SUMMARY OF MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1) Supervises by providing work direction to assigned QP/contractor staff engaged in the maintenance, running and deployment of oil pollution control equipment including fast boom layers.
2) Prepares and follows a planned maintenance programme to ensure minimum breakdowns and maximum availability of equipment, keeping records of same. Allocates tasks to subordinates, personally supervises the more complex tasks, ensuring that all maintenance works are being carried out correctly.
3) Diagnoses mechanical and electrical problems and allocates personnel to carry out the necessary repairs. Personally supervises test running of all repaired equipment to ensure repair has been carried out correctly.
4) Run training sessions for QP. staff and outside individuals. Training sessions include one day of theoretical training involving lecturing and videos plus one day of practical training on the application of oil pollution control equipment.
5) Participates fully in mock and real exercises as and when directed by Regional Clean Sea Organization RECSO. (Previous GAOCMAO). Ensures equipment is readily dispatched, on request, to any RECSO member state. Liaises with the Qatar’s Environmental Protection Committee (EPC) to ensure mutual arrangements with regard to oil spill contingency plans and equipment.
6) Prepares the Section’s budget costs and submits to Field Engineer for approval taking into account both capital and operating items.
7) Ensures that adequate stocks of spare parts and materials are available to maintain equipment in the top class condition, keeping records of same. Stands in for Marine Engineer during emergency situations.
8) Stands in for field Engineer as and when required.
9) Participates in scheduled/unscheduled maintenance and repairs as well as hose changes and mooring equipment change out.
10) Liaises with Marine Engineers to ensure that pollution control equipment based offshore are kept in good operating conditions.
11) Undertakes and run training programme on offshore location for Marine Staff (Offshore) to ensure the efficiency of the equipment as well as the offshore supporting team reliability in case of emergency alert.
12) Liaises with other Q.P. Offshore Operation sites such as Ras Laffan Industrial Area and Mesaieed Industrial Area to ensure the availability of pollution equipment and operational team in case of oil spill.
13) Liaises with Marine Electrical section to ensure all related equipment, power packs are in good operational condition.
14) Participates in chartered vessels inspection with regard to oil pollution control equipment on board and submit written report for the same to the Field Engineer.
15) Prepares dry docking lists for FBL’s (Fast Boom Layer), showing all works required with detailed specifications of necessary repair work.
16) Supervised dry docking maintenance work undertaken at yards, personally attends the site and checks the work being carried out to ensure required standards are being met.
17) Liaises with workshop stores supervisor to ensure that all pollution control spares are correctly maintained, stored and delivered to operational sites as required.