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Kris Meah

South Shields,UK

Summary

Beach Master /Rigging Supervisor Shift Supervisor Deck Foreman, rigging Assessment level 4. Experienced in Subsea Construction, DSV, FPSO, Barges, DPOII construction Vessels, Cable lay Vessels and VLS, HLS, SURF. Jetting, plough, trenching Competent in providing management and supervision of Complex heavy lifts both in a Marine and onshore environment. A working knowledge of BS7121, LOLER 1998, ensuring Lift Plans, lifting equipment and accessories meet the required legislative standard. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work well individually or as part of a team. I am eager to continue my career progression through new projects and continued training.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

Shift supervisor

Chevron
Jascon 66 @ David Runner , wast africa
01.2025 - Current
  • Tapa PP and Tapa 2 shallow water cable installation at Escarvos Chevron oil field
  • Streamlined processes for better productivity with organised systems and procedures. DPR and TBT and 12 hour shift handovers
  • Implemented new operational guidelines resulting in improved safe work environment
  • Upheld theChevrons company policies consistently, reinforcing Safety awareness
  • Mob of David Runner,shallow draft CLV Mob of Jascon 66 as DSV
  • Pre-installation survey,cable lay,of pipeline crossing,dive support, and cable protection installation round bell mouths,grout bag installation at pipeline crossing as left survey vessel de mobs

Shift supervisor

Novax goup
Boka keeper , thailand
10.2024 - 12.2024

Phase 1 Boka keeper mobilisation and Anchors and chains platong oil field

  • Manage the safe deployment of stevpris anchors,76m chain lay and chain tenstioning to 140 tons ROV as left survey.
  • Phase 2 Ensured adherence to health and safety regulations; maintained safe workplace conditions. onshore Lamchbang shipyard environment,a multinational team,TBT RA and safety briefings day
  • Delegated tasks to subcontractors to ensure efficient shift operation of the moving calm buoy transportation by SPMTS from the shipyard storage facility,making sure all traffic management and escort vehicle safeguards are in place for safe transportation
  • Facilitated smooth handovers between shifts, 12-hour look ahead for crane and plant SPMTS movements, DPRs are completed
  • Implementing effective communication strategies with all subcontractors, the vessels, the 1000 ton crane, and the heavy lifting of the calm buoy from the quay to the water, ready for towing
  • phase 3 tow of the Calmbuoy with AHTV independence to platong field,
  • Recovery of the mooring chain with ROV support, calm buoy chain tensioning

Shift supervisor

Subsea 7
offshore , Port of blyth
07.2024 - 10.2024
  • subsea 7 24k flexible pipeline trans spooling to HLV Carousels
  • Improved workplace safety to reduce accidents and near-misses. level 2 RA TBT ,MOC
  • Effectively organised staff placement per shift with subcontractors and plant operators for the safe spooling of flexible pipe
  • Logged daily activities and notable incidents during production shifts. in the DPR Log of events
  • Worked closely with management to manage staff levels and allocate resources for production plans.
  • Positively reinforced successful shift performance,
  • Oversaw spooling and packing of other carousel work, directing activities from initial set-up to final transporting
  • Assisting BH with first-end head re-term and the safe coordination of SBMT controlling

Supervisor

FMS
OFFSHORE
04.2024 - 05.2024
  • Pacific Discovery.Hawser change out cargo hose
  • bank cranes to lift and manoeuvre rigged loads of 24-inch Dunlop pipe sections
  • Documented calculations, and work activities in DPR
  • Advised crews on rigging planning, implementation and safety spooling of Hawser rope to the main drum
  • Joined and correctly fit attachments to rigging. to hose flanges with flange cleaning
  • vessel de mob of all project equipment

Equipment rep

FMS
offshore
02.2024 - 03.2024
  • .Mob Maersk Mover Ocean GreatWhite rig move & tow
  • spooling fibre ropes to special handling drums mob of buoyancy stevpris anchors
  • lay down of riser pennants Recovery of Subsea Buoyancy
  • Handling of mooring chain Connection/disconnection of Disconnect Secondaries and Disconnect Primaries
  • 100t J-Hook c/w connecting Shackle for line chasing
  • Rig tow to invergorden
  • installation of 4-point mooring spead

Equipment REP

FMS
offshore, UK
01.2024 - 01.2024
  • Atlantic Kestral for the patriot rig move diamond offshore
  • Equipment and manifest check with project equipment chaser collar with PCP, stevpris anchors and fibre Rope
  • Recovery of stevpris pre-lay anchors passing PCP to rig
  • Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
  • Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents manifests and events logs DPR,TBT



Deck Foreman

FMS island vanguard
offshore
08.2023 - 09.2023
  • Pre job meeting and JSA /RA bp Alyheim Temp export hose installation manage the safe deployment of 8 inch flexible pipe line installation of buoyance modules to pipe line recovery of 8 inch pipe line de mob of island vanguard lessons learned debrief

Deck Foreman

Fugro Atlantis Dweller
offshore
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • Manage the safety of the rigging team for the lifting ops deployment and recovery of subsea equipment
  • Planned and executed lifting plans, task plans and TBT with accuracy.
  • Worked with project managers to ensure proper Rigging & lifting legislation adherence to
  • Executed and developed rigging team to meet LOLER standards.
  • Worked to quickly resolve technical rigging and lifting problems maintained project timelines

Beach master / Supervisor

Briggs marine
NEAR SHORE
03.2019 - 07.2023
  • Preparation of TBTs, DPR, and daily risk assessment of site .Managing supervising shore beach team and principals contractors for the safe use and Co-ordination of all plant and landing craft vessels at islay shore site.for the set up of winches quadrants beach rollers for beach pull-in of cable removed cable flotations with divers excavation of jointing pit with the use off shuttering pre trench excavation and cable burial to clients specification,Demobilisation of site waist management as left survey.
  • Supervise Hoy cable repair excavation of existing 33kv cable removal of cable protection, set up of shore site for cable pull and jointing repairs, jumpers tails preparation sse pole linesman also assistant and support of cable jointers back fill of jointing pit reinstatement of beach site and as left survey Managing and supervising riggers and sub contracts setup ofthequaywith rollers, chute,quadrantsand tensioners fortheoffloadingof10kcable from NKT Victoria to shore base carousel
  • Checking rigging equipment to LOLER 98 planing cranes and forklifts from Sunderland port provide daily reports and TBTs participating in RA, HIRA
  • Demobilisation of equipment.
  • Mobilising project equipment with vessels crane trans spooling of cables from Brigg shore base to vessel carousel, managing and supervising rigging team and project contractors for safe trans- pooling of 3 inter connecter cables to global symphony project de Brief and lessons learnt meeting.

LOLER Supervisor

JK Lifting
Newcastle
01.2020 - 04.2023
  • Mobilisation of the north sea atlantic MDL-VLS System 320t storage reels,winches, reel drive and sub sea equipment.
  • Proportion of lift plans task plans Toolbox talks for the safe installation mezzanine platform and walkways installation of steel works for runway lifting beams,installation of ducting extraction unit load testing of lifting beam
  • Supervisor
  • Demob of 2 ocean earing ROV spreads with the use of 175tonne shore side crane
  • Supervising welding team for deck reinstallation and fabrication works of hand rails and deck
  • Managing a rigging team for the removal of ROV transformers
  • Further work on vessel Seagull and Belfast - Removal of 180tonne piles with a 15000tonne sarens crane
  • Mobilisation of vessels with offshore equipment for Saipem
  • Removal of deck grillage and yard storage.

Beach Team

VLCV
Green link Project
01.2023 - 02.2023
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling for HDPE pipe installation with heavy plant and 40t pipe pusher equipment.Pumping Bentoniet in the drilled line for clearing for HDPE to be installed with use of winch offshore with help of dive team and offshore support vessels
  • Lessons learned meeting

Deck Foreman

FMS/ Foinaven Project
OFFSHORE
08.2022 - 10.2022
  • Supervisor & support FPSO Disconnection from it sub sea mooring lowering of the mooring chains with 180t winches on the turret, ROV Support cutting if winch wire pennants give tool box talks to all principle contractors participating RA and daily meetings.

Deck Foreman

DeepOcean Shell CNS
OFFSHORE
06.2022 - 07.2022
  • Supporting shellCNS Decommissioning project on board the island valiant MPV managing rigging team give tool box talks to contractors participating in day meetings with vessel OCM
  • Project involved The excavation and safe deployment and recovery of spider MFE tool recovery suction anchors and Mooring chains subsea cutting with high-pressure cutting tool (Hercules).
  • Mobilisation of vessel for N quest project risers recovery remove of subsea buoyancy modules, recovery of chains and mid-water arches ROV support.

Deck Foreman

OMEGA Subsea Norway far Sapphire
OFFSHORE floating wind farm project
08.2021 - 09.2021
  • Daily toolbox talks to rigging team RAM and daily meetings with project engineers installation of buoyancy module subsea weight cable lay for floating wind farm cable pulling to wind turbine installation of euro ducting cable protection ROV support de mobilisation of vessel.

Supervisor

Intermoor FPSO Bayabab Ivory Coast
OFFSHORE CNR phase 2
08.2020 - 10.2020
  • Managing and supervising rigging team and principle contractors, including safety talks on COVID 19 and tool box talks on job tasks; for the anchor and chain disconnection and recovery to AHTV
  • Participating in daily meetings, safety walk rounds and tool box talks for the chain management from AHTV to the connection point on the turnet
  • Cutting and anchor chain tensioning to vendor specification
  • De Mob of FSO personnel and rigging equipment
  • De mob AHTV in port.

Beach Master

23Degrees Global Marine Project
NEAR SHORE
10.2019 - 10.2020
  • Involved in the merkel to rackwick beach pull in preparation work
  • Pre job HIRA and safety meetings,, giving site inductions to all visitors and contractors with the highlight of COVID 19 company policies., daily tool box talks with all personnel on site, and job risk assessments.
  • Rackwick site set up to F10 standard and SSE procedures.Site Managing and supervising principle contractors, 23 degrees rigging and site team for the excavation and beach preparations for second end omega beach pull ins
  • Controlling the vessels to support the lay and pull in of the omega bite to the shore side TJP - with the use of 20 tonne tesmet winch
  • Site sign off to land owner and clients approval.
  • Mobilisation of EllaF and delta
  • Survey equipment and T2000 trencher
  • Guernsey near shore cable burial
  • Safe deployment and recovery of T2000 James Fisher subsea excavation tool
  • Multi-beam survey and as left survey of work site of proof of cable burial to clients specification
  • Repeated process for the Jersey near shore cable burial
  • Demob of vessels (EllaF and Delta) Lessons Learnt meeting.
  • Participation in pre job meetings and HIRA
  • Preparation of 150 ton winches
  • Preparation of TJP
  • Managing and supervising the digging out of cable route with third party contractors
  • Preparation of hang off clamp and installation
  • Installation of deflectors and quadrants on work site
  • Supervising pull in of ex port cable from sub sea ,through pipe protection system (conduit)
  • Back fill of cable route and site reinstallation to clients specification
  • Job debrief and lessons learnt meeting.

Rigging Supervisor

Oceaneering NKT SCAR pre-cut
OFFSHORE trencher and backfill
06.2018 - 02.2019
  • Mobilisation of the SCAR trenching system and STS seabed dredging equipment to the SIEM Ruby
  • Assembly of dredging equipment and the safe coordination of deployment and recovery of dredging equipment using vessels crane
  • Launch and Recovery 50t SCAR trenching system
  • Maintained of all trenching systems, inspections of lifting equipment in accordance with LOLER 98 regulations and Oceaneering company policies.
  • Co-ordination of vessels crane and deck operations for mobilisation of project, 30t flushing equipment and Deployment of subsea skid and ROV intervention, Riser line flush as lift survey and project de-brief.

Deck Foreman

Globe symphony Muker project
OFFSHORE
01.2018 - 06.2018
  • Mobilisation of symphony with SMD trencher, 50 tonne A Frame and trencher equipment
  • Also, vessel with cable lay spread (deck tensioner x2) loading tower and under-bender and cable highway
  • Back load 800 tonne carousel with use of heavy lift barge
  • Managed and supervised 4 man rigging team for the safe deployment and recovery of quadrant for the installation of array cables from wind turbine to wind turbine
  • Also, the fitting of Tekmar to cable for OSS pull ins.
  • Trencher support - safe deployment and recovery of SMD trencher and assisting trencher team.

Rigging Supervisor

InterMoor Maersk/ total Ailsa
OFFSHORE FSO hook up
08.2017 - 01.2018
  • Towing FSO from Singapore to Culzean field North Sea working with tow master for the safe tow of FSO
  • Managing the towing equipment with deck crew checks Survey-of rigging and lifting points of turret, inspection of hook up equipment
  • With EMM tech inspector lifting of turn down sheaves with FSO crane Mobilising and operating 300Te mooring winch and riser installation winch’s managing the safe installation of 12-point mooring to seabed cutting and tensioning of all moorings chains in turret deck prepping the turret for riser installation participating in Hazop pre-job meetings, producing lift plans for all lifts in turret deck, TBTs and daily meetings with project contractors

Rigging Supervisor

Saipem HHL Lagos heavy Lift
OFFSHORE vessel -Ejina Project
08.2017 - 01.2018
  • Phase 1 Saipem - Ejina project
  • Mobilisation of Hanser heavy lift barge with 4000 tonne carousel - the use of heavy lift barge matador 3, 900 tonne Lagos crane, back loading of reels spooling tower deck quadrant, tensioner, quadrantS, chute and test piece
  • Umbilical trials and equipment test to meet client specifications Also shore based project meetings with project engineers, superintendent and project contractors.
  • Phase 2 - Newcastle Shepherds offshore Technip FMC
  • Shore base HAZOP and safety meetings and pre-spooling ops meetings with Total (client)
  • Shepherds, Technip, Sipem and Cali systems
  • For the safe trans-pooling operations from the shore-based storage facility to the HHL Lagos
  • Banking &supervising the safe lifting of a 16 tonne pulling heads X4 and 6 tonne x4 UTH from quayside to carousel lay down area
  • Using 400 tonne hammer head, shore crane and 900 tonne vessel crane
  • Trans-pooling 28km of flexible pipeline from shore base to vessel carousel, ensuring all packing was in place correctly between each umbilical to engineers specification
  • Coordinating the load and canteenary of the umbilical at all times during the loading process with regular QC checks with Total and Technip QC operative
  • Also load of 8 300 tonne umbilical reels to Lagos cargo hold & main deck with sea lashings and other equipment for Ejina project.
  • Phase 3 - Trans-pooling operations from HHL Lagos to Norman Maximus
  • Mobilisation of HHL and maximus over board chutes and intermediate barge
  • Supervising 4 man rigging team to ensure all lifting equipment meets LOLER and company standards
  • Supervising and coordinating the 900-tonne vessel crane for safe transfer of the 16 tonne pulling head and 6 tonne UTH to the maximus
  • Trans-spooled the 4 umbilicals to the maximus and 300 tonne reels of risers to storage barge from HHL Lagos
  • Demob of HHL Lagos

Deck Foreman

Atlas prysmian Oslo CLB
OFFSHORE
07.2017 - 08.2017
  • Mobilisation of Oslo barge, of two carousels and static loading towers
  • Trans-pool of 28km inter connector export cable from transportation vessel to static tanks
  • Mobilisation of 40 tonne deck crane and crane pedestal
  • Mobilisation of 100tonne deck winches and anchor spread, sea trials of Oslo barge, anchor trials and spud pile trials
  • Pre-job safety meeting for the preparation of the beach pull sea serpents for export cable lay operations supervising 5 man rigging team for the safe deployment and recovery of 6 mooring anchor spread for beach approach and 1km of beach pull in with cable floats
  • Responsible for the coordination of the beach master for floating cable to beach
  • Demob of Oslo barge - deck tensions and deck equipment.

Education

WHITBURN COMP
09.1990 - 5 1995

Some College (No Degree) -

HEBBURN COLLEGE
09.1996 - 9 1997

Skills

  • Current off-shore medical valid for two years
  • OPITO RIGGING LEVEL 4
  • LOLER SUPERVISOR
  • BANKSMAN SLINGING
  • OPITO FOET/ CA-EBS
  • FLT NPORS OPERATOR
  • EMSS SAFETY PASSPORT

Languages

English

Personal Information

  • Place of birth: SOUTH SHIELDS
  • Date of birth: 10/14/78
  • Nationality: British

Custom

  • Tennis
  • Football
  • Golf

Timeline

Shift supervisor

Chevron
01.2025 - Current

Shift supervisor

Novax goup
10.2024 - 12.2024

Shift supervisor

Subsea 7
07.2024 - 10.2024

Supervisor

FMS
04.2024 - 05.2024

Equipment rep

FMS
02.2024 - 03.2024

Equipment REP

FMS
01.2024 - 01.2024

Deck Foreman

FMS island vanguard
08.2023 - 09.2023

Deck Foreman

Fugro Atlantis Dweller
06.2023 - 07.2023

Beach Team

VLCV
01.2023 - 02.2023

Deck Foreman

FMS/ Foinaven Project
08.2022 - 10.2022

Deck Foreman

DeepOcean Shell CNS
06.2022 - 07.2022

Deck Foreman

OMEGA Subsea Norway far Sapphire
08.2021 - 09.2021

Supervisor

Intermoor FPSO Bayabab Ivory Coast
08.2020 - 10.2020

LOLER Supervisor

JK Lifting
01.2020 - 04.2023

Beach Master

23Degrees Global Marine Project
10.2019 - 10.2020

Beach master / Supervisor

Briggs marine
03.2019 - 07.2023

Rigging Supervisor

Oceaneering NKT SCAR pre-cut
06.2018 - 02.2019

Deck Foreman

Globe symphony Muker project
01.2018 - 06.2018

Rigging Supervisor

InterMoor Maersk/ total Ailsa
08.2017 - 01.2018

Rigging Supervisor

Saipem HHL Lagos heavy Lift
08.2017 - 01.2018

Deck Foreman

Atlas prysmian Oslo CLB
07.2017 - 08.2017

Some College (No Degree) -

HEBBURN COLLEGE
09.1996 - 9 1997

WHITBURN COMP
09.1990 - 5 1995
Kris Meah