Site Management & Support

Supervision, survey, plant operation and camp support are what let a supplied crew actually function. A crew without a foreman, a storekeeper or transport is a crew the client ends up managing themselves — which is rarely what they wanted when they raised the requirement.

18 documented trades

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Gulf Orbit supplies 16 site management and support roles across Saudi Arabia, including supervisors, general foremen, surveyors, civil engineers, tower and mobile crane operators, drivers, storekeepers and camp staff.

Coordinates across work fronts and trades, holds the client interface, and is accountable for the supplied crew's output, attendance and safety conduct.

What they do on site

  • Plan and sequence work across trades and work fronts
  • Hold the day-to-day interface with the client's site management
  • Manage attendance, productivity and crew discipline
  • Enforce permit-to-work, isolation and site safety requirements
  • Escalate shortfalls in access, material or information early

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the crew the supervisor will run, the shift pattern, and the reporting language.

Runs day-to-day execution across several trade crews on a work front, sitting between the trade foremen and the supervisor.

What they do on site

  • Direct several trade crews on a shared work front
  • Sequence trades so they do not obstruct each other
  • Track daily output and report progress to the supervisor
  • Manage plant, access and material calls for the front
  • Hold the toolbox talk and enforce site safety rules

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the trades the general foreman will coordinate and the total crew size.

Sets out the works and verifies position and level: grid and control, structural setting out, as-built checks and volume measurement.

What they do on site

  • Establish and maintain site control and grid
  • Set out structures, levels, lines and services
  • Check installed work against design position and level
  • Produce as-built records and measure quantities
  • Support inspection and handover documentation

Project phases

Substructure · Structure and frame · Handover

What to put in your RFQ: State setting out or as-built work, and the instruments the scope needs (total station, GPS or level).

Operates tower cranes on building and infrastructure sites, working to lift plans and taking direction from the rigger or banksman.

What they do on site

  • Operate the tower crane within its rated capacity and radius
  • Carry out pre-use checks and report defects
  • Take direction from the rigger or banksman by signal or radio
  • Work to the lift plan, exclusion zones and wind limits
  • Record operating hours and maintain the crane log

Project phases

Substructure · Structure and frame · Facade and cladding

What to put in your RFQ: State the crane make and model, the jib length, whether TUV or Aramco cards are required, and the shift pattern.

Operates mobile and all-terrain cranes for lifting on construction and industrial sites, including set-up, outrigger deployment and travel between lift positions.

What they do on site

  • Set up the crane, deploy outriggers and confirm ground bearing
  • Operate within the load chart for the configuration and radius
  • Carry out pre-use inspection and report defects
  • Work to the lift plan under rigger direction

Project phases

Structure and frame · Piping and mechanical · Shutdown and turnaround

What to put in your RFQ: State the crane type (truck-mounted, rough-terrain or all-terrain), its capacity in tonnes, and whether TUV or Aramco cards are required.

Moves and stacks material around site, yard and store using counterbalance and rough-terrain forklifts.

What they do on site

  • Load, move and stack material safely
  • Carry out pre-use checks on the machine
  • Work to site traffic management and pedestrian segregation rules
  • Support the storekeeper with receiving and issuing material

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the forklift type and capacity, the work area (yard, warehouse or laydown), and whether TUV or Aramco cards are required.

Provides technical site engineering: drawing interpretation, method and sequence, quality checks, inspection requests and progress reporting.

What they do on site

  • Interpret drawings and specifications for the site team
  • Prepare method statements and work sequences
  • Raise inspection requests and close out site queries
  • Check executed work against specification and tolerance
  • Report progress and support quantity measurement

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the discipline and the project stage.

Produces and updates drawings for site: shop drawings, mark-ups, as-builts and coordination layouts.

What they do on site

  • Produce shop and coordination drawings from design information
  • Incorporate site mark-ups and issue revised drawings
  • Maintain the as-built drawing set
  • Support the engineering team with take-offs and layouts

Project phases

Design support · All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the drawing type (shop drawings or as-built).

Receives, records, stores and issues material and consumables, and keeps the stock position visible to the site team.

What they do on site

  • Receive deliveries and check against the order
  • Record, label and store material by location
  • Issue material against requisitions and track consumption
  • Report shortages and reorder levels before they bite

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State site store or warehouse, and the system used.

Drives heavy vehicles for material transport, plant movement and site logistics, including load securing and delivery documentation.

What they do on site

  • Transport material and plant between yard, supplier and site
  • Secure loads and check vehicle condition before travel
  • Maintain delivery notes and trip records
  • Work to site traffic management rules

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the vehicle type (trailer, tipper or boom truck) and whether the site requires a TUV card.

Drives light vehicles for crew transport, site errands and small material movements between accommodation, office and site.

What they do on site

  • Transport crews between accommodation and site to the shift schedule
  • Carry out errands and small material collections
  • Maintain vehicle condition and report defects
  • Keep trip and mileage records

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the vehicle type and the route.

Camp Boss

Runs worker accommodation: occupancy, catering, hygiene, welfare and the daily logistics that keep a deployed crew functioning.

What they do on site

  • Manage room allocation, occupancy and camp records
  • Oversee catering, cleaning and hygiene standards
  • Coordinate transport timings with site shift patterns
  • Handle welfare issues and escalate what cannot be resolved locally

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the camp size.

Cook

Prepares meals for accommodated crews to the agreed menu and hygiene standards, including stock control for the kitchen.

What they do on site

  • Prepare meals to the agreed menu and shift timings
  • Maintain kitchen hygiene and food safety standards
  • Control kitchen stock and report requirements
  • Cater for shift patterns including night shifts

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the headcount served and the cuisine.

Handles project accounting support: timesheet consolidation, invoice preparation, cost records and reconciliation.

What they do on site

  • Consolidate timesheets and attendance records
  • Prepare and check invoices against approved records
  • Maintain project cost records and reconciliations
  • Support audit and documentation requirements

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State site or office work, and the system used.

Site office administration: correspondence, document control, meeting records and coordination between site and head office.

What they do on site

  • Manage correspondence, filing and document registers
  • Record and distribute meeting minutes
  • Coordinate between site, head office and suppliers
  • Maintain site administrative records

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the language requirement.

Checks executed work against specification, drawings and code before it is accepted, and holds the inspection records and non-conformance trail that handover depends on.

What they do on site

  • Inspect civil, mechanical, piping, structural or welding work against specification and approved drawings
  • Raise, track and close non-conformance reports
  • Witness hold points and coordinate third-party inspection where the scope requires it
  • Verify material certificates and welder or procedure qualifications against the work performed
  • Maintain inspection and test records for client and consultant handover

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the inspection discipline (welding, piping, civil or coating) and any inspector certification the site requires.

Runs site inductions and toolbox talks, enforces PPE and permit-to-work compliance, and monitors high-risk activity on the supplied crew's behalf.

What they do on site

  • Conduct site safety inductions and daily toolbox talks
  • Enforce PPE compliance and permit-to-work requirements on the supplied crew
  • Monitor high-risk activity: hot work, confined space, working at height and lifting
  • Investigate incidents and near misses and maintain the record
  • Coordinate with the client's HSE department on audits and corrective actions

Project phases

All phases

What to put in your RFQ: State the site type, the shift pattern, and any safety officer certification the site requires.

How to request this trade

  1. 1

    Send the requirement

    Trade, headcount, site location, start date, duration and shift pattern. Anything you can add about site access and permit requirements shortens the next step.

  2. 2

    Response within 24 hours

    A complete RFQ gets a priced quotation, or an acknowledgement with any questions needed to price it. Responses run on working days, Sunday to Thursday.

  3. 3

    Worker matching

    Workers are matched to the trade and to the site conditions — industrial versus building work are not interchangeable, and we do not treat them as such.

  4. 4

    Documentation and client approval

    CVs, iqama and trade documentation, with TUV or Aramco card copies where the trade holds one, are submitted for your review. Nobody mobilizes before you approve the profiles.

  5. 5

    Quotation and purchase order

    Commercial terms are issued against the confirmed scope. A purchase order is required before mobilization.

  6. 6

    Mobilization within 48–72 hours of the PO

    In-Kingdom personnel travel to sites anywhere in Saudi Arabia, subject to worker documents and site approvals. Every worker completes Gulf Orbit's safety induction before deployment, and is briefed on your site's permit-to-work and access requirements.

  7. 7

    Ongoing support

    Attendance, replacement and scale-up handled through a single point of contact for the duration of the requirement.

Documentation supplied with every worker

Iqama, identification and trade documentation are available for client review before mobilization. Where a client requires a specific certification or a trade test before a worker is accepted on site, say so in the requirement and it will be addressed during matching rather than after arrival.

Send your manpower requirement

Trade, headcount, site location, start date and duration. The more detail you send, the more precise the response.

Download the RFQ template (Excel)— all 57 trades in one sheet, no prices. Fill it in and upload it with your RFQ.

Frequently asked questions

What types of workers can Gulf Orbit provide?+

The published register lists 57 documented trades across civil construction, mechanical and electrical, and site and office staff, from scaffolders, welders and pipe fitters to crane operators, supervisors and HSE officers. Any mix can be requested in one RFQ.

Do your workers hold TUV cards or Aramco certification?+

TUV-carded workers are available for trades that require a TUV card. Aramco-certified and non-Aramco workers are both available. Card copies are sent with CVs for your approval before mobilization. TUV cards apply to trades such as scaffolders, riggers, crane operators and forklift operators. State in your RFQ which your site requires.

Which rigger level do you supply?+

Level III riggers, who sling loads and signal the crane. Level III is the rigger level Gulf Orbit supplies. State in your RFQ the lift type and any card the site requires.

Do you supply crane operators?+

Yes. Gulf Orbit has supplied operators for mobile cranes from 25 t to over 250 t (truck-mounted, rough-terrain and all-terrain). Tower crane operators are also on the register. State the crane type, capacity and any card the site requires.

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