Life Support Technician / Gas Management Technician

Job Location: Offshore Newfoundland, onboard the DSV, Deep Explorer

Job Purpose: Operationally the Life Support Technician is there to support the Senior/ Life
Support Supervisor and assist with the maintenance of depth, all aspects of hygiene/ chamber environment and Gas Management whilst there are divers in saturation.

Reporting lines and interactions:

Hierarchically reports to: Offshore People Manager

Operationally reports to: Senior / Life Support Supervisor

Directly supervises: Assistant Life Support Technician and Divers within the chamber
complex.

Key interactions (internally, externally): Dive Supervisors, Dive Technicians, OMT, Deck Crew, Galley Staff and Bridge Crew, Training and Competence Department, Diving Regional Manager

Job Scope (budget, management, specific criteria):

Management

• Assisting with all relevant aspects of the dive system including, Sat control panels, Hyperbaric Lifeboat launch evacuation, dive system operational and emergency procedures
• Liaising with the Life Support Supervisor, Dive Supervisor and Dive Technicians as to the readiness of the equipment and personnel under his direct authority
• Ensuring all shift handovers are carried out clearly and concisely, ensuring relevant information is logged within the handover log
• Ensuring a detailed daily log is kept of all diver movements, dive activities, system breakdowns
• Ensuring all operational or system changes are managed in accordance with company MOC process
• Actively participating in feedback and review of Dive Manuals, updating Dive Systems Operations/Emergency Manual, Dive System Design Documentation and developing emergency training/drills

Safety

• Chamber environmental control and gas analysis are maintained within company guidelines
• Dive system emergency training and familiarisation is carried out in accordance with company guidelines
• Dive system firefighting equipment operational awareness and all relevant personnel are fully familiarised
• All pressure related injuries/ incidents are dealt with in accordance of the company manuals, with any additional local legislative requirements reported appropriately
• All equipment entering the chamber complex has been checked for compatibility and fit for purpose
• Logging and supervision of administering medicines as advised by a qualified doctor

Operations

• Maintaining system storage and any changes affecting the integrity of the dive system
• Diver briefings are carried out in accordance with company guidelines and logged appropriately
• Planning and ongoing management of readiness of project equipment
• Ensure all system checks and operations are carried out by competent personnel
• All saturation procedures are carried out in accordance with the company manuals
• Assist in planning and ongoing management of quantities of gases and consumables to meet operational and minimum levels
• Ensure company hygiene procedures for chamber internal and external are followed and logged appropriately

Technical / Systems

• Logging of any incidents involving equipment malfunction or failure
• Equipment failures/ issues are captured within the system defects log and reported accordingly
• Ensure all documentation in use is relevant and traceable within the FMS/BMS or exerts from vendor operational manuals

People

• Ongoing personnel mentoring, appraisals, feedback and assistance with competency portfolios
• Continued logging of all relevant details within their personnel lob book
• Familiar with the Company’s Key Human Resources Policies and Procedures

Qualifications (professional, technical, academic):

Essential:

Industry Certification (IMCA)

• IMCA recognised Assistant LST training course, IMCA LST Certificate UK and Norwegian Legislation
• Meets the minimum IMCA requirements for experience and competency

Company Required Certification

• Completed a recognised Advanced First Aid/ DMT course
• Valid Offshore Survival Certificate
• Valid Offshore Medical Certificate
• Completed Operators HMCS Skills Verification training – MOS-HR-007 (Deep Arctic / Deep Explorer)
• Valid DCBC Certification

Typical background and experience required:

Essential:

Practical Knowledge

• Industry and local legislation/ guidance ensuring compliance
• TechnipFMC Group Values and Diving Safety Management System (DSMS) demonstrable in daily activities.
• Documented experience working with PLC Based Hyperbaric Monitoring & Control System (HMCS) within the past 12 months.
• Fully familiar with the COBRA charging procedures.
• Company FMS/BMS, SMS and vessels ISSOW

Additional information:

Personal Qualities

• Effective communicator, reporting all relevant information to and from management clearly and concisely; listening to others and prepared to receive feedback
• Good time and team management, identifying priorities and remaining focused on outcomes
• Proactive and shows initiative towards improvements in the work site and safety awareness within the team
• Sets realistic goals which are achievable and measurable, motivating others and acknowledging achievement
• Accepts responsibility for own behavior and actions
• Self-motivated, can work unsupervised and has good organizational skills

Team Member Behavioral Qualities

• Showing initiative and ‘self-starting’
• Constructive and responsive to supervisor’s / manager’s requests
• Learning and developing skills and knowledge
• Listening to others and prepared to receive feedback
• Cooperating with others and adapting to change
• Mutual support and coaching of colleagues
• Accepting responsibility for own behaviour / actions
• Appropriate self-confidence / awareness of limitations
• Raising concerns assertively but calmly
• Demonstrating respect for others

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Salary: $900.00-$1,100.00 per day

Work Location: In person