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Offshore Installation Manager

Offshore Installation Manager required for a Major Offshore Windfarm Developer in the Northeast.

Offshore Installation Manager required for a Major Offshore Windfarm Developer in the Northeast.

Responsibilities:
* Plan feeder vessel load-outs and provide lookahead for port operations
* Ensure that a high focus on HSE at the site, e.g. by participating in regular operational safety assessments / safety walks (planned and executed with support from HSE Advisors)
* Coordinate the work of the main contractors on site, i.e. SGRE, Crowley and Gateway
* Supervise load-out operations and issue DPRs for the feeder vessel while in port
* Perform final walkdown of feeder vessel after completion of load-out
* Liaise with the offshore construction team and plan feeder vessel departure from and return to port
* Monitor progress of SGRE WTG component delivery, pre-assembly and readiness for load-out
* Oversee and manage equipment on barge and stock of spare parts in New London
* Facilitate MWS and CVA site attendance as required
* Reporting
* Engineering support related to load-out, transport, transfer and installation
* Weather forecast assessment and operability reviews
* DPR post-processing and analysis (for both onshore and offshore part)

Requirements:
* 5+ years of prior experience with offshore installation/loadouts.
* GWO offshore access, medically fit for offshore works
* Good working knowledge of lifting and marine operations standards
* Understanding QHSE management principles
* Experience and/or qualification in construction, engineering or marine operations
* Prior experience with installation of wind turbines or marine construction
* Some knowledge or proficiency in BIMCO & FIDIC contracts advantageous but not essential
* strong focus on safety.
* Some level of technical understanding of lifting operations and marine transportation.
* Good communication skills, as this role will, to a large extent, focus on the management of contractors.
* An understanding of the various stakeholders involved in the construction of offshore wind farms in the US.
* Curiosity and motivation to learn to know an industry that is still very much growing and evolving in the US.