Make your mark as ROV Supervisor at Boskalis Subsea Services in Aberdeen. You will play a vital leadership role in the delivery of complex and high-value offshore projects across the energy and renewables sectors. Operating with advanced Saab Seaeye and Kystdesign ROV systems, the Supervisor is responsible for leading the safe, efficient, and technically sound execution of all ROV operations offshore.
This role provides day-to-day supervision of the ROV crew, ensuring that personnel are effectively briefed, coordinated, and supported in delivering subsea tasks to the highest standards. The ROV Supervisor maintains oversight of equipment status and system readiness, ensures strict compliance with safety and quality procedures, and acts as the key offshore liaison between the ROV team, vessel leadership, and client representatives.
By upholding the company’s safety culture and technical integrity, the ROV Supervisor ensures that operations are delivered safely, on time, and in accordance with project requirements, while actively supporting the competence development of the team.
Your responsibilities as a ROV Supervisor:
The main responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to;
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Oversee the safe and effective operation of Saab Seaeye and Kystdesign ROV systems across all phases of offshore work, including mobilisation, dive operations, and demobilisation.
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Lead the ROV team, ensuring all personnel are briefed, supervised, and supported in delivering operational tasks to the highest standards of safety and technical quality.
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Act as the primary offshore point of contact for all ROV-related activity, maintaining clear communication with the Offshore Construction Manager, vessel crew, and client representatives.
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Ensure full compliance with Boskalis Subsea Services QHSE policies, project-specific procedures, and applicable IMCA guidelines and recommended practices.
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Conduct and lead pre-dive checks, toolbox talks, and risk assessments, promoting proactive safety culture and operational readiness.
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Monitor ROV system performance, ensuring early fault detection, effective troubleshooting, and coordination of repairs with the offshore team and onshore support as needed.
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Maintain accurate operational documentation, including dive logs, technical reports, defect records, planned maintenance logs, and asset utilisation tracking.
You can make your mark as an ROV Supervisor if you have:
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A minimum of 540 days offshore in ROV – CV with work history to date with logged piloting hours demonstratable on IMCA ROV Logbook.
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Multi-discipline Project Experience: Logged piloting, fault-finding, and team leadership experience, Saab Seaeye and/or Kystdesign systems (preferred) and prior experience leading ROV operations in construction, decommissioning, IRM, or survey scopes in offshore renewables or oil & gas (preferred).
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Valid and current IMCA Company Member Competence Certificate or completed and validated IMCA Competence Portfolio supporting completion of all ROV Senior Pilot Technician (R02) competencies.
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Technical qualifications: recognized technical qualification in electrical, electronic, mechanical, or hydraulic discipline (e.g. NVQ Level 3, HNC, military trade, or equivalent).
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Exposure to simulator-based training or ROC operations (preferred) – familiarity with ROV simulation systems or real-time operations centers (ROCs) as part of project delivery.
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Involvement in incident investigations or technical reviews - contributed to technical debriefs, reporting or lessons learned related to ROV system performance or operational issues.
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Leadership & Communication - demonstrated ability to lead teams, communicate clearly under pressure, and interface effectively with clients, vessel crew, and project management.
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Technical & Operational Oversight - proven capability to supervise operations involving tooling integration, ROV system performance management, and technical troubleshooting.
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Assessment & Verification - approved company Competence Assessor or willingness to undertake Assessor training to support development of junior personnel.
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OPITO approved BOSIET with CA-EBS, MIST (for UKCS only) and OEUK Medical (including Bi-Deltoid shoulder measurements.
What you can expect
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A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
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Rewarding conditions: Besides a competitive salary, you will be part of a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance and death in service benefit.
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Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy
Extra information
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Your team: you will report to the Offshore Construction Manager (directly - offshore), ROV Manager (directly – onshore) and have the following direct reports: ROV Pilot Technician Trainee, ROV Pilot Technician Grade II, ROV Pilot Technician Grade I and ROV Senior Pilot Technician.
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Where you will work: You will work on our designated DSVs or CSV with some exposure to our onshore Remote Operations Centre.
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Full/part- time job: The position of ROV Supervisor is a permanent role and will be offered on a Guaranteed Days Contract basis.
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Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company.
Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.
In your job you will work for the offshore energy division. Boskalis has one of the largest global fleets of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities.
We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of ROV Supervisor. Please contact Matthew Hurrel, Recruiter.
Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.
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Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies
We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore, we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application.
