Sr. Diving Supervisor
Working Location: Qatar OffshoreContract Type: Contract Position
Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for diving activities, including vessel deployment preceding and during diving operations onboard the vessel.
- Review, comment on, and approve contractor-submitted procedures, dive plans, and method statements; provide input when reviewing or developing new work instructions and procedures.
- Ensure all work is carried out safely and in compliance with scope of works, approved engineering standards, regulations, and IMCA standards.
- Monitor, control, and supervise all diving activities onboard the DSV vessel, representing the project department for assigned offshore projects.
- Coordinate with marine teams and manage all inspections of dive boats, diving spread, IMCA audit/inspection, punch list close-out, and ensure dive vessels and diving spread are mobilized in full compliance with regulations and international standards.
- Issue Daily Progress Reports (DPR) to projects, highlighting daily activities, areas of concern, and proposing mitigation measures.
- Ensure diving operations are conducted from a suitable and safe location on the surface and in compliance with Air and Nitrox Dive Manual, Diving Project Plan, and any permit to work system.
- Ensure Safety Meetings and Risk Assessments are held and documented regularly; participate actively in the preparation of JSAs, MOCs, and daily progress meetings.
- Report all Hazard Observations, Safe Acts, Unsafe Acts & Conditions, Near Misses, and Incidents.
- Promote safety during site construction, installation, and diving activities in live plant environments, ensuring compliance with statutory safety and environmental regulations.
- Make project-related decisions within the framework of contract documents and procedures, in close coordination with the Project Team.
- Efficiently manage all diving activities.
- Frequent long working hours may be required, including outdoor field work.
- Operate in a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment, requiring strong management and interpersonal skills.
Requirements
- Higher National Certificate (HNC), Diploma, or relevant apprenticeship from recognized institutions with extensive offshore installation/diving experience. Diploma is not mandatory if holding the following certificates:
- IMCA Closed Bell Diver
- IMCA Air Diving Supervisor
- IMCA Bell/Saturation Diving Supervisor (Class III)
- NDT Operator Level 2 (Optional)
- Minimum 12 to 15 years of experience in offshore construction/installation/diving, with at least 10 years in the oil & gas industry.
- Experience with offshore construction vessels, DSVs, and proven experience in subsea pipeline installation, subsea power, composite and FO cables, umbilical installation, subsea flanges tie-in, and riser installation using stack-on method.
- Previous experience as Company Site Representative (CSR) in Diving Vessels and IMCA audits is highly preferred.
- Experience as Offshore Air Diving and Saturation Diving Supervisor.
- Additional qualifications:
- IMCA Closed Bell Diver
- IMCA Air Diving Supervisor
- IMCA Bell/Saturation Diving Supervisor (Class III)
- NDT Operator Level 2 (Optional)
- Hands-on experience in:
- Boat landing replacement
- Riser, J-Tube installation, and sub-sea spool tie-in
- Mattress and crossing installation
- Umbilical installation including I-Tubes
- Subsea spool cutting, deconstruction, demolition
- 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 identify potential bottlenecks/problems related to diving activities and suggest solutions.
- Good communication and report writing skills.
- Previous experience as Diving Representative is an advantage.