Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsible for diving activities including vessel deployment preceding and during diving deployment onboard the vessel
- Review, comment and approve contractor-submitted procedures, dive plans and method statements and provide input when reviewing or developing new work instructions and procedures
- Ensure that the work is carried out safely and in compliance with the scope of works, approved engineering standards, client regulations and specifications and IMCA standards
- Monitor, Control and supervise all diving activities onboard the DSV vessel representing the client project department assigned projects offshore
- Coordinate with marine (dive boat section) and manage all inspections of dive boats, diving spread, IMCA audit/inspection, punch list close-out and finally ensure that the dive vessels and the diving spread are mobilized in full compliance with client regulations, international standards and IMCA guidelines
- Ensure the issue of Daily Progress Reports (DPR) to projects highlighting the daily activities, and areas of concern and propose mitigation measures
- Ensure diving operations are carried out from a suitable and safe location on the surface and in compliance with the Air and Nitrox Dive Manual, The Diving Project Plan and any permit-to-work system
- Ensure that Safety Meetings and Risk Assessments are held and documented regularly Participate actively in the preparation of JSAs, MOCs and daily progress meetings
- Ensure that all Hazard Observations, Safe Act, Unsafe Act & Conditions, Near Misses & Incidents are reported
- Proactive with safety while performing site construction/installation/diving activities in live plant and ensuring site compliance with statutory safety and environmental regulations
- Under the general supervision of the Head, Construction and/or client Representative, make the decisions on the project issues within the framework of respective contract documents and procedures/guidelines, in close coordination and concurrence with the Project Team
- Accountable for efficiently managing all diving activities
- Frequent long working hours may be required including out-door field work
- Exposed to multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment requiring special management skills Management of sound inter-personal relationships and effective communication within client and Contractor Teams
Requirements
- Higher National Certificate (HNC) (or) Diploma (or) relevant Apprentice from recognized universities with extensive offshore installation/diving experience Diploma qualification is not mandatory if the candidate has any one of the following certificates: IMCA Closed Bell Diver, IMCA Air Diving Supervisor, IMCA Bell/Saturation Diving Supervisor (Class III), NDT Operator level-2 (Optional)
- Minimum 10 to 15 years of experience in offshore construction/installation/diving out of which 8 years in the oil & gas industry
- Offshore Air Diving and Saturation Diving Supervisor experience
- Should have the following additional qualification: IMCA Closed Bell Diver, IMCA Air Diving Supervisor, IMCA Bell/Saturation Diving Supervisor (Class III)
- NDT Operator level-2 (Optional) Hands-on experience on the following is preferable
- Previous experience as a Diving Representative would be an added advantage
- Boat Landing Replacement
- Riser, J-Tube Installation and Sub-sea spool tie-in
- Umbilical installation including I-Tubes
- Water Jetting, Removal of Debris and marine growth from Jackets and other sub-sea assets
- Spool and PLEM Tie-in with ROV simultaneous operation
- Pipelay and Jackets Installation
- Removal of redundant riser and pipelines from Seabed
- Ability to highlight potential bottlenecks/problems related to diving activities and suggest solutions
- Good communication and report-writing skills
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.