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Black Hat Riggers

Job Category:  Construction
Contract Partner Company:  Osprey
Employing Company:  Osprey

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Black Hat Riggers
Osprey
Hinkley Point C


About the role


Osprey believes that innovative, precision-engineering logistics, by land and by water, can transform the way critical UK infrastructure is built. We bring together the very best multi-disciplinary engineering and delivery team to accelerate projects, enhance safety, and work side by side with clients to solve the most complex construction challenges.


We are seeking an experienced, safety-conscious, and motivated Black Hat Rigger to lead and coordinate lifting, rigging, installation, and mobilisation activities across a range of project environments. Working closely with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, and project teams, you will oversee rigging operations, provide leadership and technical guidance to rigging personnel, and ensure all lifting activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved lift plans, company procedures, and industry standards. This role is ideal for a highly experienced rigger looking to apply their expertise in a senior leadership capacity while supporting the successful delivery of complex lifting operations and key project milestones.


Location – Hinkley Point, Bridgwater

Work Rotation – Various Rotations


What You’ll do


•    Lead and coordinate site rigging activities in line with Osprey procedures, RAMS, lift plans, and relevant industry standards.
•    Supervise and provide technical guidance to rigging teams, ensuring all personnel work safely and effectively.
•    Oversee the preparation, inspection, installation, and use of lifting and rigging equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions and operational requirements.
•    Ensure all lifting equipment and accessories are inspected, fit for purpose, correctly configured, and maintained to the required standard.
•    Verify the selection and application of appropriate lifting accessories, including slings, shackles, spreader beams, lifting frames, and specialist rigging equipment.
•    Coordinate lifting operations and maintain effective communication with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, Crane Operators, engineers, and site personnel.
•    Conduct pre-lift briefings and ensure all rigging personnel understand the lift plan, sequence of operations, and associated hazards.
•    Monitor lifting activities to ensure compliance with approved lift plans, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
•    Stop operations and escalate concerns where unsafe conditions, practices, or deviations from approved plans are identified.
•    Review and complete lift records, inspection reports, and operational documentation accurately and in a timely manner.


Skills & Experience

 
•    Proven experience working as a Black Hat Rigger, Lead Rigger, or in a senior rigging role within heavy lift, construction, industrial, energy, utilities, marine, or offshore environments.
•    Extensive knowledge of lifting operations, rigging principles, RAMS, lift plans, and relevant legislation and industry standards, including LOLER, PUWER, and BS 7121.
•    Strong ability to interpret lift plans, engineering drawings, method statements, risk assessments, load charts, duty charts, and other technical documentation.
•    Demonstrable experience leading and coordinating rigging teams during complex lifting and installation operations.
•    Extensive experience selecting, inspecting, and verifying lifting accessories, including slings, shackles, spreader beams, lifting frames, and specialist rigging equipment.
•    Strong ability to identify hazards, assess changing site conditions, and implement effective control measures to ensure safe lifting operations.
•    Proven experience working closely with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, Crane Operators, engineers, and client representatives to coordinate lifting activities safely and efficiently.
•    Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor rigging personnel, conduct pre-lift briefings, and promote a proactive safety culture.


Benefits


•    20 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays 
•    Enhanced employer pension contributions and salary sacrifice schemes 
•    Performance-related pay scheme 
•    Enhanced parental leave benefits 
•    Cycle to work scheme 
•    Family friend policies 
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 
•    Get Active from Aviva – Gym discounts up to 40% off
•    Support your career development through our success management process


If you would like to part of the team or would like to find out more. Please apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Black Hat Riggers
Osprey
Hinkley Point C


About the role


Osprey believes that innovative, precision-engineering logistics, by land and by water, can transform the way critical UK infrastructure is built. We bring together the very best multi-disciplinary engineering and delivery team to accelerate projects, enhance safety, and work side by side with clients to solve the most complex construction challenges.


We are seeking an experienced, safety-conscious, and motivated Black Hat Rigger to lead and coordinate lifting, rigging, installation, and mobilisation activities across a range of project environments. Working closely with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, and project teams, you will oversee rigging operations, provide leadership and technical guidance to rigging personnel, and ensure all lifting activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved lift plans, company procedures, and industry standards. This role is ideal for a highly experienced rigger looking to apply their expertise in a senior leadership capacity while supporting the successful delivery of complex lifting operations and key project milestones.


Location – Hinkley Point, Bridgwater

Work Rotation – Various Rotations


What You’ll do


•    Lead and coordinate site rigging activities in line with Osprey procedures, RAMS, lift plans, and relevant industry standards.
•    Supervise and provide technical guidance to rigging teams, ensuring all personnel work safely and effectively.
•    Oversee the preparation, inspection, installation, and use of lifting and rigging equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions and operational requirements.
•    Ensure all lifting equipment and accessories are inspected, fit for purpose, correctly configured, and maintained to the required standard.
•    Verify the selection and application of appropriate lifting accessories, including slings, shackles, spreader beams, lifting frames, and specialist rigging equipment.
•    Coordinate lifting operations and maintain effective communication with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, Crane Operators, engineers, and site personnel.
•    Conduct pre-lift briefings and ensure all rigging personnel understand the lift plan, sequence of operations, and associated hazards.
•    Monitor lifting activities to ensure compliance with approved lift plans, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
•    Stop operations and escalate concerns where unsafe conditions, practices, or deviations from approved plans are identified.
•    Review and complete lift records, inspection reports, and operational documentation accurately and in a timely manner.


Skills & Experience

 
•    Proven experience working as a Black Hat Rigger, Lead Rigger, or in a senior rigging role within heavy lift, construction, industrial, energy, utilities, marine, or offshore environments.
•    Extensive knowledge of lifting operations, rigging principles, RAMS, lift plans, and relevant legislation and industry standards, including LOLER, PUWER, and BS 7121.
•    Strong ability to interpret lift plans, engineering drawings, method statements, risk assessments, load charts, duty charts, and other technical documentation.
•    Demonstrable experience leading and coordinating rigging teams during complex lifting and installation operations.
•    Extensive experience selecting, inspecting, and verifying lifting accessories, including slings, shackles, spreader beams, lifting frames, and specialist rigging equipment.
•    Strong ability to identify hazards, assess changing site conditions, and implement effective control measures to ensure safe lifting operations.
•    Proven experience working closely with Appointed Persons, Crane Supervisors, Crane Operators, engineers, and client representatives to coordinate lifting activities safely and efficiently.
•    Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor rigging personnel, conduct pre-lift briefings, and promote a proactive safety culture.


Benefits


•    20 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays 
•    Enhanced employer pension contributions and salary sacrifice schemes 
•    Performance-related pay scheme 
•    Enhanced parental leave benefits 
•    Cycle to work scheme 
•    Family friend policies 
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 
•    Get Active from Aviva – Gym discounts up to 40% off
•    Support your career development through our success management process


If you would like to part of the team or would like to find out more. Please apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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