Offshore Superintendent - Cable Installation

Atlas Professionals is looking for professionals to work as Offshore Superintendent for one of our clients specializing in offshore cable installation.  It’s a permanent position with offshore travel.  Do you have the necessary experience?

Job description

Location: Middlesbrough, UK

1.    OVERALL PURPOSE OF ROLE:
The Offshore superintendent role covers, based on the experience, mainly the function of Offshore Manager/Deputy Offshore manager in the offshore installation sites, with a partial involvement as Installation Engineer in the office work.

2.    KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Marine Operation Superintendent in the offshore installation sites  

This part of the role covers the operative execution on all marine installation sites activities for the implementation of a Project.   
The activity is carried out mainly on installation vessels or more in general, on other marine installation sites, such as landing points, offshore platforms, etc.  
He/She works in teams of different dimensions depending on the work importance and complexity.   

Main activities falling under the responsibility of the Superintendent, are including but not limited to:
•    Preliminary works, such as route clearance, PLGR, pre-lay burial runs, mobilization of vessels
•    Cable loading
•    Cable laying
•    Cable burial with a wide variety of tools/machines
•    Cable pulling through HDD conduits or onto offshore platforms
•    Cable repair and jointing     

Once on site, duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent in the operative execution of cable installation works, include a full variety of aspects:  
•    Technical/Quality, with regards to cable and equipment management and installation procedures, in compliance with specification and Project documentation
•    Health and Safety, for all personnel involved in the operations and reporting to the installation Team
•    Environment, as far as compliance with statutory and Company policy to preserve the environment and prevent pollution are concerned (not excluding suitable measures of standard practice)
•    Company Asset Care, for preliminary verification of test/certification, correct use during operations and respect of predefined maintenance for all assets, from the vessels and burial/subsea machines to all installation equipment and tools
•    Define, select, prepare installation assets (vessels, burial machines, general installation equipment)  
•    Project constraints and specification, as far as the specific Contract clauses are concerned
•    Operative Schedule, in terms of efficiency and respect of plans
•    Client relationship care, with the Client Representatives present on site
•    Supervision of Subcontractors during the installation phase (including once more all above aspects, Technical, Quality, HSE, Contract, etc)
•    Interface with Installation Department Management and other Company Departments, mainly Project Management, Manufacturing, System Engineering, Quality, in terms of regular, suitable and correct reporting.

Installation Engineer in the office work  
This activity can be called Detailed Engineering for project specific installation works.  
Tasks are conducted in coordination with other colleagues of Installation Department and with other functions such as System Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality, purchasing with the aim of supporting the execution of the submarine systems projects awarded to the client.  

Duties and responsibilities are including but not limited to:  
•    Support the preparation of installation documentation for the project execution (usually called “Installation Manual”).
•    Support the subcontractor selection, starting from the preparation of specification to be used as technical documents in the request for quotation.   
•    Interact with project Clients, mainly on technical, planning, operative aspects, in conference telecommunications or direct meetings   
•    Prepare As-built documentation during project completion phase (usually called “Final Reports”), mainly gathering all reports, records, certificates, quality documents, etc issued throughout the project execution from all operative sites.  

Function requires significant travel on an international basis.

Job requirements

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Minimum Qualifications:
•    Preferred to have a technical background in Engineering Technology or other Engineering related subjects

Minimum Experience:
•    Preferably experience in a role involved in installation of submarine cable but more in general in the construction industry. 

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