Natarajan Balakrishnan, Senior Rigging Engineer

Natarajan Balakrishnan

Senior Rigging Engineer

Bechtel

Location
India - Hyderabad
Education
Diploma, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Senior Rigging Engineer at Bechtel
  • Saudi Arabia - Tabouk
  • December 2022 to April 2024

• Attending meeting with all department managers in BECHTEL & Site wide contractors, weekly once and discussing, planning about future requirements of crane & lifting activities.
. Working as Lead Lifting Specialist for spine, connector, upper valley, East & West Portals, SWT & PCY Having 21years experience in Senior heavy lifting engineer in oil & gas, Tunnel's, Construction sites. Reviewed & approved medium & critical lifting plans from 100tons to 750tons capacity of mobile cranes using super lift & 100tons to 1200tons capacity of crawler cranes using super lift.

Found fake TPC of lifting equipment's, lifting accessories & lifting personnel and informed to rigging manager.

Reviewing and approving contractors medium and critical lifting plans.

Conducting assessment for contractors rigging engineer.

Senior Heavy Lifting Engineer at Samsung C & T Company
  • Qatar
  • September 2022 to October 2022

• Lifting procedure, lifting plan, selecting competent lifting engineers/specialist, supervisors & riggers.
• Lifting prepared for Tandem lifting plans for small & heavy cranes for Vessels, Boiler, Reactors, Stacks, Expansion joint & Flair Tips.
• Lifting prepared for all size and models of Mobile Cranes, Crawler Cranes, Tower Cranes, Gantry Cranes, Boom Truck & Excavator’s.
• Reviewed & approved of Mammoet, Al Jaber for Boiler 130tons, Reactor 60tons, Stacks, Expansion Joint and Flair tips Using Crawler Crane 1200tons capacity with super lift, Mobile Cranes with super lift 500tons & 250tons capacities. Junior Lifting Engineers for Bundle Pulling, Changing Heat Exchangers Etc.
• Supervised lifts of Mammoet, Al Jaber for Boiler 130tons, Reactor 60tons, Stacks, Expansion Joint and Flair tips Using Crawler Crane 1200tons capacity with super lift, Mobile Cranes with super lift 500tons & 250tons capacities.
• Attending meeting with all department managers in Samsung C&T Corporation Q.E. (Qatar Energy - client) weekly once and discussing, planning about future requirements of crane & lifting activities.
• Co-ordinating & planning with C.M. & P.M. regarding site access for SPMT, flat & low bed trailers to transport normal & over size loads within construction & oil & gas sites ( Qatar Energy).
• Explaining about site safe access to Mammoet, Al Jaber & local transport companies how to transport safely the oversize loads inside live oil & gas plants & construction sites.
• Planning & explaining to crane coordinator & rigging supervisor regarding crane & heavy truck location for loading & offloading in safe manner.

Senior Lifting Lead Engineer at Descon Engineering Company
  • Qatar
  • September 2021 to December 2021

• Controlling 25 Units with different type of cranes, boom trucks including 400nos riggers & 50nos Lifting Supervisors.
• Verifying Approving lifting procedure, Rigging Studies, selecting competent lifting junior engineers, supervisors & riggers.
• Selection of cranes in our Shut down Project.
• Verifying and Approving tandem lifting Studies prepared by Heavy Lifting Companies (E.g.) Mammoet & Al Jaber for Boiler 130tons, Reactor 60tons, Stacks, Expansion Joint and Flair tips Using 1200tons, 500tons, Crawler Crane & 500tons & 250tons Mobile Crane.
• Verifying and approving lifting studies prepared by Junior Lifting Engineers for Bundle Pulling, Changing Heat Exchangers and Etc.
• Attending meetings with all department managers in Descon & Q.P. (Qatar Petroleum - client) weekly once and discussing, planning about future requirements of crane & lifting activities.

Appointed Person for Lifting Operations at Porr Bau Gmbh
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2018 to July 2020

• Controlling 5 sites with different type of cranes, boom trucks including 97nos riggers & 17nos Lifting Supervisors.
• Preparing lifting procedure, lifting plan, selecting competent lifting supervisors & riggers.
• Selection of crane for lowering heaviest part of TBM Cutter Head Weight 210tons.
• Preparing tandem lifting plans for small & heavy cranes for precast factory and TBM machines.
• Attending meetings with all department managers weekly once and discussing, planning about future requirements of crane & lifting activities.

Appointed Person for Lifting Operations at Porr Bau Gmbh
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2014 to June 2018

• Controlling 14 sites with different types of cranes, boom trucks, gantry cranes and excavators including 217nos riggers and 40nos supervisors.
• Preparing lift plans for all size and models of Cranes, Boom Truck, Excavator’s & Gantry Cranes.
• Coordinating with cost control team and controlling manpower’s as per our project Budget.
• Prepared lifting plan to lift FBW (Face Boat Welding Truck 50 tons Weight) with 500 tons mobile crane.
• Prepared lifting plan to Raise & Lower M.S.V. (Materials Shifting Vehicle & Mulhauser) inside Excavation.
• Attending meetings with all department managers weekly once and discussing and planning about future requirements of crane & lifting activities.
• Intimate knowledge of LOLER & BS7121 safety guidelines and regulations for construction lifting operations.
• Lowering & raising inside the excavation all types of T.B.M. (Tunnel Boring Machine) by 600 tons & 400 tons Crawler Crane each machine weight starts from 25 tons (minimum) & 72 tons (maximum) Underground Green Line Doha Metro Projects
• Prepared lift plan & lifted TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) 450 tons in one single lift in Doha Metro Green Line Underground JV Project.
• Lowering and raising all types of M.S.V. (Materials Shifting Vehicle) inside excavation.

• Lowering Segments in M.S.V. for tunnels production without getting damage by Tower Crane’s.
• Assembling and disassembling of thrust frames and blind rings with 300 tons mobile crane in all green line underground metro JV sites.
• Prepared lift plan & erected Conveyor Towers for (H+E).
• Lifting hazard identification and control
• Top end lifts and Tandem lifts in all types of structures and vessels
• Ensure competent person for lifting & slinging activities.
• Selecting a competent person to do daily inspection of cranes and lifting equipment’s
• Provide safety advice and guidance to line management.
• Permit to Work compliance.

Rigging Supervisor at Al Faris Heavy Equipment Rental Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2013 to June 2014

• Assembling & dismantling all types of (LIEBHERR) Crawler Cranes up to 600 tons
• Luffer Boom assembling & dismantling in (LIEBHERR) Truck Mounted Cranes up to 750 tons
• Erected Pedestrian bridges for E.T.A. STAR Group company maximum weight of 40 tons in Shaik Zayed Highway in Abu Dhabi - U.A.E., Emirates Road Highway near Sonapur & Parallel to Al Rigga Road in Dubai - U.A.E.
• Dismantled & Erected for G.E. Granite Company 91 tons of TURBIAN using 750 tons truck mounted mobile crane in Fujairah power plant - Fujairah - U.A.E.
• Worked as lifting supervisor cum permit holder in “EMAL” to erect a 30 tons motor in Abu Dhabi - U.A.E.
• Lifting hazard identification and control
• Top end lifts and Tandem lifts in all types of structures and vessels
• Ensure competent person for lifting & slinging activities.
• Selecting a competent person to do daily inspection of cranes and lifting equipment’s
• Provide safety advice and guidance to line management

Rigging Supervisor at Kharafi National
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • February 2012 to May 2013

• Erection of Skids in K.O.C. Project Kuwait with 350 tons mobile crane and each skid wait 55 tons.
• Worked as an Erection Supervisor cum Permit to work (Permit Holder) exam passed from K.O.C. in Kuwait.
• Erection of heavy equipment’s such as all types of structures, pipes, valves, air tanks, skids and vessels
• Having good experience and knowledge in erection of pipes in racks and trench in Oil & Gas Plants.
• Lifting hazard identification and control
• Top end lifts and Tandem lifts in all types of structures and vessels
• Ensure competent person for lifting & slinging activities.
• Selecting a competent person to do daily inspection of cranes and lifting equipment’s.
• Provide safety advice and guidance to line management.
• Permit to Work compliance.

Rigging Supervisor at Al Turki Enterprises
  • Oman - Muscat
  • July 2010 to October 2011

• Erecting all types of chillers in low raise and high raise buildings in THE WAVE MUSCAT, ROYAL OFFICE & P.D.O. (Petroleum Development of Oman) projects.
• Lifting hazard identification and control
• Ensure competent person for lifting & slinging activities.
• Selecting a competent person to do daily inspection of cranes and lifting equipment’s.
• Provide safety advice and guidance to line management.
• Conducting TBT for all riggers and rigging foreman and crane operators.
• Permit to Work compliance.

Rigging Supervisor at Dodsal Pte LTD
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2008 to October 2009

• Erection all types of pipes & valves in pipe racks and open area trenches in Inter refinery pipelines project from Musafa to Ruwais in Abu Dhabi - U.A.E.
• Maintaining safe distance from trench and excavation while rig-up mobile crane or crawler crane.
• Explaining to lifting team about the ground condition and underground facilities before rig-up crane or crawler crane
• Permit to work compliance.
• Conducting TBT for all riggers and rigging foreman and crane operators.
• Ensure competent person for lifting & slinging activities.

Crane Operator (Cum) Rigging Foreman at Dodsal PTE LTD
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2005 to February 2008

• Maintaining daily inspection checklist and any fault found immediately informing to supervisors and seniors in lifting & maintenance department.
• Before rig-up crane checking the ground condition & underground utilities with my seniors & HSE supervisors & Engineers.
• Before taking crane to live oil & gas plant I always check and advice to my lifting & maintenance department about to fix spark arrestor in silencer.
• Always follow an authorized rigger hand signal, if hand signal is not clear I will stop lifting activities immediately and inform to riggers and rigging foreman about the poor hand signals.
• It’s my responsibility to inform my seniors about weather condition like wind speed & gusting wind speed, foggy climate & dusty climate.
• It’s my responsibility to inform lifting and maintenance department 1(one) month before about myself & crane 3rd party certificate expiry date.
• Before barricading lifting zone it’s my responsibility not to do any lifting activities.

Forklift Operator at Dodsal PTE LTD
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2004 to August 2005

• Daily doing inspection checklist if found any leak or fault immediately informing to supervisor.
• Loading & unloading all types of pallets without any damage and any complaints by the truck drivers & the customers.
• Stacking all types’ pallets & timbers in factory yard area.
• Every week keep maintaining stock of pallets & timbers.

Forklift Operator at Trans Gulf Aluminium
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2001 to October 2003

• Daily doing inspection checklist if found any leak or fault immediately informing to supervisor.
• Loading Aluminium coil in closed containers & open trailers.
• Offloading Aluminium ingots from closed containers & open trailers.
• Charging Aluminium ingots inside 1200-degree furnace.

Education

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Angalamman Institute of Managements & Science – Tamil Nadu – INDIA
  • May 2016

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Heavy Equipment
heavy lifting engineer

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

NON-CPCS Appointed Person for lifting operations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Competent Person for Lifting Operations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Valid Until:
June 2024