Export Cables Load-out Client Representative
Location
Szczecin, Poland
Contract Details
Start Date: 1st December 2026
End Date: 4th April 2027 (Possible Extension)
Work Style: Circa 1 week rotations as per load out schedule
Working Hours: 12-hour shifts during active work periods
Travel & Accommodation: Approved travel and accommodation covered by the project; meals reimbursed per policy and daily limits
Role Objective
Represent the client at the Szczecin quayside, providing independent oversight of export-cable load-out and handling activities. Ensure contractor work is executed safely, to the required quality, and in accordance with approved RAMS, procedures, and risk assessments. Maintain accurate records for project stakeholders and promote proactive safety and quality management.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate daily records of load-out, transit, positioning, and installation-related activities throughout execution.
- Monitor contractor compliance with approved procedures, risk assessments, method statements, and QHSE documentation.
- Ensure proactive management of safety and quality by the contractor, escalating concerns as needed.
- Conduct visual inspections of work in progress and witness key activities where safe and practicable.
- Maintain professional communication with contractor teams, project representatives, and HSE functions.
Tasks
- Review and understand RAMS and QHSE documentation before execution and stay current with revisions.
- Attend daily coordination meetings, toolbox talks, and operational discussions to monitor delivery.
- Witness cable load-out and handling at the quayside, including all defined key activities, subject to safe access.
- Record progress, delays, interfaces, incidents, and safety or quality observations daily.
- Prepare and distribute Daily Progress Reports, ensuring review and signature by required parties.
- Participate in safety walks with HSE representatives.
- Complete incident and safety-observation reporting in Synergi as required.
Deliverables
- Daily records covering cable load-out, transit, positioning, and installation-related activities.
- Completed and appropriately signed Daily Progress Reports.
- Visual inspection records and observation-based feedback on safety, quality, and procedural compliance.
- Synergi incident and safety-observation entries where required.
- Clear and timely escalation of material safety, quality, and procedural concerns.
Decision Authority and Responsibility
- No general contractual authority.
- Intervene in or stop operations where there is a safety or quality infringement, or where approved procedures are not followed.
- Record and escalate observations factually through defined reporting routes.
Requirements
- Polish or EU nationality with the legal right to work in Poland.
- Valid Polish occupational health certification and Polish BHP occupational safety certification.
- Valid GWO Sea Survival, Working at Heights, First Aid, Fire Awareness, and Manual Handling training.
- Valid HUET and STCW 2010 certification, plus applicable OPITO or BOSIET and emergency breathing system certification (e.g., STASS, HEED, or EBS).
- Valid medical certification, including the Chester Step Test.
- IOSH Managing Safely or comparable HSE training.
- At least two years of relevant experience in cable load-out, marine, offshore, or a closely related package area preferred.
- Marine-awareness qualifications appropriate to the package role are advantageous.
- Strong working knowledge of RAMS, daily reporting, and contractor oversight, with clear communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and internet-based tools; experience with Daily Progress Reporting and Synergi is beneficial.
- Background verification required before onboarding.
Additional Information
- Quayside, site-based assignment in Szczecin, Poland.
- Work follows the planned load-out schedule rather than a fixed rotation.
- The consultant must provide an up-to-date PC and/or iPhone, permit installation and management of required device security software, and provide their own safety boots.