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    Navantia Uk

    Shipbuilding

    Rigger

    Stornoway, United KingdomOn-SiteFull-timePosted 3mo ago
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    Job description

    Navantia UK is expanding our team in Arnish, and we’re looking for skilled Riggers to support safe, efficient, and high‑quality heavy lifting operations. If you’re experienced, safety‑driven, and ready to contribute to major engineering and fabrication projects, we’d like to hear from you.

    What you’ll be doing

    In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of rigging operations, including:

    • Attachment of loads of equipment to structures or cranes through cables, clamps, chains, and shackles.
    • Inspecting and preparing loads that need to be moved.
    • Setting, aligning, and levelling heavy equipment machinery.
    • Selecting the appropriate rigging gear.
    • Preparing rigging equipment including beams, pulleys, clamps, and bolts.
    • Inspecting rigging before final use.
    • Monitoring and maintaining rigging equipment.
    • Manoeuvring loads using heavy equipment machinery and by hand.
    • Ensuring compliance with state and company safety procedures.
    • Communicating with the rigging and construction team.
    • Breaking down rigging equipment and conducting post-rigging inspections. Always ensure compliance with company safety procedures
    • Keeping the work area tidy throughout and after job completion
    • NVQ Level 3 – Moving Engineering Loads or equivalent
    • Knowledge & understanding of LOLER 98
    • In depth knowledge of rigging equipment
    • Ability to work at heights

    Key Interpersonal/Behavioural Skills:

    • High attention to detail and accuracy
    • Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision and to tight deadlines
    • Build good working relationships

      The Package:

      • Competitive base salary
      • Company pension
      • 31 days holiday (pro rata)
      • Life Assurance
      • L&D opportunities

      We are an Opening Doors employer, committed to equal opportunity and an inclusive workplace. Our approach, shaped by our values of service, trust, excellence, agility, dedication, and you, we focus on removing barriers and recognising potential. We are committed to fairness at every stage, including providing reasonable adjustments and actively working to eliminate discrimination.

      We believe talent is everywhere, and by widening access to opportunity and welcoming diverse experiences, we aim to create a workplace where every person feels valued and has an equal chance.

      If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.

      Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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      About the company

      Navantia Uk

      Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.

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