Lifting Specialist at Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria (PACE)

Role Description

• The Lifting Specialist is responsible for assuring safe and controlled Rigging and Lifting operations within his field of competence. He ensures that Rigging and Lifting operations under his responsibility are carried out in strict accordance with COMPANY’s current safety rules and operating procedures and in accordance with standard industry practice, thereby guaranteeing the quality of maintenance operations, within his field, carried out on SITE by CONTRACTOR.

Responsibilities

• Organizes on site the Rigging & Lifting operations which are placed under his responsibility,
• Assists the Planning Engineer with the resourcing and suitable planning input to ensure a quality preparation and execution of all Rigging and Lifting works.
• With his team assists specialists working under Specific Maintenance Contracts (SMC),
• Ensures that COMPANY’s HSE regulations are respected (especially procedures related to Work Permits), as well as approved operating procedures and standard industry practice during preparation and performance of Rigging and lifting operations placed under his responsibility.
• Assists the Inspection Superintendent with the control of Rigging Certification ensuring all rigging and Lifting equipment onboard the FPSO and Field is duly certified, color coded and fit for purpose. He has the duty and authority to quarantine any equipment he deems unsafe for use until reviewed by specialist or replaced.
• Maintains all rigging equipment in the rigging store and all rigging database facilities used, monitoring the competence of all personnel using rigging and lifting equipment.
• Assists the Warehouse Supervisor in the control and handling of special lifting equipment.
• Ensures that the transfer of knowledge by mentoring occurs properly within his team and actively participates in this himself, leading others by his example.
• Assists specialists and ensures the successful completion of all routine 6 Monthly Lifting Equipment surveys and ensures all equipment not inspected or colour coded is quarantined.
• Manages and Coaches/Mentors the team of technician/s directly under his responsibility, Is a member of the SITE emergency team.
• Carries out, at CONTRACTOR’s site representative’s request, any intervention within his field of competence.
• Identifies, in the preparatory stage of maintenance &/or Inspection works, any delicate lifting/rigging operations and ensures that proper risk assessment studies are carried out beforehand.
• Compiles and maintains a comprehensive database for the project's lifting plans and lifting risk assessments for recall and re-use when required.
• Identifies recurrent equipment lifting/rigging problems, analyses them and suggests improvements to direct supervision.
• Warns support and planning teams of any recurring problems related to the availability or quality of special rigging or lifting equipment.
• Keeps track of any backlog of work in his area of responsibility and suggests corrective measures to COMPANY and CONTRACTOR if this backlog threatens to become unmanageable.
• Suggests improvements and requests modifications.

Qualifications

• 5 to10 years’ experience in the field of lifting & Rigging operations on oil and gas production installations.
• LOLAR lifting Certificates.
• NVQ in Rigging and lifting Experience is preferred.
• Specific professional knowledge: CMIMS: SAP/R3, LOLAR lifting plans, Risk Assessment techniques.