Work Location: Base Office (30 km away from the city centre)
Position Schedule: 1 year (renewable)
Education: Degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Hydrography, Territorial Engineering
Experience:
- More than 10 years of experience in Surveyor, Survey Coordinator, Survey Party Chief positions within oil and gas Offshore Engineering and Construction industry;
- Minimum 5-7 years of international experience as Project Surveyor/ Survey Lead on medium-to large-scale and complex offshore projects.
Skills and Competences:
- Capability to prepare the scope of work and technical specifications for survey works relevant to the pipelines and subsea structures, such as survey activities during installation (assistance, during laying, metrology, etc.), as-laid/as-built surveys and external and internal inspections of in-service assets. Capability to interpret pipeline survey data and lay down target box. Capability to prepare, update and verify the plan for marine surveys defining requirements for vessel positioning, instrumentation and data processing;
- Capability to use all types of survey instrumentation. Understand the limitations of the instrumentation used. Identify the best survey method for specific activities;
- Knowledge of methodologies and tools for topographical data gathering. Capability to read and interpret topographic technical project documents and calculate topographical coordinates using appropriate tools, such as foundation plans, longitudinal section, reading plans, underground drawings;
- Knowledge of applications and typologies of Survey Tools such as Theodolite, Laser scan, Optical Level, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, SC4WSurveyMax, etc.;
- Capability to plan and optimise the resources deployment (people, materials and infrastructure required to carry out project activities) in line with the project time schedule ensuring continuous monitoring and control
Languages: Azerbaijani (fluent); English (fluent)
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate a Survey Department or Team and supply Survey and Positioning services to projects through the subordinate staff;
- Plan and maintain the required levels of suitability of the qualified and competent Survey and Positioning personnel;
- Define with the Line Manager all decisions and strategic orientations in order to optimize costs and human resources for the ongoing projects;
- Provide support to subordinate staff in terms of resources, office space and accommodation;
- Define the allocation of people and supervise their work;
- Review scopes of work for new projects and ensure that selected Survey systems, methodologies and personnel are adequate for the Client and meet operational requirements;
- Assist the Project Management Team for the definition/optimization of survey and positioning services;
- Maintain a continuous dialog with PMs, VOMs and Vessel Superintendents;
- Develop Department or Team budgets and forecasts;
- Guarantee an adequate development and training of subordinate staff;
- Plan and supervise the Survey and Positioning aspects of vessel mobilizations;
- Ensure that dedicated equipment is managed efficiently among projects;
- Establish and maintain standards for charting of data for all survey tasks;
- Ensure that project data is logged from arrival in the office and tracked through to offsite archiving;
- Assist the personnel recruitment by taking part in the vetting of CVs, interviews and final decisions;
- Ensure that offshore Survey Teams are balanced in terms of experience and competence;
- Assist the Procurement Department with selection and procurement of Survey systems and equipment;
- Revise or facilitate the revision of Survey and Positioning Frame Agreements;
- Evaluate new vendor technical bids and suggest to Procurement the most suitable tender invitation list;
- Provide or facilitate input to proposals and other commercial activities;
- Liaise with Corporate Survey in order to keep Corporate Criteria up to date;
- Maintain survey and positioning work instructions and ensure that revisions are implemented as required;
- Maintain a watching brief on new survey technology that may enhance offshore Survey operations;
- Fulfil the role of Project Surveyor when required and where time allows;
- Assist with the development and maintenance of Survey methods for new systems or market sectors;
- Conduct all activities following Company Procedures and Work Instructions;
- Adhere to Company safety, health and environmental procedures and policies.
Applications to be submitted to [email protected] indicating position title in the subject line
