Barge Engineer
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About the Role
Supervises & coordinates all marine activities onboard including, but not limited to, safety, environment, and firefighting equipment, lifting operations, rig moves & jacking sy.
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Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate all marine activities onboard including safety, environment, and firefighting equipment
- Prepare for rig moves, including stability calculations, jacking, floating, and preloading
- Ensure daily accurate rig loading and stability within design limits
- Supervise lifting operations and cargo movement
- Participate in emergency response as part of the Rig's Emergency Response Team
- Prepare and participate in inspections and surveys for class and statutory requirements
- Monitor preventive maintenance for marine, helideck, navigation, firefighting, and lifesaving equipment
- Ensure safe helicopter operations and maintain helideck certification
- Mentor, develop, and train the deck crew
Requirements
- Experience in supervising marine activities on a rig
- Knowledge of stability calculations, jacking systems, and rig move procedures
- Familiarity with safety, environmental, and firefighting equipment
- Ability to manage emergency response teams and drills
- Experience with maintenance of marine equipment and statutory certifications
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Job Overview
- Supervises & coordinates all marine activities onboard including, but not limited to, safety, environment, and firefighting equipment, lifting operations, rig moves & jacking system operation, stability & ballast controls, helicopter operations, hull & tanks maintenance, emergencies response roles.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Supervises and arranges for the preparation of Rig Move, stability calculations for jacking, floating, and preloading, ensuring compliance with Rig Move preparation checklists.
- Observation of weather forecast for rig move window including preload hours.
- Review of Soil condition reports for location for anticipation of expected penetration.
- Ensure the jacking system & motors have planned maintenance completed up to date and are ready for operation.
- The drilling package and cantilever are secured per the rig's operation manual.
- Cranes and loose items are secured in accordance with the best seamanship practices while securing watertight doors/hatches during the rig move.
- Towing is available, maintained up to date equipment is ready and certified as required.
- Spare equipment should be considered and highlighted if not available.
- Mooring winches are maintained up to date and ready for operation.
- Arrange and participate in rig move meetings.
- Maintains records of associated documents/files and moves history to ensure that full and accurate records are kept.
- Watertight integrity checks.
Stability
- Assures daily accurate rig loading, leg reactions, supplies of fuel/water and centers of gravity are kept within the design limits for the safe operation of the unit.
- Calculate the daily load criteria to ensure the installation satisfies the operation and stability requirements.
- During loading ensures that deck loading is within the loading criteria in accordance with rig design and operation manual.
Lifting Operations
- Supervises and directs loading/unloading and movement of all cargo including supervising & planning for crane critical, complex lifting operations and personnel transfer, onboard and outboard the unit.
- Direct deck crew to move/load/unload critical items considering the unit load distribution calculations to ensure security of the lifted items & personnel.
Drilling / Work over Operations
- Liaise and co operate with the drilling crew to ensure safe and smooth running of operations.
- Assign crew members to work in drilling operations as required.
Management of Major Emergencies
- To be part of the Rig's Emergency Response Team as detailed in the Emergency Plan and in Company Procedures.
- Ensure that all personnel are instructed in the applicable procedures in the case of an emergency.
- Ensure that Well Control and general safety drills are held and recorded in accordance with Company and Regulatory requirements.
Inspections & Certifications
- Prepares and participates in various inspection and survey activities in accordance with Class and statutory requirements and any other local/country/authority or regulatory body surveys.
- Maintain the unit's statutory certification and records as required by Class and Flag or any other mandatory regulations, STCW convention issued by IMO etc. or any other local country/authority regulatory body.
Materials & Equipment
- Monitors all preventive maintenance activity for marine, helideck, navigation, firefighting, lifesaving equipment onboard the unit and ensure the timely execution of such maintenance and ensure that all lifting equipment are certified and kept in good working condition.
- Liaises with the OIM and Maintenance Department to ensure incorporation of maintenance/repairs, Class, and other audits outstanding recommendations works.
- Prepares hull and tank painting annual plans and reviews completion quarterly.
Helicopter Operations
- Ensures that the Helicopter operations are occurred safely & according to the aviation authorities, standards & regulations and maintain valid certification for the helideck.
Housekeeping
- Ensure that the work areas are clean and orderly prepared, free of hazards prior to & upon completion of the work, task, or repairs by the deck crew.
- Direct the dispose of the debris as per the company hazardous material segregations policy / waste management policy taking into consideration the environmental & safety impacts.
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