Barge Superintendent

NMDC Energy; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

NMDC Energy seeks an experienced Barge Supervisor to oversee all operations on an offshore barge in the UAE region. You will manage personnel, coordinate with the base, ensure fuel/water supply, and supervise maintenance and safety procedures to maintain high productivity and safe operations.

Responsibilities include warehousing, catering services, scheduling leave, and resolving personnel issues. Strong leadership and offshore experience are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Good standard of English.
• All offshore safety training requirements.
• 15-18 years experience with offshore barge, structure and pipe laying.
• Organizational and leadership skills.
• Superior knowledge of offshore operations.
• Effective contractual and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• General administration and supervision of the barge with responsibility for personnel and equipment onboard.
• Coordinate with base for barge administration, progress reporting, and future barge requirements.
• Ensure proper fuel and water supply to the barge and support vessels by coordinating with the base.
• Coordinate maintenance of barge equipment and repairs, spares as needed.
• Supervise external and internal maintenance including painting, cleaning and housekeeping.
• Suggest and implement barge modifications for better operations and productivity.
• Supervise warehousing of stores on the barge and optimize space usage.
• Ensure proper catering services to barge personnel.
• Resolve personnel problems when unable to be resolved by juniors.
• Schedule leaves to ensure continuous operations on the barge.
• Promote safety consciousness and ensure installation safety measures are followed.

Skills

Offshore leadership

Safety training

English proficiency

Barge operations knowledge

Pipe laying experience

Organizational leadership

Offshore operations knowledge

Contractual/technical skills

Problem resolution

Night shift attitude

Job description

Job Description

Description

Responsibilities

1. General administration and overall supervision of the barge with responsibility of all personnel and equipment onboard the barge.
2. Coordination with base for administration of the barge, progress reporting, future barge requirements and other relevant important matters.
3. Ensuring proper fuel and water supply to the barge and supporting vessels by co-coordinating with the base.
4. Ensuring periodical maintenance of barge equipment and co-ordination for their repairs, spare parts etc.
5. Control and supervision of external and internal maintenance of the barge including painting, cleaning and relevant repairs to ensure good housekeeping.
6. Suggesting to base and implementation of barge modifications for better operations of the barge and improved productivity.
7. Supervision of warehousing of stores on the barge and to ensure efficient use of available space and proper storage of all barge and project material.
8. Ensuring proper catering services to barge personnel.
9. Resolving personnel problems of the barge personnel if cannot be resolved by juniors/subordinates.
10. Scheduling of leave breaks for barge personnel ensuring that all operations are effectively carried out all the time on the barge.
11. Motivation for safety consciousness amongst all personnel on the barge and ensures that safety measures of installation procedures are implemented on the barge.

Qualifications

• High school or equivalent
• Good standard of English
• All offshore safety training requirements
• 15- 18 years experience with proven offshore barge experience, structure as well as pipe laying.
• Organizational and leadership skill, night attitudes
• Superior knowledge of all aspects of offshore operations.
• Effective contractual and technical skills.