Lifting Operations Appointed Person

Job Title: Lifting Operations Appointed Person
Location: Helensburgh, UK
Compensation: £40,000 - £46,353 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55345

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Lifting Operations Appointed Person at our Faslane and Coulport site.

The role
As a Lifting Operations Appointed Person, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your role will include ensuring that lifting activities are planned, adequately supervised and conducted in a safe and compliant manner.

Day to day, you’ll develop Lift Plans, Method Statements and Risk Assessments and associated documentation to provide an effective SSoW is in place for lifting activities that fully comply with LOLER and BS7121.

• Ensure the deployment of SQEP supervision for all lifts and that the supervisors are fully briefed on the task and contents, scope and limits of lifting method statements and risk assessments.
• Support Lifting Operation Manager in achieving lifting related KPI’s across all operational areas through planning, supervision and safe execution of lifts.
• Provide support, advice and guidance to operational departments, contractors and project teams (including MoD projects) on the application of industry good practice of Lifting Operations.
• Support all investigations, assessments and audits as required by the Infrastructure Compliance, Quality or SHEQS Departments.

This role is full time and will be based at Faslane and Coulport

Essential experience of the Lifting Operations Appointed Person:

• Thorough knowledge of LOLER, BS7121 & other industry applicable regulations and practices.
• Knowledge of and be able to write Risk Assessments
• Health, Safety & Environment knowledge
• CAD/Drawing applications proficiency
• High degree of numeracy and literacy

Qualifications for the Lifting Operations Appointed Person:

• Qualified accredited Appointed Person and/or qualifications and experience in associated disciplines.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 26/01/2023