ROV Specialist

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide competent diving and ROV expertise support to the Company.
2. Verify that Contractors carry out marine, diving and ROV operation in accordance with the approved marine, diving and ROV and operation plans.
3. Ensure all significant changes to the Diving Operation Plan are managed according to the Management of Change (MOC) process and communicated and approved by the SME Diving.
4. Verify through Permit to Work that the diving Contractor has been informed of Concurrent Operations which may affect the diving operation.
5. Verify that the Emergency Response Plan includes arrangements to recover divers, evacuate diving vessels and evacuate diving vessels during Air Diving.
6. To monitor Contractors operations to ensure positive HSE management and compliance to the relevant Diving, ROV and Marine legislative standards, as well as compliance to -COMPANY’s HSE Management System (MS) objectives.
7. To communicate all deviations to approved plans to the responsible Company Contract Holder who shall if required refer the item to the relevant technical authority / SME).
8. Monitoring emergency response activities arising from incidents associated with operations and act as Client focal point during emergency response.
9. To ensure that contractors Hazards & Effects Management Planning (HEMP) is in place, and HSE risks associated with the work scope / practices are identified and managed by the contractors’ supervisors for marine, diving and ROV activities.
10. Through the review of HAZIDs, Procedures, JHA and Dive plan ensure that hazards that can affect personnel, environment, assets or reputation are evaluated for their significance and the suitability of any controls.
11. Review of marine, diving and ROV Audits pre-mobilization to identify any potential single point failures and close out Non-conformances and observations.
12. To ensure that all aspects of the work are conducted in accordance with COMPANY, IOGP and International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Codes of Practice, Guidelines and Information Notes
13. Participate in safety inductions, toolbox meetings, daily progress meetings and weekly HSSE meetings.
14. To be fully familiar with all project documents and plans including but not limited to Mob and Demob plans, ROV/Diving Project Plans, Bridging Documents, Emergency Response plans, Work Packs, Site Specific Procedures (SSP), HAZIDs and working procedures and to manage operations and emergencies in line with these plans.
15. Ensure any incidents pertaining to the Vessel and underwater operations (including near misses) are reported in a timely manner.
16. Ensure that Contractors diving and ROV equipment, personnel and procedures comply with contractual requirements, that operations are well planned and documented, and are in line with the Company’s current policies & guidance.
17. The safeguarding and maintenance of all underwater equipment with regard conformance to industry standards (IMCA and OGP/IOGP).
18. Monitoring of contractor resources (manning and equipment) levels, reporting of daily progress and highlighting any anomalies.
19. Monitoring of Marine, Diving and ROV performance targets.
20. Ensuring that all communication (both process and equipment) pertaining to underwater operations and safety is established and complied with.
21. Shall be responsible to ensure that the site from where diving and ROV operations are carried out is operated in a manner commensurate with supporting the underwater services activities. Such as Platforms, Barges, Moored installations, DP and conventionally moored ships.
22. Ensure lesson learned are captured daily and reported to the Diving SME at the end of each trip.
23. To ensure all controls put in place to mitigate COVID-19 risk are intact and implemented.
24. When the PTW issuer take on the Roles and Responsibilities assigned to the role stated in the PTW management procedures.
25. Stay up to date with new Industry Diving and ROV practices and guidance.

Qualifications and competence :

1. Must be competent in underwater operations and possess IMCA Supervisor certificate applicable to the SOW (Surface Supplied or Bell).*
2. Competency assessed to meet the requirements of OGP 431.
3. Possess valid Tropical BOSIET with CA-EBS / HUET
4. Possess valid Travel Safety By Boat
5. Possess valid Offshore medical
6. Possess valid Basic H2S
   

Working Experience:

1. Shall have a least 2 years experience as a qualified diving supervisor. *
2. Shall have at least 2 years as a Diving CSR or Diving management in the relevant field with at least 1 year working experience as a Diving CSR or diving management on a Diving DP vessel/barge.
3. Must have accumulated at least 10 years commercial diver and diving management experience.

Other requirements:
1. Knowledge of all industry guidance (OGP, IMCA, DMAC, IMO, UKHSE) in relation Marine, Diving and ROV operations.
2. Fully conversant with all industry requirements pertaining to the activities referred to in the roles & responsibilities as demonstrated in supervisory role.
3. Extensive knowledge of working with divers, planning diving operations in construction, inspection and maintenance, working with the appropriate diving tables and treatment tables.
4. Capable of fulfilling the Roles and Responsibilities.
5. Capable of and has Conducted diving and ROV system audits.
6. Able to communicate (both written and spoken) in English fluently.
7. Interview Session (joint UII & PMC team) is required for candidate that has never work for SMEP as Diving CSR.