Lift Coordinator

CPB Contractors Pty Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing program

Discount portal

Salary continuance insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

CPB Contractors Pty Limited is seeking a Lift Coordinator to oversee crane and lifting operations on the Eastern Freeway Upgrades project. Reporting to the Project Manager, you will ensure safe lift planning, documentation, and compliance across multi-discipline teams in a major infrastructure program.

The role requires engineering background (preferred), robust experience in lift planning, and the ability to verify operator competencies.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification preferred.
• Licences such as Advanced Rigger (RA), Dogging or Mobile Crane Operator desirable.
• 5+ years’ experience developing and supervising Lift Plans.
• Strong knowledge of crane operations, rigging and lifting risk management.
• Experience coordinating lifting activities on construction, infrastructure or industrial projects.
• Exposure to critical lifts, dual-crane lifts and engineered lift studies is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise crane and lifting operations.
• Review Lift Plans, Lift Assessments and Lift Studies as required.
• Review and approve lifting documentation to ensure procedural compliance.
• Verify the competency and licensing of operators, riggers, doggers, and lifting supervisors.
• Maintain lifting equipment inspection records and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate permits, engineering reviews, and stakeholder approvals for lifting activities.

Skills

Crane operations

Rigging

Lifting risk management

Lifting coordination

Documentation review

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.

The Project

The Tram to Springvale Alliance (TSA) comprising CPB Contractors, BMD Constructions and Arup has been selected to deliver the Eastern Freeway Upgrades between Tram and Springvale roads. The major upgrade includes new express lanes, upgraded noise walls and revitalised sections of the Koonung Creek Linear Park.

The Project is being delivered under an Alliance Contract with Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA) as the Project Owner and TSA (CPB, BMD and Arup) as the Non-owner Participants (NOPs). Together they form the Alliance working as one to deliver this critical infrastructure project.

As a key component of the North East Link Program (NELP), this project will provide a safer, more efficient freeway connection for over 135,000 vehicles daily, removing 15,000 trucks from local roads, and reduce traffic across on the arterial road network crossing the Yarra River by 50,000 vehicles per day.

We’re completing the link together and bringing it home for our community.

Your opportunity

• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing crane and lifting operations to ensure all activities are carried out safely and in line with project requirements. This role reviews lift plans, monitors lifting activities, and has the authority to stop any unsafe lift.

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Lift Coordinator will sit within the project team and be accountable for:

• Coordinate and supervise crane and lifting operations.
• Ensure Lift Assessments, Lift Plans, and Lift Studies are completed as required.
• Review and approve lifting documentation to ensure procedural compliance.
• Verify the competency and licensing of operators, riggers, doggers, and lifting supervisors.
• Maintain lifting equipment inspection records and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate permits, engineering reviews, and stakeholder approvals for lifting activities.

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• Engineering qualification (preferred).
• Advanced Rigger (RA), Dogging and/or Mobile Crane Operator Licence desirable.
• 5+ years’ experience developing and supervising Lift Plans.
• Strong knowledge of crane operations, rigging and lifting risk management.
• Experience coordinating lifting activities on construction, infrastructure or industrial projects.
• Exposure to critical lifts, dual-crane lifts and engineered lift studies is highly regarded.

Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.

• Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.

Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.