Lifting Supervisor
Role Overview
Oversee safe planning, coordination, and execution of tower crane and associated lifting operations on high-rise building projects.
Provide technical oversight of crane erection, climbing, dismantling, and daily lifting activities, ensuring compliance with approved plans, international standards, and local authority regulations.
Act as the control point for crane-related work and coordinate with construction, engineering, logistics, and HSE teams.
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Role summary
Oversee safe planning, coordination, and execution of tower crane and associated lifting operations on high-rise building projects.
Provide technical oversight of crane erection, climbing, dismantling, and daily lifting activities, ensuring compliance with approved plans, international standards, and local authority regulations.
Act as the control point for crane-related work and coordinate with construction, engineering, logistics, and HSE teams.
Responsibilities
- Plan and supervise high-rise tower crane lifts; prepare and implement lifting plans, climbing procedures, and method statements.
- Verify crane capacities, load charts, radius limits, tie-in levels, climbing sequences, and slab capacities; coordinate crane erection, climbing, and dismantling per manufacturer manuals.
- Control risks including wind at height, blind lifts, load swing, overlapping cranes, and adjacent structures; monitor wind and stop lifts when limits are exceeded.
- Supervise complex lifts, including façade units, heavy MEP plant, steel assemblies, and formwork systems.
- Ensure lifting accessories are certified and inspected, and confirm operator, rigger, and signalman competency and certification.
- Conduct pre-lift briefings and toolbox talks; enforce exclusion zones, drop zones, and safe landing areas; stop unsafe work or deviations from approved plans.
- Coordinate crane schedules with construction and logistics teams; maintain permits, logs, wind records, certificates, and incident reports.
- Liaise with crane suppliers, engineers, third-party inspectors, and authorities for inspections and approvals.
Qualifications and experience
- Diploma or bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related construction discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience in construction lifting operations, including at least 6 years on high-rise tower crane projects.
Work location
- Work location is in person.
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