Senior Lifting Engineer – Offshore Wind Industry

Are you ready to take responsibility for lifting engineering in some of the most exciting offshore wind projects?

Cadeler is a global partner in the offshore wind industry, specializing in wind farm construction and maintenance. Our industry is more relevant than ever and plays a critical role in the energy transition, with a strong long-term outlook. As our industry continues to develop, so do we!

We are now looking for a Senior Lifting Engineer to join our team and take responsibility for lifting operations across our vessel fleet. In this role, you will play an important part in ensuring that lifting activities and equipment meet the highest standards of safety, quality and performance.

What will you do?

As Senior Lifting Engineer, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating and overseeing lifting operations across foundation projects and contribute to lifting excellence across all operations. You will work closely with project teams, Engineering and HSEQ, and external subcontractors to ensure safe and efficient delivery.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Take the role as Appointed Person with responsibility for project lifting plans. Planning, coordinating and ensuring compliance with applicable standards. • Develop the projects lifting concepts and review lifting and rigging drawings, approve subcontractor lift plans and maintain accurate project lifting documentation. • Review method statements against lift plans and contribute to risk assessments and HAZIDs, ensuring alignment with project requirements. • Provide technical lifting guidance to clients, MWS, internal teams and subcontractors, resolving comments and operational challenges. • Brief offshore crews and deck supervisors on lifting plans and attend first loadouts and installations to ensure plans are followed. • Conduct site audits and work closely with HSEQ and Quality to support safe, compliant lifting operations throughout execution. • Monitor lifting-related project progress, identifying opportunities to improve processes and optimise costs. • Build strong relationships with lifting specialists and subcontractors, recommend vetted partners and drive operational improvements

To succeed in this role:

You are a technically strong and safety-minded engineer with solid experience in lifting and rigging operations, ideally within the offshore wind or maritime industry. You combine engineering expertise with a structured approach to project management and enjoy working with different stakeholders to find practical solutions.