Dynamic Positioning (DP) Specialist & Technical Instructor

HORNBECK OFFSHORE®•Covington, LA

About The Position

The DP Specialist & Technical Instructor is responsible for creating and facilitating the Company’s DP assessment and training programs. This position is also responsible for facilitating other technical training courses as needed and will serve as a subject matter specialist to the Company’s DP function.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in any maritime related or training related coursework preferred; credentialed mariner with DP certificate from the Nautical Institute or OSVDPA is required.
Five to seven years of experience sailing as an officer with at least one year of training and development experience.
Excellent presentation skills, including written and verbal communication skills, and experience building successful relationships and partnerships at all organizational levels.
Ability to speak in front of a group and be easily understood.
Must have proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines, ensure confidentiality, and work with minimal supervision.
Strong attention-to-detail, troubleshooting and critical thinking skills required.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations related to DP and training.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of mariners, managers, executives, clients, and customers as needed.
Ability to proactively collaborate with others.
Must be willing to board and ride vessels to increase understanding of how this role supports our business.
Eyesight: Functional, correctable to 20/20.
Hearing: Functional, correctable to normal to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations in sound.
Speech: Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
Mobility: Unencumbered by physical limitations to perform the following activities: Sedentary work in an office environment that includes frequent sitting, occasional standing and walking, gross and fine motor dexterity for typing and reasonable lifting of office products up to 10 lbs.
Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of adult learning concepts is preferred.
Multi-lingual capabilities are preferred (English, Spanish/Portuguese).

Responsibilities

Conducts analysis and confers with operations leadership, functional subject matter specialists and others to determine relevant training needs
Reviews and keeps abreast of any DP related incidents; integrating “lessons learned” into DP training curricula
Manages DP CAAP and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs including maintaining curriculum and ensuring mariner completion compliance
Operates and maintains all aspects of the Company’s DP simulator equipment, including troubleshooting, communicating with vendors, updating software as necessary, and configuring simulation of both Company and industry DP events
Compiles data and analyzes previous and current year training requirements in order to prepare budgets and justify funds requested
Selects appropriate instructional procedures or methods such as individual training, group instruction, self-study, lectures, demonstrations, simulation exercises, role play, and computer-based training
Assists with obtaining and maintains the Simulator Training Program’s OSVDPA and Nautical Institute accreditations
Remains familiar with the DP Manual and all vessel Activity Specific Operating Guidelines (ASOGs) and Critical Activity Modes (CAMs) and integrates appropriate details into the Company’s training programs
Organizes and develops relevant training manuals, reference library, testing and evaluation procedures, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials
All other duties as assigned by management.