DIVE SUPERVISOR

T&T Companies•Galveston, TX

6d•$32 - $40

About The Position

The Dive Supervisor is responsible for planning and executing diving operations and for the safety and health of the dive team. The supervisor must maintain a current ADCI Supervisor Certification Card and be knowledgeable about the techniques, procedures, emergency procedures, and operating parameters for the diving mode under direct supervision. The role also requires current CPR/AED, First Aid, oxygen administration, blood-borne pathogens, and HAZWOPER credentials, as well as an annual medical evaluation confirming fitness to dive. The supervisor ensures that diving operations comply with applicable ADCI, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, OSHA, federal regulations, and the T&T Marine Salvage Dive Safe Practices and Operations Manual. The position includes directing the dive team, preparing plans and emergency procedures, overseeing equipment and diver safety, coordinating with the Person in Charge and other parties, and maintaining operational, diver, medical, and equipment records. The supervisor reports directly to the Diving Operations Manager. The role generally involves working in varied land- and water-based environments and weather conditions, including heat, cold, hyperbaric conditions, areas in and around heavy machinery and equipment, and an office environment.

Requirements

Reliable transportation to and from work.
Pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen and background check; submit to random, post-accident/injury, for-cause, and discretionary drug and alcohol testing.
Valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
Valid Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) Supervisor Certification.
Valid CPR and First Aid certifications; maintain currency in CPR/AED, First Aid, oxygen administration, blood-borne pathogens, and HAZWOPER.
Maintain an approved diving physical and be evaluated annually as fit to dive by a physician.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
Ability to build and lead effective teams, develop and maintain positive working relationships, and articulate objectives.
Strong ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines.
Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary group and as a team leader.
Knowledge and proficiency in the diving supervisor responsibilities and applicable requirements of 46 CFR 197 and OSHA 29 CFR Subchapter T.
Ability to work in varied land- and water-based environments and weather conditions, including heat, cold, hyperbaric conditions, areas around heavy machinery and equipment, and an office environment.

Responsibilities

Plan and execute diving operations, taking responsibility for the safety and health of the dive team.
Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, standards, and the T&T Marine Salvage Safe Practices and Operations Manual.
Maintain knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements, diving procedures, emergency procedures, operating parameters, and life-support and ancillary equipment.
Remain in immediate control while on duty and be available to implement emergency procedures; do not dive unless another qualified, designated supervisor assumes responsibility, except in an extremis lifesaving emergency.
Notify relevant parties before diving operations and ensure operations are conducted from a suitable and safe surface location.
Develop or modify and implement pre- and post-dive checklists, dive plans, and emergency and contingency procedures.
Ensure medical support procedures are known and that two-way communications for emergency assistance are available at the dive location.
Facilitate a Job Hazard Analysis for each task.
Ensure adequate breathing mixtures, supplies, and suitable equipment are available for safe and timely completion of tasks.
Assign dive-team duties and direct team members throughout diving operations; confirm personnel are qualified and physically able to perform their assigned work.
Assess divers’ physical condition before dives and ensure they report physical problems or physiological effects.
Ensure diving equipment is suitable, compliant, inspected before use, and in good working order; ensure required manuals, instructions, tables, schedules, and regulatory publications are available and current.
Brief the dive team and support personnel on tasks, hazards, environmental conditions, and operational or safety-procedure changes.
Maintain each diver’s required depth, bottom-time, breathing-mixture, and decompression profiles at the dive location, as applicable.
Ensure divers are continuously tended and that required communication systems are used.
Terminate dives under specified safety conditions, including diver request, communication failure, use of reserve gas, or unsafe weather or site conditions.
After each dive, check and document diver well-being, instruct divers to report symptoms, and advise them about decompression chamber location and post-dive travel hazards.
For applicable dives or treatment, ensure the diver remains awake and near a decompression chamber for at least one hour and that a trained team member is available to operate the chamber.
Complete required reports for accidents, incidents, suspected decompression sickness or gas embolism, deviations, and corrective actions; notify the Person in Charge promptly of diving-related casualties, accidents, or injuries.
Maintain and submit required operational, diver, medical treatment, and equipment maintenance, testing, and repair reports and records.
Review divers’ personal logbooks for accuracy and sign them; maintain a supervisor’s logbook and ensure required Person-in-Charge and dive-operation log information is recorded.
Review the T&T Marine Salvage Equipment Maintenance Database before each equipment mobilization to verify maintenance and regulatory compliance.
Coordinate required pre-operation reports and any changes to those reports with the Person in Charge.
Perform duties with sound judgment, safe practices, initiative, adaptability, versatility, independence, confidentiality, and effective teamwork.