WELDING SUPERVISOR

Job Description

• 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
• In charge of all welding activities on board the vessel and job site. Reports to the field engineer and barge superintendent
• Full responsibility over Welding Foremen, pipe facing machine operators, spacers, pipeline welders and helpers assigned for the project
• In charge of issuing his welders with safety gears required for the job and control the supply of these gears
• Responsible for implementing the applicable welding and QA/QC procedures
• Conducting tool box meeting with welding crew and promote safety awareness among them
• Close monitoring of consumption of welding electrodes and other related material and report short-falls or request replenishment ahead of time to warehouse and field engineer
• Coordination with client, third party and inspection team
• Capable of interpreting radiography films and be conversant with client specifications and welding standards.
• Trouble shooting welding problem and maintain progress

Compliance in accordance with section/Company policies & procedures, Policy of Integrity & Code of Conduct & HSE standards

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
• In charge of all welding activities on board the vessel and job site. Reports to the field engineer and barge superintendent
• Full responsibility over Welding Foremen, pipe facing machine operators, spacers, pipeline welders and helpers assigned for the project
• In charge of issuing his welders with safety gears required for the job and control the supply of these gears
• Responsible for implementing the applicable welding and QA/QC procedures
• Conducting tool box meeting with welding crew and promote safety awareness among them
• Close monitoring of consumption of welding electrodes and other related material and report short-falls or request replenishment ahead of time to warehouse and field engineer
• Coordination with client, third party and inspection team
• Capable of interpreting radiography films and be conversant with client specifications and welding standards.
• Trouble shooting welding problem and maintain progress

Compliance in accordance with section/Company policies & procedures, Policy of Integrity & Code of Conduct & HSE standards

Qualifications

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

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Oil & Gas Industry

• Solid knowledge of pipeline welding using SMAW or FCAW processes and automatic welding using GMAW (pulsed) process in 5G downhill position, air-arc gouging and repair welding
• Good standard of written and spoken English
• Computer Literacy
• All offshore safety training requirements
• Working knowledge of pipeline welding codes such as AP1 1104, DNV OS-F 101, and BS 4515
• Sound technical knowledge in welding processes such as SMAW, FCAW (inner shield and outer shield), STT and welding of various materials like carbon steel, CRA clad steel
• Ability to read and understand welding procedure specification and inspection plan documents

Good report writing skills