Marine & Helicopter Coordinator

Sector: Offshore Wind

Types: Contract

Location: Lincolnshire

Region: Grimsby

Country: United Kingdom

Salary/Rate: Competitive

**JOB ID: #4993**

**Marine & Helicopter Coordinator**

**Location**:Grimsby

**Description & Responsibilities**

Marine & Helicopter Coordination is a key support function within the Offshore Operations & Logistics department of Construction, enabling safe operations offshore, safe transit and access to the OWF, assets within the OWF and emergency response during the construction of an OWF.

**The Coordinator is responsible for executing**:

- Personnel Tracking - whereabouts of people working on asset projects offshore at all times
- Marine Traffic Control - access to the OFW according to custody, timing, workscope
- Airspace coordination - safe flight operations to, on and from the OWF
- Monitoring of weather & marine operations on the OWF
- Emergency Response & Emergency response planning
- Surveillance & vessel avoidance,
- Liaison & Advisory - Documentation / HSE / Marine Inspection / Helicopter Operators
- Statutory Reporting - Pollution / Lighting / Drifting buoys / Vessel Infringement

**Key Tasks**:

- Emergency response coordination; acting as the front line person responsible for coordinating the response as well as liaising with relevant parties such as project staff and/or external agencies.
- Vessel / helicopter traffic control as per agreed coordination protocols, procedures and processes.
- People, vessel and communications tracking
- Manage WTG access restrictions
- Ensure that all vessel allocations and unforeseen changes to the daily plan/schedule optimise the efficient use of the vessels available.
- Operate the offshore management system ensuring;
- all offshore personnel have the correct certification
- all assets are maintained to the latest status
- Liaise with local stakeholders as required.
- Provide weather forecasting and observation system data, and interpret to provide advice and recommendations to Project and Vessel Masters
- Manage relationship on a day-to-day basis with weather data and observation system providers (for example, get problems with data or sources of data resolved).

**Requirements**:

- Experienced in Marine Coordination, over 2 years.
- Competent in the use of Supplier Database for Offshore Operations
- Competent with Radio Communications
- Computer literate
- Familiarity with Maritime Certification
- Capable of working as part of Team, proactive, working under pressure and engages well with organisation
- Experienced in Emergency Response offshore