Dive Supervisor -Tacoma

A Resolve L-5 Diver is a Supervisory Commercial Diver with 3 years of experience within the field. They have above average skill levels and operate as a leader of a dive team without supervision.  The L-5 reports directly to the Operations Manager when deployed.  The Resolve diving supervisor should also know his / her own limitations and speak freely if he / she is uncomfortable in performing the assigned task.

Deployment Pay & Per Diem:
This is a project-based, deployable position requiring frequent domestic and/or international travel, often on short notice, to support salvage, wreck removal, and emergency response operations. Salvage Divers must be available for deployment to remote and offshore locations for varying durations based on operational needs. Deployed pay is provided for full-time employees during active field assignments in accordance with Resolve Marine deployed pay policies and applicable employment agreements. Per diem is provided to part-time employees for work-related travel or deployments away from the employee’s home base to offset meals and incidental expenses, with rates varying by location and assignment.

Resolve Marine is a commercial diving, ships husbandry, marine construction, maritime salvage and emergency response organization that provides services throughout the world. Our projects can take teams to remote locations for periods of time. Team cooperation is essential with members often required to take on additional responsibilities to help ensure the safety of each other and the success of the project. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicates with dive team, dive supervisor, and salvage master regarding detailed work scope, job schedule, progress of daily operations, scope changes and safety concerns; able to brief and debrief Divers regarding each dive.
• Ultimately responsible for dive operations and supervision of divers and for the safety of every member of the dive team
• Ultimately responsible for managing any safety incidents or accidents that may occur during diving operations.
• Ensures that a Dive Safety Plan is set for every job showing all the local emergency numbers and procedures specific to that job, effectively communicates plan to team.
• Manages, prepares, reads, understands, and delivers to the expectation of the Dive Plans, Dive Safety Plans and Salvage Plans.
• Responsible for preparing dive plans, dive safety plan and reading and understanding of salvage plan.
• Correctly completes all administrative aspects of job, including job-specific, employee-related Diving paper work which includes daily job reports, dive logs, JHAs, dive plans, and inspection results in a timely manner.
• Manages deck operations and all aspects of diving and salvage operations as required.
• Responsible to bring his/ her Dive Supervisor stamp (with all supervisor credentials located on the stamp) to all project sites.
• Responsible for writing the Dive Safety Plan (DSP), revising the DSP, and verifying all information on DSP.  Dive supervisors must call on-hire doctor/ medical service and relay the dive profiles and project details and inform doctor/ medical on-call service upon project completion.  As part of DSP, Dive Supervisors are responsible for calling local hospitals and hyperbaric facilities (where possible) to inform them about the project. 
• Verifies and sets up the entire onsite safety system with HSEQ and salvage officer / salvage master.
• Works with HSE and salvage officer / salvage master to implement work plans and JSA’s for specific tasks.
• Take appropriate safety precautions such as monitoring dive times and depths.
• Can ask any diver regardless of their level to act as a Standby Diver.
• Responsible for signing off on all Divers’ logbooks after each dive.
• Responsible for training and instruction of lower-level divers.
• Ensures dive crew has a clear understanding of all tasks assigned.
• Follows instructions and ensures that safety precautions are being followed while working.
• Is familiar with routine and emergency procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining own Commercial Dive log; must ensure each dive is logged and signed by the Dive Supervisor.
• Ensures that the provided diving equipment is working correctly and is suitable for the planned operation.
• Identifies and reports any equipment faults, other potential hazards, near misses or accidents.
• Become familiar with the Dive Safety Plan at the beginning of every job.
• It is the individual diver’s responsibility to ensure that all credentials, licenses, certificates, and registrations including annual dive physicals are valid and current to the expected standard.
• Other duties as assigned.