Job description

• Supervise all activities associated with structural, piping and pipeline welding on board offshore barges/vessels

  
  

• Identify requirements for personnel, equipment and welding consumables to meet project requirements prior to offshore mobilization

  
  

• Coordinate with Welding Supervisors / Foremen, Welding Inspectors and third party NDT personnel

  
  

• In charge of all the welding activities on board the vessel and job site

  
  

• Responsible for carrying out welding trials, qualification of welding procedures, training of welders/ welding operators at offshore

  
  

• Responsible for implementing the applicable welding and QA/QC procedures and maintaining welders’ qualification validity

  
  

• Conduct toolbox meeting with welding crew and promote safety awareness among them

  
  

• Supervise setting up of welding, bevelling and clamping equipment and inspect the same for correct settings

  
  

• Monitor consumption of welding electrodes, shielding gases, welding flux and other related material and report short-falls or request replenishment ahead of time to warehouse and field engineer

  
  

• Coordinate with client, third party and inspection team on welding issues

  
  

• Trouble shooting of welding related problems and maintain progress

  
  

• Take necessary actions to establish a safe working environment

  
  

Compliance in accordance with Company codes and HSE standards

• Supervise all activities associated with structural, piping and pipeline welding on board offshore barges/vessels

  
  

• Identify requirements for personnel, equipment and welding consumables to meet project requirements prior to offshore mobilization

  
  

• Coordinate with Welding Supervisors / Foremen, Welding Inspectors and third party NDT personnel

  
  

• In charge of all the welding activities on board the vessel and job site

  
  

• Responsible for carrying out welding trials, qualification of welding procedures, training of welders/ welding operators at offshore

  
  

• Responsible for implementing the applicable welding and QA/QC procedures and maintaining welders’ qualification validity

  
  

• Conduct toolbox meeting with welding crew and promote safety awareness among them

  
  

• Supervise setting up of welding, bevelling and clamping equipment and inspect the same for correct settings

  
  

• Monitor consumption of welding electrodes, shielding gases, welding flux and other related material and report short-falls or request replenishment ahead of time to warehouse and field engineer

  
  

• Coordinate with client, third party and inspection team on welding issues

  
  

• Trouble shooting of welding related problems and maintain progress

  
  

• Take necessary actions to establish a safe working environment

  
  

Compliance in accordance with Company codes and HSE standards

Secondary School Certificate with a discipline-specific technical qualification, or equivalent

Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in Oil & Gas Industry

• Knowledge of using SMAW, FCAW, mechanised SAW processes and automatic welding using GMAW (pulsed) process in 5G downhill position, air-arc gouging and repair welding

  
  

• Working knowledge of structural, piping and pipeline welding codes such as AWS D1.1, ASME B31.3, AP1 1104 and DNV OS-F 101

  
  

• Sound technical knowledge in welding processes such as SMAW, SAW, GMAW, FCAW (inner shield), STT and welding of various materials like carbon steel, stainless steel, CRA clad steel, etc

  
  

• Be conversant with client specifications and welding standards and capable of interpreting radiography films of welded joints

  
  

• Ability to read and understand welding procedure specification and inspection plan documents 

  
  

Good written and spoken English language skills