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Certified riggers for lifting plans, slinging and signalling on cranes and plant lifts.

Last hiring review: 17 September 2026
Applications open until: 1 November 2026
Employment type: Full-time
Who can apply: All nationalities

About the job

Riggers at AKFAL plan and execute lifts with the rental fleet's cranes and on client shutdowns: selecting slings and shackles, calculating loads, signalling the operator and controlling the exclusion zone. A rigger who cannot show the lift plan is not sent to site — lifting is where the client's HSE team looks hardest.

This job sits in the Industrial Support — Skilled Trades division.

What you will do

Select and inspect slings, shackles, spreader bars and tackle
Calculate load weight and centre of gravity; prepare the lift plan with the supervisor
Signal the crane operator with standard hand and radio signals
Control the lifting zone and tag lines
Keep the rigging register and tag defective gear out of service

What we look for

3 years or more as a rigger on industrial or construction sites
Rigger certificate (level II or III) from a recognised body
Reads lift plans and load charts
Physically fit for work at height
Basic English or Arabic for radio signalling

Certificates that help

Rigger Level II / III certificate
Aramco rigger certification, if held
Work-at-height training
Banksman / signaller training

Where we hire riggers

Rigger jobs in JubailThe largest industrial city in the Middle East and AKFAL's home base — refineries, petrochemical complexes and the workshop.Rigger jobs in Ras Al KhairThe mining and minerals city north of Jubail — Ma'aden's phosphate and aluminium complexes and a growing shipyard.Rigger jobs in JafurahAramco's unconventional gas field south of Al-Ahsa — one of the largest construction programmes in the Kingdom.Rigger jobs in DammamThe Eastern Province's capital and logistics hub — industrial cities, port, power plants and the regional headquarters of contractors.

Questions applicants ask

Do I need experience?

Yes — three or more years rigging on industrial sites, with a certificate. Uncertified labour experience around cranes does not qualify.

Which certificates do I need?

A rigger certificate from a recognised body is required. An Aramco rigger card is the most valuable version for plant work in the Eastern Province.

Iqama, transfer and visa

Riggers already in the Kingdom with a transferable Iqama are mobilised first; overseas hiring runs through licensed agencies with no fee to you.

Hours and shifts

Follows the crane and shutdown schedule: day shifts normally, extended shifts with paid overtime during turnarounds.

How is salary decided?

Set from certificate level and experience, confirmed in the written offer. Not published.

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Before you apply

How to get an Aramco or SABIC gate passWhat a contractor's worker needs before entering an Aramco or SABIC plant in the Eastern Province: documents, medical, safety induction and the tests clients run.The 6G welding test: what AKFAL and its clients ask forHow the 6G pipe-welding qualification works, which processes are tested, what inspectors reject, and how to prepare before you apply.Sponsorship transfer to AKFAL: how it worksHow a worker already in Saudi Arabia moves to AKFAL — the transfer through Qiwa, the Ajeer option for short assignments, what the worker pays (nothing) and how long it takes.

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