Senior Rigging and Heavy Lift Specialist

Play an integral role in delivering sustainable infrastructure and industrial construction projects that support the world's evolving energy, chemicals, and resources needs. As a Senior Rigging and Heavy Lift Specialist, you will provide home office rigging engineering and technical support for critical lifting, transportation, and rigging operations that are essential to successful project execution.

Working closely with other home office crane and rigging subject matter experts, as well as onsite lifting supervision, you will help ensure heavy lift and rigging activities are properly planned, executed, and completed safely and efficiently. Your experience will support operational excellence, workforce safety, and successful project delivery across complex industrial construction environments.

Purpose of the role

At Worley, we are committed to delivering sustainable change by bridging today's energy and resource demands with the transition to a more sustainable future. The Senior Rigging and Heavy Lift Specialist plays a critical role in this journey by providing technical expertise for heavy lift and rigging activities on major industrial projects.

This role serves as a subject matter expert for lifting and rigging operations, simultaneously supporting multiple proposal and construction teams in the development, review, and execution of lift plans, transportation activities, equipment installation strategies, and field execution methods. Through strong technical knowledge and collaboration, you will provide proper planning support to help ensure safe and efficient lifting operations while supporting project schedule, quality, and operational objectives.

You will be responsible for

• Providing home office technical support, developing and reviewing ACAD lift plan drawings, and completing detailed rigging engineering calculations for heavy lift, rigging, transportation, and equipment installation activities.

• Supporting the planning and execution of critical lifts, engineered lifts, and specialized rigging operations.

• Reviewing lift plans, rigging studies, engineering calculations, transportation plans, and execution procedures.

• Assisting project teams with the selection and application of cranes, lifting devices, rigging hardware, and specialized equipment.

• Supporting constructability reviews, proposal planning activities, and lifting risk assessments.

• Verifying that lifting and rigging activities comply with project specifications, applicable regulations, and company requirements.

• Supporting the home office coordination with engineering, construction, procurement, logistics, and subcontractor organizations to support successful lift and transport planning.

• Identifying potential safety, schedule, logistical, or operational risks associated with lifting and transportation activities and recommending solutions to projects.

• Supporting lift supervision during critical lift planning activities and providing technical guidance and lift plan development as required.

• Supporting lift supervision as required with planning equipment delivery, staging, transportation, positioning, and installation plans.

• Preparing technical reports, lift analyses, execution recommendations, and project documentation.

• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen rigging standards, lifting practices, and construction execution performance.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

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What you'll bring to the role

You are a highly experienced construction specialist with advanced knowledge of rigging, crane operations, heavy transportation, and equipment installation activities. You possess strong technical judgment and practical field experience supporting complex industrial construction projects.

Key qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Civil or Mechanical) or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent trade qualification supported by extensive industry experience.

• Typically 5 to 8+ years of relevant experience supporting rigging, heavy lift, heavy haul, equipment installation, or other rigging engineering duties.

• Demonstrated rigging engineering and/or lift planning experience supporting major industrial, petrochemical, refinery, LNG, power generation, mining, manufacturing, infrastructure, or EPC projects.

• Strong knowledge of crane operations, lift planning, rigging practices, heavy transport methodologies, and field construction execution.

• Experience developing lift plans and proposal concepts using ACAD, Navisworks, and other crane/lifting software (CRANEbee, 3D Lift Planner, LICCON, etc.), reviewing lift and execution plans developed by others, and supporting engineered lift studies.

• Developing load and tension calculations for, crane capacities, rigging hardware, lifting devices, ground bearing pressures, allowable wind speeds, and transportation requirements.

• Experience supporting installation of large process equipment, modules, vessels, structural assemblies, and complex mechanical systems.

• Strong understanding of applicable rigging, lifting, safety, and industry standards.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills along with good grammar command and the ability to write complete and thorough lifting and transportation reports, technical scopes of work, and audit reports.

• Ability to work effectively with construction teams, engineers, subcontractors, and project leadership.

• Proficiency with construction documentation, engineering drawings, lifting studies, and project planning tools.

• Willingness to travel occasionally to project sites and client or Worley offices for short-term support (generally less than 1 week or a 1-2 day visit).

• Commitment to safety, quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

Apply today

If you are ready to apply your heavy lift and rigging expertise to complex industrial projects and help drive safe, successful project execution, we encourage you to apply. Join a global organization where your technical knowledge and field experience will contribute directly to delivering critical infrastructure around the world.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

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