Construction Superintendent (Scaffolding)

Doha, Qatar

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reference
Job reference 1267557
location
Location Doha, Qatar
sector
Sector Energy - Oil & Gas
function
Function Construction
type
Employment type Contract
date
Date published December 22, 2025

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We are working with a Major Oil & Gas operator to source for Construction Superintendent (Scaffolding) on residential status to be based at site (Ras Laffan Industrial City). This is a contract role with initial duration of 36 months working on a residential basis with 6-days per week / 10 hours per day. Please see details below:

Title: Construction Superintendent (Scaffolding)

Start Date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)

Duration: 36 months (potential for extension)

Location: Site (Ras Laffan Industrial City), Qatar
Working Schedule: 6-days per week / 10 hours per day

Job Scope:

  • Provide front line safety and technical leadership. Ensuring safe effective and efficient execution of scaffolding activities in accordance with the project schedule and compliance to safety, quality and technical policies procedures and standards.
  • Providing technical support to all company functional teams within an assigned construction division and geographical area. Provide technical guidance to assure Contractor compliance during planning and execution scaffolding operations.
  • Interfaces with other project and construction area teams removing progress constraints, sharing lessons learned and executing corrective actions. Lead and promote a one team approach to attain Company objectives.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Reports to Site Manager.

  • Demonstrating visible safety leadership and care for people.  

  • Act as the Company focal point for Scaffolding matters including approval of related documents submitted by Contractor.

  • Ensures all activities are undertaken in compliance with Company and contractually defined policies, regulations, and standards.

  • Apply contractual awareness protecting the Company position when engaging with Contractors on schedule, technical and cost issues.

  • Ensuring contractors ongoing competency processes and procedures are compliant to Company requirements and Qatar government regulations.

  • Ensuring contractors ongoing competency processes and procedures are compliant to Company requirements and Qatar government regulations.

  • Review and recommend improvements to ways of working, procedures and plans ensuring effective and smooth project execution.

  • Participate in constructability and construction readiness reviews identifying improvement opportunities with contractor team.

  • Undertakes daily walk-through of construction areas, confirming safety standards are maintained.

  • Review, approve and audit as required Contractor's scaffolding plans, procedures, method statement, PTW and task instructions, Attend activity planning and risk assessment meetings. 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in sciences or engineering Discipline recognised industry trade qualifications e.g., NVQ/City &Guilds, NACE, CITB/CISRS etc certifications issued by Internationally Recognized bodies

  • 12 Years Experience with Large Projects in Construction Related Disciplines (E.G., Construction, Installation, Fabrication, Execution, Completion, Hook-Up, Etc.) In The Oil & Gas Industry, including 1 Year of Experience in A Supervisory Role, Including Acting Roles, Or Oversight of Service/Vendor Personnel.

  • Experience with Oil and Gas companies, contractors, service companies, or heavy construction companies.

  • Knowledge of design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria related to major fabrication, transport, installation, brownfield execution, and hook-up, as applicable to the project scope.

  • Knowledge of onshore facilities, or yard operations as applicable to a project scope.

  • Knowledge of execution methods and risks associated with sour gas and LNG production facilities.

  • Experience working in large scale operating organizations in Operations, Projects, Subsurface, etc.

  • Demonstrate extensive experience in scaffolding operation in onshore Greenfield environment.

  • Demonstrates sound written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills.

Technical and Business Skills

  • Ability to work within document control systems reviewing, consolidating, and approving technical and project documents.

  • Ability to read and translate project schedules.

  • Ability to read and translate approved for construction drawings.

  • Ability to use (Read) Navis works (3D model)

  • Ability to prepare, approve, verify scaffolding plans.

  • IT literacy:  Word, Excel, PDF, skills to support reporting, reviewing and communication requirements.

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