Geotechnical Field Supervisor

Job Description and Requirements

**Job Summary**:
Ensure implementation of drilling and completion of operations activities on the drilling rig, including planning, organization, coordination, and management of all parties involved.

.**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Managerial Duties**:

- Implement the section’s policies, goals, objectives, and procedures and support their development as needed.
- Oversee the implementation of operations plans, policies, procedures, and transition/migration plans.

**Technical Duties**:

- Conduct site visit and collect information regarding site needed for the preparation of geotechnical investigation report, including accessibility, boreholes location, and ground levels.
- Ensure clearance of sites from underground services.
- Supervise all drilling activities on-site and ensure they are carried out in accordance with relevant standards and procedures.
- Coordinate with client’s site representatives on day-to-day site activities progress.
- Carry out the in-site geological descriptions of encountered materials as necessary.
- Ensure proper identification of field samples and their transportation to the laboratory in a secure manner and avoid damage and contamination during the transportation.
- Supervise and/or perform field testing according to the standards and technical procedures including but not limited to permeability, packer, HPD, etc.
- Provide all logistics required for the drilling crews on sites to perform their jobs in accordance to related standards and specifications in coordination with the Manager of Operations Section.
- Ensure the suitability of the drilling tools for the intended purpose.
- Report to the Sites Coordination & Planning Geologist on any maintenance and servicing needs of drill rigs and drilling tools as needed.
- Follow-up the maintenance of drilling equipment and tools.
- Follow up on the implementation of the field safety regulations and protection measures.
- Plan and program site investigation works including overcoming all difficulties to start works.
- Supervise borehole, test pits, and excavation sides logging and classification and description of the obtained ground samples.
- Organize records and files for different planned and ongoing projects, including different types of incoming & outgoing correspondences, project specifications, and drawings, daily drillers logs (daily drilling progress and equipment conditions report), lab test forms, etc.
- Any duties or responsibilities assigned by the management.

**Reporting To**:
This position will directly report to the Geotechnical Operations Section Head.

**Direct Reports**:
Senior Drillers, Drillers, Assistant Drillers and Labors.

**Job Requirements**:
**Education & Experience**:

- Bachelor or Diploma Degree in Geology or any related field
- 8 years of experience in the same field

**Knowledge, skills, and abilities**:

- Field Testing.
- Operational Maintenance.
- Fundamentals Mathematics, calculations, Statistics, and Data Analysis.
- Application of Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering Sciences
- Proficiency in performing Geotechnical Field testing and/ or Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
- Proficiency in Performing Geotechnical Drilling
- Analysis and Reporting of Results of Geotechnical & Site Investigation
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Excellent Reporting Skills, Technical Writing and Reading
- Excellent knowledge in Health, Safety, and Environment

Company:
Arab Center for Engineering Studies (ACES)

Industry:
Consultancy

Job Location:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Career Level:
Senior (Team Leader/Staff Supervisor)

Date Posted:
12-09-2024

Ref. Number:
162725