue Card.
- Experience as a Level 3 Rigger, or Level 4 Diploma in Lifting Operations Supervision (CPCS A62 or NPORS N405).
- Experience in Field Services within Steam Turbines, Gas Turbines, Generators, or Balance of Plant environments is highly desirable.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Willingness to travel extensively across the UK and internationally for project assignments.
- Extensive expertise in managing and supervising all lifting operations.
- Strong leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
- Significant Field Services experience.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
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Skills Required
- CPCS A61 Blue Card or NPORS N401 Blue Card qualification
- Level 5 Diploma in Controlling Lift Operations Planning Lifts with a valid Blue Card
- Experience as a Level 3 Rigger, or Level 4 Diploma in Lifting Operations Supervision with CPCS A62 or NPORS N405
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Extensive expertise managing and supervising lifting operations
- Significant Field Services experience
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Strong leadership, teamwork, interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Field Services experience in steam turbines, gas turbines, generators, or Balance of Plant environments
- Willingness to travel extensively across the UK and internationally
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The Company
What We Do
Arabelle Solutions is a global provider of nuclear turbine island technology and lifecycle services. It designs, manufactures, installs, maintains, repairs, upgrades and extends the operating life of turbine islands for large nuclear power plants and small modular reactors. Its integrated equipment includes steam turbines, generators, pumps, heat exchangers and control systems, supporting reliable low-carbon electricity generation for customers across multiple countries.
