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Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage, and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: DECK FOREMAN

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports the Deck Coordinator and ensures the safe and efficient operation of deck services in an environment in which statutory operational, safety and environmental policies are fully implemented.

• Directly controls the activities of the deck crew, operates’ as the Heli landing officer and has responsibility for the general housekeeping of the platform.

• Implementing work schedules prepared by the deck coordinator in a decisive and cost effective manner.

• The supervision and direction of the deck workforce including helicopter transit, crane & all lifting operations to achieve the desired objective

• Implementation and delegation of maintenance schedules on deck created by the CMMS

• Ensuring that all aspects of safety within control are implemented and maintained i.e., adequate personal protective measures are employed and permit to work instructions followed.

• Report of all unsafe/substandard conditions

• Leading “Tool Box” talks to maintain levels of safety awareness, particularly covering induction requirements of new personnel

• Full working knowledge and application of the facilities Safe System of Work (Permit of Work)

• Conduct and record Area Ownership site inspections.

• Participation in POWER initiative by completing at least one POWER observation per offshore rotation.

• Ensuring duties undertaken in safe and controlled manner relating to crane operations as follows

• Ensuring all per-work checks carried out prior to crane operations and logs maintained.

• Ensuring that all defects are reported, logged and checks made to ensure repairs are completed satisfactory

• The safe and proper operation within the SWL of the unit cranes in line with approved codes of practice and manufacture’s guidelines

• Close liaison with the maintenance personnel when engineering lifts are required to maximize safety and to ensure the efficient use to manning resources.

• Ensuring duties are coordinated and undertaken in a safe and controlled manner relating to HLO and HDA’s as follows.

• Advising helicopter pilots by radio of deck clearance and situations regarding crane working for their consideration prior to landing

• Applying the conditions laid down in company procedures and is aware of the impact on aircraft movement relating to Limited Radio Silence/crane operations.

• Heli-ops company procedures

• Safe conduct of personnel to and from helideck

• Operations and maintenance of helideck firefighting monitor’s emergency crash-box

• Monitor the condition of the firefighting suits and helideck netting and ensure the tension is to HSE requirements.

• Monitor helideck lighting and overall condition of the deck.

• Conferring with Deck Coordinator in the event of conflict of interest due to weather etc. re-personnel movement/airfreight uplift

• Overseeing passengers correctly dressing for helicopter transport and baggage equipment/material is loaded correctly.

• Direct supervision of helideck crew, ensuring they are competent in all helideck procedures e.g. firefighting, medivac, cassava procedures and give help and direction of Transit Clerk duties

• Assisting the supervisor during emergency exercises concerning helicopter evacuation or acting as directed by the OIM.

• Ensuring duties undertaken in safe and controlled manner relating to the responsible Competent Person Lifting (CPL) in overall charge of lifting operations on the installation or worksite

• Produce and assess lifting plans.

• Produce lifting Operation Certificates

• Carry out relevant risk assessment.

• Conduct toolbox talks.

• If required supervise the lifting operations

• Rigger loft operated and controlled in accordance with company procedures.

• Lifting equipment examiner

• Compilation and maintenance of comprehensive and accurate logs

• Delivery of effective handovers at shift change

• Accurate and complete handovers at the completion of the offshore rotation.

• Full working knowledge of the facilities Safe System of Work (Permit to Work)

• Computer literacy, maintaining good verbal and written communication with team and supervision.

• Training of other to carry out duties and routines.

• Supervision through stages of competence (Rigger and Lifting, Banksman Slinger, Crane Operations) to a level where personnel can be assessed as competent by a third party assessment process

• In the event of installation emergencies will be required to fulfil an emergency role with one of the Installation Emergency Response Teams (Fire Team Member/Leader, Helideck Crew, and Coxswain)

• Health & Safety

• Complies with all relevant Health, Safety, and Environmental requirements

• Actively participate in constituency safety meetings, group meetings, risk assessments, toolbox talks etc.

• Is an active member of the emergency response team (ERT) and maintain a fitness level to achieve Ithaca’s ERT standard

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Relevant years of experience in an offshore environment and be trained and assessed in accordance with recognized industry standards such as NSL-EAL, Opito, ECITB or equivalent.

• Ability to carry out level 2 risk assessments, prepare Lifting Operations Certificates with ISSOW, produce/assess lifting plans and conduct toolbox talks.

• Carry out audits on the lifting plans and Lifting Operations Certificates contained ISSOW

• Opito Stage 3, NSL EAL level 2 in Banksman/Slinger or equivalent

• and/or Opito Stage 3, NSL-EAL level 2, SVQ/NVQ in Rigging & Lifting or equivalent

• OPITO certified Helicopter Landing Officer

• Dangerous Goods by Air certification (IATA)

• Ithaca specific

• BOSIET

• MIST

• Installation specific induction

• Behavior based safety.

• Environmental stewardship

• Chemical Management, use and discharge.

• Accidental releases

• Specific Waste Awareness

• ISSOW

• Task Risk Assessment/Hazard ID

• Major Accident Hazard

• H2S Awareness

• Helideck Emergency Response Team Member

• Further Helideck Emergency Response Team Member

• Work at Height

• Donut Training – user

• Lifting Ops Plaining & RA

• Rigger/Lifting (as applicable)

• Banksman/Slinger stage 3/4

• Safety

• Be familiar with and understand the Company Health, Safety and Environment Policies and Procedures

• Technical Integrity

• Ability to deploy operational standards, policies, and producers to meet both regulatory and safety standards.

• Quality Assurance

• Ability to undertake work to meet acceptance criteria with respect to safety, health, and hygiene.

• Communication

• Clear, fluent and expressive use of verbal and written language to convey information and ideas. Requirement to raise any non-conformance to supervisor in timely fashion.

• Planning

• Ability to co-ordinate daily routines covering both the technical and administrative roles.

• Cost/Budget

• Requirement to control supplies of material/equipment and cost associated with them.

• Teamwork/Leadership

• Ability to provide guidance and motivation to terms and co-workers.

• Training

• Complete mandatory training required as defined in the relevant Offshore Training Matrix

• Adhere to the company Competence Framework

• Relevant experience in either onshore or offshore oil and gas industry or candidates with significant experience in similar onshore Hazardous Industries such as continuous processes petrochemical, nuclear or power generation

• The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role and be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and apply it in the workplace.

• Previous experience in use of SAP or similar CMMS preferred.