Senior Diving Specialist

Senior Diving Specialist required for a major Offshore Wind Client in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support risk owner through entire process.
• Offer expert advice, guidance, and technical support to HSE Risk Owner during planning, pre-mobilisation, mobilisation and execution phases of diving activities and campaigns. Ensure that diving operations are complying with national diving legislation.
• Ensure that diving operations are complying with Ørsted’s Diving requirements and IMCA Guidelines.
• Ensure that diving operations are risk assessed correct and carried out as safe as possible.
• Ensure that diving a diving project plan has been developed and reviewed.
• Ensure that all diving equipment is included in a PMS system and in-date.
• Ensure that the diving contractor can recover an unconscious diver and that a recovery exercise has been performed and accepted by Ørsted prior to any diving operations.
• Ensure that the dive team is qualified to the intended job and that members are carrying necessary certificates/training.
• Check dive logs daily and view subsea video recordings for health, safety, and quality issues.
• Contact authorities (in countries where this is required) to receive a permit for the planned offshore diving operation.
• Verify and ensure that diving industry – industry standards and guidelines, company policies standards and relevant procedures are implemented, documented, communicated, understood, and enforced for all operations.
• Close outs of all diving systems design audits.
• Analysing dive statistics and proactively propose suggested improvements.
• Interface with contractor and other stakeholders to ensure diving HSE issues are addressed in all operations.
• Participate in all project HIRA’s.
• Act as focal point for project daily operations and technical support.
• Participate in and expedite all diving incident investigations to share expertise and ensure close-out and corporate learning.
• Periodically visit the worksite to engage with the offshore team and carry out inspections.
• Have a complete knowledge of all the pertinent governmental regulations, company policies and standards to which the company adheres and ensure that all rules and regulations are followed.
• Investigate and report on any contractor accidents, incidents and / or near misses.

Requirements:

• IMCA Air or Saturation Diving Supervisor or IMCA auditor certificate.
• 15 years diving managerial experience related to renewable / O&G industry.
• Shall be thoroughly familiar with IMCA ACOP’s.
• Technical skills in; Subsea installations, cable interventions, survey and inspection work.
• 3 years or more recent experience as a diving advisor / diving operations manager supporting offshore diving operations.
• Fully familiar with underwater inspection / construction techniques and equipment.
• Conversant and has kept up to date with all relevant IMCA guidelines, as well as IOGP diving recommended practices.
• Be familiar with relevant legislation / guidance in country of project/operations in relation to underwater operations and safety e.g., IMCA Guidance, UK HSE ACOP, IMO regulations.
• Be Familiar with standard IT Systems such as SAP, Excel, Word (Beneficial if any knowledge with Acconex).