Operations Supervisor

Job description / Role

About the company

Airswift are a global manpower provider specialising in the energy, infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.

Role overview

We are working with a major oil & gas operator to source for operations supervisor (4 Nos.). This is an initial 2 years contract role working on a residential basis 5 days per week / 8-10 hours per day to be based in Ras Laffan Industrial City.

Details

Title: Operations supervisor (4 Nos)
Start date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
Duration: Two (2) years initial contract with a possibility of extension
Location: Doha office or site (Ras Laffan Industrial City), Qatar
Working schedule: 5 days per week / 10 hours per day

Job purpose

Supervise operational shift activities conducted in an allocated work area to achieve and maintain optimum production levels in a safe manner through supervising panel officers, panel operators and field staff involved in monitoring and controlling equipment and process flows.

Key job accountabilities

• Reports to head of section.
• Plan, allocate and supervise the activities of subordinate staff in an allocated area to ensure operational targets are met with quality.
• Participate in the development and post-approval implementation of production procedures and practices. Conduct continuous reviews to identify potential enhancements.
• Participate in developing manpower plans for the deployment of staff and continually monitor progress and priorities, making necessary adjustments to meet changing needs.
• Perform safety and WM site audit according to established process and ensure compliance.
• Support operations coordinator in day-to-day maintenance planning and coordinate all activities to ensure equipment is in optimum operating condition and that downtime is kept to a minimum.
• Facilitate work continuity and procedural compliance through authorising works, logging of shift activities, ensuring availability of cost-effective levels of consumables and providing shift handover briefings.
• Inspect and control the work execution in all respects of the procedures, specifications, safety and environmental protection.
• Ensure required competencies of team members are met and identify training gaps, recommend and implement training and development programs for operators and on development program.
• Act as incident controller during emergencies in allocated area, with responsibility for deciding on first-line intervention action. Communicate and provide incident briefings to company superiors, as appropriate.
• Participate in RBWS, risk screening, re-hazop and safety cases to ensure a quality input to different risk management systems and processes.
• Prepare regular shift reports and adhoc reports requested by the line.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications:
Completion of secondary school education (12 years) and a vocational training programme certificate.

Knowledge and/or experience:
10 yearsu2019 experience in the oil and gas sector.
Substantial knowledge of all operational aspects of production equipment and control systems in the designated area.

Technical and business skills:
Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
Operational technical knowledge in the designated area of supervision.
Strong leadership skills.
Use of IT applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).