FJC Supervisor - Pipeline Production Group

Role Overview

FJC Supervisor - Pipeline Production Group at McDermott. The position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising all field joint coating activities, spares, personnel and inspection throughout offshore and onshore pipeline construction.

Role Purpose

Ensure pipeline weld coating integrity through proper surface preparation, coating application, curing and inspection in compliance with project specifications, international standards and project procedures. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams and interfaces with key stakeholders to achieve project objectives while ensuring coating application is compliant, resources are optimized, risks are mitigated, and pipelines are delivered to MDR safety and quality requirements on schedule and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Readiness

• Coordinate FJC readiness activities with respect to availability of FJC procedures, procedure qualification test coupons when required, coating consumables and spares for coating equipment, and approved FJC coating technicians prior to start of production coating as per project schedule.
• Review the planned FJC cycle time and ensure the execution of pipeline FJC as per the cycle time and guide personnel in case of any issues.
• Responsible for firing line and onsite FJC activities by ensuring readiness, resolving startup issues, ensuring sufficient FJC calibrated equipment including test instruments, FJC consumables, and monitoring actual FJC cycle time against planned.

Supervision & Operations

• Supervise, implement and monitor FJC coating activities at firing line and onsite construction stations as per inspection plans and procedures in alignment with project approved procedures and international standards during offshore and onshore pipeline construction.
• Supervise and monitor field joint coating operations including surface preparation, coating consumables handling, setup of coating station, functionality, maintenance and performance of automatic and semi-automatic equipments.
• Manage FJC coating personnel, assign daily tasks, monitor productivity and ensure proper use of equipment and consumables.
• Assess competency of coating technicians, arrange training and mentor the team to develop skills.
• Coordinate the training and development of the workforce to improve the FJC methodology and good workmanship practices.

Quality Assurance & Inspection

• Ensure first line inspection of coating activities by reviewing coating consumable certificates, carrying out procedure qualification test, calibration of coating and testing equipments.
• Liaise with PPG welding engineer and QCI for fit up and visual inspections to ensure compliance with project specification and procedures.
• Coordinate with coating technicians for marking repairs on coated joints correctly.
• Ensure PQT coupons and PQT are carried out during construction as per the frequency including inspection tests as per approved procedures when required by project.
• Ensure compliance with MDR HSE requirements and quality assurance procedures throughout all stages of pipeline operations.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Liaise with field and production engineer, barge superintendent, QC, certifying authority, PPG coating lead, welding supervisor, equipment lead and welding lead during pipeline construction to ensure timely clearance for production continuity.
• Liaise with FJC lead for coating related operational and technical matters during system setup, production coating and inspection during pipeline construction.
• Interface with client representatives and third-party inspectors during audits and inspections when required.
• Participate in daily coordination meetings, safety and quality toolbox talks with construction and QHSES team.

Reporting & Documentation

• Maintain accurate records of FJC coating operations, including joints coating completed, equipment details, repair records, downtime due to FJC and station timing.
• Support final project documentation including coating statistics, inspection summaries and quality records.
• Maintain and submit detailed daily reports of weld joints FJC coated, breakdown of equipments, traceability of coating materials, acceptance rates, defect types, repair statistics and records of all FJC activities, progress and resource utilization. The daily report shall be shared with PPG team.

Project Participation

• Participate in kick-off meetings, readiness reviews including lessons learned during project setup, coating procedure qualification test and pipeline installation.
• Ensure close out of project and provide lessons learned during construction.
• Provide feedback to improve the field joint coating process to ensure high productivity and consistent coating quality during procedure qualification test and pipeline construction.
• Monitor production KPI, minimize downtime and document lessons learned.

Technical Support

• Troubleshoot technical issues and ensure compliance to approved procedures.
• Provide technical support to resolve day-to-day issues during pipeline construction.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or diploma in mechanical engineering or related field preferred.
• Certification in FROSIO, NACE Level II with Level III preferred.
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of hands-on experience in pipeline coating operations preferably on offshore projects.
• At least 2 years in supervisory role.
• Knowledge of anticorrosion field coating, internal coating, in-fill coating with different coating systems.
• Proficiency in reading technical drawings, FJC procedures and inspection plan documents.
• Experience working on pipelay vessels, lay barges or similar offshore assets preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Valid BOSIET, HUET and offshore medical certificate preferred.

Additional Information

• Reference: #LI-DA1