Position Description

The Dive Supervisor is assigned by the diving contractor and is responsible for overseeing all diving operations of assigned dive projects, including giving orders, health, and safety concerns, and ensuring all equipment is in safe working order. Global is seeking a Dive Supervisor in our Anchorage, Alaska, office. This person will report to the company's Regional Dive Operations Manager. The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

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Position Essential Job Functions

Project Logistics:

The Diving Supervisor shall be knowledgeable and familiar with all techniques, procedures, emergency procedures, and operational parameters for the diving mode under his or her direct supervision

In carrying out these responsibilities, the diving supervisor's duties shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:

• Be fully cognizant of all relevant governmental regulatory agency regulations that apply to the diving operation and the diving mode employed
• Understand and comply with the employer's basic safe practices/preparations manual. See that all rules and regulations are followed
• Have adequate knowledge, training, and familiarization with all life-support and ancillary equipment designated to the diving operation
• While on duty, be in immediate control and be available to implement emergency procedures. The diving supervisor is not permitted to dive unless another qualified diver, who has also been appointed and designated to assume responsibility, is present 
• Ensure diving operations are carried out from a suitable and safe location on the surface
• Develop. or modify and produce pre-dive and post-dive checklists for the operation
• Develop and implement emergency/contingency procedures
• Be aware of the procedures to follow to obtain medical support in the event of an accident, either diving or non-diving-related 
• Ensure a two-way communication system is available at the dive location to obtain emergency assistance
• Perform a Job Safety Analysis for each task undertaken
• Establish a dive plan ensuring that sufficient breathing mixtures, supplies, and proper equipment are available for the safe and timely completion of the job task
• Assign the duties of all members of the dive team and personally direct them throughout the diving operation
• Personally verify that all personnel on the dive team are qualified and physically able to perform the tasks assigned 
• Make an assessment of the physical condition of the divers prior to each dive to determine if any physical impairment is present that would be detrimental to the divers' health and safety in the water or under hyperbaric conditions 
• Follow International Consensus Standards For Commercial Diving And Underwater Operations

Ensure that the diving equipment designated for use is:

• Suitable for the planned diving operation
• Sufficient to meet regulatory requirements for the diving mode used
• Inspected before each dive and is in good working order
• Ensure that all relevant operating instructions, manuals, decompression tables, treatment schedules, and regulatory publications are available at the dive location and are maintained to reflect current changes and/or developments

Ensure the detailed briefing of his or her diving team and support personnel, including:

• Tasks to be undertaken
• Unusual hazards or environmental conditions
• Make modifications to standard procedures or safety procedures necessitated by the specific diving operation
• Maintain a depth, bottom time, and breathing mix profile at the dive location for each diver during the dive

Ensure that