About the Role
As a key member of the welding team, you will identify job requirements for personnel, equipment, and welding consumables prior to offshore mobilization. You will be responsible for selecting welders for each job and monitoring their performance, ensuring that all welding activities onboard the vessel and at the job site are conducted efficiently and safely. Your leadership will extend to overseeing Welding Foremen, pipe facing machine operators, spacers, pipeline welders, and helpers assigned to the project. You will report directly to the field engineer and barge superintendent.
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You will also implement applicable welding and QA/QC procedures, conduct toolbox meetings with the welding crew to promote safety awareness, and ensure compliance with company policies, the Policy of Integrity, Code of Conduct, and HSE standards. Close monitoring of the consumption of welding electrodes and related materials will be critical, as you will be responsible for reporting shortages and requesting replenishment in a timely manner.
Additionally, you will coordinate with clients, third-party inspectors, and the inspection team, and you will utilize your technical skills to interpret radiography films and troubleshoot any welding problems that arise.
Responsibilities
- Identify job requirements for personnel, equipment, and welding consumables prior to offshore mobilization
- Select welders for each job and monitor their performance
- Coordinate with welding inspectors and third-party NDT personnel
- Manage all welding activities onboard the vessel and job site, reporting to the field engineer and barge superintendent
- Supervise Welding Foremen, pipe facing machine operators, spacers, pipeline welders, and helpers assigned to the project
- Issue safety gear required for the job and control the supply of these gears
- Implement applicable welding and QA/QC procedures
- Conduct toolbox meetings with the welding crew to promote safety awareness
- Monitor consumption of welding electrodes and related materials, reporting shortages or requesting replenishment
- Coordinate with clients, third-party inspectors, and the inspection team
- Interpret radiography films and adhere to client specifications and welding standards
- Troubleshoot welding problems and maintain project progress
Qualifications
- Secondary School Certificate with a discipline-specific Technical qualification or equivalent
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas industry
- Solid knowledge of pipeline welding using SMAW or FCAW processes and automatic welding using GMAW (pulsed) processes in 5G downhill position, as well as air-arc gouging and repair welding
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Computer literate
- Completed all offshore safety training requirements
- Working knowledge of pipeline welding codes such as ASME B31.4, DNV OS-F 101, and BS 4515
- Strong technical knowledge in welding processes such as SMAW, FCAW (inner shield and outer shield), STT, and welding of various materials like carbon steel and CRA clad steel
- Ability to read and understand welding procedure specification and inspection plan documents
- Good report writing skills
