Barge Master

Stena Drilling Limited; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call stability and safety program

Job summary

Stena Drilling Limited is seeking an experienced professional to lead the Offshore Marine Department. You will supervise DP operations, maintain certifications, and ensure safe, compliant marine activities in UK waters.

The role involves deputising for the Master/OIM, coordinating deck and marine teams, and driving risk assessments and incident investigations to uphold safety and efficiency at sea.

Qualifications

• UK Class 1 Master Mariner certificate or entitlement.
• DP certificate/competence as required for offshore operations.
• Extensive experience on Anchored/DP drilling units.
• Experience as Control Room Operator/DP Officer on drilling vessels.

Responsibilities

• Act as Head of the Marine Department Offshore and oversee marine operations.
• Deputise for Master/OIM in their absence on the vessel.
• Review and update risk assessments with marine crews regularly.
• Supervise safety drills and emergency team training to company standards.
• Coordinate workload and supervise deck crew for safe operations.
• Ensure DP and mooring operations meet best practices.
• Maintain marine certification, logs, and equipment registers.
• Oversee budget, compliance with SMS, and incident investigations.

Skills

Maritime leadership

Risk assessment

Safety drills

Emergency training

DP operations

Leadership

Education

UK Class 1 Master Mariner

DP Certificate

Tools

DP equipment know-how

Job description

Some of the duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Acts as Head of the Marine Department Offshore.


• Deputises for Master/OIM in the event that the Master/OIM becomes incapacitated, second
  in command of the Vessel.


• Reviews and updates Risk Assessments & Rig Specific Work Methods with Marine crews on a regular basis. Ensure the appropriate Risk Assessment is reviewed prior to the commencement of each task. Update Risk Assessments and Rig Specific Work Methods and Procedures, following task completion where lessons learned can positively affect future similar operation.


• Responsibilities as SECT Owner and Verifier for personnel within Marine Dept.


• Supervise safety drills and emergency team training, ensuring that they are carried out in accordance to the company’s expectations.


• Where there is no appointed Safety Officer on the vessel, to act as Safety Officer.


• Organise the workload of the deck crew, ensuring safe, efficient and effective operations.


• Ensure that Dynamic Positioning and/or Mooring Operations are conducted in accordance to the company’s expectations and in line with current Marine best practices.


• Supervise stability, stability calculations and ballast operations, and maintain the watertight integrity.


• Supervise loading and unloading operations.


• Ensure the COSHH regulations are adhered to in their department.


• Ensure safe stowage of hazardous materials (including radioactive sources, explosives etc.).


• Control of Helicopter operations.


• Inspect and maintain all lifting appliances onboard and keep register of all lifting equipment up to date.


• Maintain the marine certification and paperwork, ensuring that it is kept in date.


• Maintain marine planned maintenance including all marine, fire-fighting, and lifesavingequipment.


• Ensure Marine and Control Room logs are maintained correctly.


• Maintain regular contact with and instruct the stand-by vessel of operational requirements.


• Ensure a supply of cement to the cement unit surge tank during cementing operations, whilston duty.


• Comply with the Permit to Work System, ensuring compliance within the Marine department.


• Control Marine budget.


• Shall act as Ships Security Officer under the auspices of the ISPS code.


• Ensure that the Competence Assurance of the marine Department is dealt with in a timelymanner and to the expectations of the company and address all outstanding and overduestandards/elements.


• Ensure that Offshore Marine Appraisals are conducted in accordance to company proceduresand completed on schedule.


• Any other duties as required by Master/OIM and/or Shore based Management.


• Allocate tasks to Barge Engineer and provide adequate supervision in order to ensure that allsuch tasks are carried out in a safe and efficient manner.


• Responsible and accountable for the safety of the personnel working under their directionand shall be expected to conduct operations at all times in full compliance with companyprocedures (SMS).


• Identify and address any violations of procedures concerning personnel under theirdirection.


• Continuous or repeated violations of policies or procedures should be highlighted andbrought to the attention of the HoD/Master-OIM.


• Comply with the Management of Change Principle.


• Actively participate in accident/incident investigations when required.


• Review ORA’s ensuring they have appropriate and sufficient mitigations.


• Review Presight and Maximo data on a daily basis and promptly address overdue or failedtarget items that fall within department.



• Any other duties as required by the Master/OIM.

Suitable applicants should ideally have:

• Valid UK Class 1 (Master Mariner) Certificate of Competency or entitlement to obtain UK Class 1 (Master Mariner)


• Certificate of Equivalent Competency DP certificate


• Previous, extensive experience on a Anchored/DP Drilling Unit


• Exposure to operations in areas such as Control Room Operator/Dynamic Positioning Officer/Senior Dynamic Positioning Officer on a drilling vessel including extensive Watch keeping