Dredging Superintendent
Job in
Abu Dhabi, UAE/Dubai
Listed on 2026-08-06
Listing for:
NMDC
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-06
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Civil Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Engineer, Safety Engineer -
Construction
Civil Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Manage and be responsible for day to day dredging activities on a project
- Provide the Dredging Works manager with input for the development of the detailed project plan
- Ensure that dredging activities are executed as per project plan
- Provide weekly report to the Works Manager on milestones, work/ done, progress, budget, issues and planning
- Delegate specific responsibilities to dredge supervisor and Sr. dredge masters(s) and analyze their daily reports. Assess performance and suggest efficiency improvement activities. Identify risks and appropriate mitigations; elevate if necessary to Works
- Monitor, evaluate and control activities of subcontractors
- Ensure cooperation between project team members and a smooth data/ information transfer to internal and if applicable, external stakeholders
- Coordinate and plan optimal staffing for dredging related activities
- Cooperate constructively, efficiently and effectively with Technical-, QA/HSE-, Estimation & Operational Advisory departments
- Ensuring that risks and impacts are properly communicated to all supervisors and workers, and that work is carried out safely on a daily basis
- Making sure that the project activities comply with HSE regulations and requirements
- Carrying out inspections, reporting nonconformities and ensuring that these are followed up
- Ensuring that all employees understand the HSE regulations
- Ensuring that accidents, near-misses and hazardous situations are reported and corrective actions are implemented on site
- Proposing measures to prevent risks for personnel
- Responsibilities towards emergency response are defined in the Emergency Response Plan
- Follow the daily, weekly Operational planning
- Plan upcoming activities (weekly) with WM & SDM
- Actively involved in the Mobilization/Demobilization
- Execution daily activities
- Daily reporting items towards Project Management.
- ensure that the ship and all auxiliary equipment under his supervision is checked, that it is in good condition, and that defects are reported
- Check that all hired plant equipment is safe and where appropriate periodic tests and inspections reports are available
- Ensure that work under his control is carried out safely and without risk to health
- Establish chapters of the final report of the Project-operations pertaining to performance, production, soil data and other price influencing elements
- The Progress of the Works, own works and subcontractor's work
- Takes control of the dredging process on daily base, checks productions and determines how to improve the productions in accordance with site constraints
- Engineering Master / bachelor's degree or an equivalent professional qualification
- 5 years of experience on dredging projects in relevant role
- PMP certification will be an asset
- In depth understanding of dredging processes/use of dredging equipment/ land reclamation/ pipelines, cutter types, pick points etc
- Ability to transform raw data (CSV-files, loggings) into readable format and ability to interpret this format and come to relevant conclusion based on the converted raw date
- Implement dredging methodologies
- Analytic capability
- Leadership capabilities
- Ability interacts with crew, SDM
- Ability to take responsibility and suggest decision based on the knows and unknowns
- Ability to link survey-results (calculation, heights, benchmarks, charts, tolerances, etc.) to contractual implications
- Ability to work autonomous
- Having a problem-solving mind and able to spread this attitude amongst his project team
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