QA Captain

• Evaluate and monitor contractor officer acceptance, ensuring adherence to industry best practices and conducting incident investigations. In addition
• ensure the safe operation of vessels that support numerous Saudi Aramco departments, which include, but are not limited to Terminal, Producing, Drilling & Workover (D&WO), and Industrial Security. Every vessel that works in the Saudi Aramco offshore concession areas is inspected by a QA&CU Captain. QA&CU.
• conduct all Marine Department vessel on hire inspections to ensure safe operation in Saudi Arabian concession areas and in addition to Marine, QA&CU.
• conduct all vessel on hire inspections for offshore projects department, which when combined, is a significantly large number of vessels per year. QA&CU has teams that operate permanently out of Ras Tanura and West Pier and frequently send QA&CU captains to Abu Ali Pier, Juaymah Pier, Duba, Jeddah and Jizan.
• Ensuring vessel and personnel compliance to regulations, instructions and guidelines ensures that every aspect of oil and gas operations offshore is conducted in a safe manner from supporting surveying, drilling, production and finally the export of oil and gas. In addition to this, the security of Saudi Aramco and Saudi Arabian assets is supported by ensuring safety and compliance for offshore security operations.
• Conducting vessel inspections such as on-hire inspections, return to service inspections, safety inspections, drill audits and comprehensive environmental health assessments.
• Conducting navigation audits, offshore assessments, and industry best practice inspections such as OVID.
• Performing incident investigation and recommendation close-outs.
• Maintaining and reviewing the Department's safety management systems.
• Maintaining and reviewing the Offshore Manual.

• Hold a STCW II/2 Master Mariner Unlimited License.
• A degree or diploma in nautical science is preferred.
• Minimum of eight years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry and at least two years working as a Captain.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships and work effectively in a team.
• Must be able to communicate fluently in both oral and written English.

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