Tow Master - Transportation & Installation (M/F)

About the role

SPIE Services Nigeria Limited is looking for a Tow Master to join its workforce in Nigeria. The role acts as the Company's lead project marine representative for the transportation and installation campaign, overseeing the disconnection and removal of FSO UNITY and the transportation, installation, hook-up and mooring of FSO ADIANA. It requires independent judgement and stop-work authority over unsafe operations.

Key responsibilities

• Review and formally endorse contractor marine engineering deliverables such as towing and mooring analyses, stability assessments, sea-fastening designs, ballasting plans and load-out procedures, ensuring compliance with specifications, class requirements and approved methods.
• Verify vessel suitability and marine spread capability, and lead HAZID, HAZOP, SIMOPS and marine risk assessment workshops to identify and mitigate risks across towing, positioning, ballasting and mooring hook-up.
• Maintain the project marine risk register covering towing, loss of position, collision, stability, anchor handling, mooring, heavy lifts, vessel availability, metocean and site constraints, and verify that procedures define operating limits, weather windows, hold points, abort criteria and contingencies; escalate unresolved technical risks to DGM Marine and DGM T&I.
• Coordinate with Affiliate Marine Assurance on pre-mobilization inspections, OCIMF/OVID reviews, vetting, vessel acceptance and field-entry permits, and track on-hire/off-hire status and operating restrictions for tugs, anchor-handling vessels and construction support vessels.
• Supervise the FSO UNITY disconnection sequence and the FSO ADIANA transportation, including station-keeping, towing preparations, sailing readiness, weather routing, tow configuration, stability and ballasting.
• Lead the technical follow-up of offshore positioning, anchor handling, mooring installation and hook-up, and act as lead marine representative during critical campaign phases.
• Manage technical interactions with contractors, vessel owners and the Marine Warranty Surveyor, including procedure reviews, technical studies, responses to technical queries and corrective actions.