About the Role
This role involves leading, supervising, and managing welding engineering and installation teams to ensure high productivity while adhering to safety and quality standards. You will be responsible for quality control, identifying process improvements, ensuring safety compliance, and managing resources and budgets. Additionally, you will work closely with project management teams and coordinate with other departments to ensure that welding activities align with project goals.
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Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Supervision: Direct, train, and manage welding engineering and installation teams, ensuring productivity and adherence to safety and quality standards.
- Quality Control: Ensure all welding work is performed according to established codes, international standards, and client specifications.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to welding techniques and equipment to optimize productivity, reduce costs, and maintain quality.
- Safety Compliance: Maintain a strong focus on safety protocols, ensuring all welding activities follow workplace safety guidelines to mitigate accidents and injuries.
- Resource & Budget Management: Manage manpower, welding consumables, and equipment to ensure timely project execution while staying within budget.
- Management of Subcontractors: Prepare service requisitions, conduct technical evaluations, and manage subcontractors for various engineering and pipelay related activities, including manpower, equipment rental, and services.
- Project Coordination: Collaborate closely with project management teams and offshore operations to ensure welding activities are completed on time, within scope, and align with project goals.
- Training & Development: Ensure welding installation teams are well-trained, updated with qualifications, and equipped with the latest skills to meet evolving industry demands.
- Collaboration: Work with other departments (PMT, procurement, subcontracts, asset integrity, quality assurance, etc.) to ensure seamless execution of welding operations.
- Estimation: Provide inputs to the contracts department for bidding on new projects; estimate and procure pipeline welding and auxiliary equipment for future pipelay projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Mechanical, Metallurgical, or Civil) or equivalent.
- Minimum of 12 years of related work experience in the pipeline industry.
Technical Competencies
- Expertise in various pipeline welding processes (e.g., Mechanized GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW) and weld repair processes (GTAW, SMAW, FCAW).
- Practical experience with pipeline welding equipment and auxiliary equipment (e.g., Internal Line Up Clamp, Pipe Facing Machine, Shielding Gas System).
- In-depth knowledge of international welding standards and codes (API, DNV, and ASME).
- Practical knowledge and interpretation skills for main NDT techniques used for installation of pipelines (e.g., X-Ray, MUT, AUT, MPI).
Benefits
- Competitive salary and attractive employee benefits.
- Opportunities for career development and personal wellbeing through training, mentorship, and educational programs.
- A culture that values and respects employees, providing an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their professional potential.
