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Job Title:  Side-boom Operator (pipelayer) (6 Job Vacancies)   

Organisation: Sinopec (Uganda)

Duty Station:  Uganda (Tilenga Project)

On-boarding Date: Immediately

About the Company:

Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation (Sinopec Service) is a fully owned subsidiary of Sinopec Group, which ranks No. 2 in Global Fortune 500 in 2020. Sinopec Service is engaged in the provision of all project phases service for various sectors, including oil & gas, power, buildings, roads and bridges etc. We are looking for Construction and Project support personnel.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively and safely operates a Side-boom Pipe-layer utilizing machine specific controls and machine attachments to complete all necessary tasks related to pipeline construction. This includes operating on adverse terrain, and/or near other equipment and power lines.
• Operates in crowded, fast-paced working environments, and exercises extreme caution with awareness of potential situational hazards to ensure site safety.
• Interprets verbal and non-verbal communication (including hand signals) from operators, ground personnel and swampers, and acts accordingly.
• Performs mechanical inspections and servicing including controls and operations, completing logbooks, performs maintenance and adjustments, ensures good housekeeping, and performs machine lubrication.
• Performs effective operation of equipment by recognizing unusual machine movements and sounds.
• Recognizes existing and potential hazards and knows how to identify these through conducting a field level pre-job hazard analysis, checking the machine for hazards and assessing any tasks before start.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum secondary school education (O’ Level) is required.
• Possession of valid driving permit class H, G
• Minimum three years of experience operating a Side-boom /Pipe-layer and other heavy equipment on a mainline pipeline job or similar heavy civil construction experience is required.
• Experience of using the side-boom/pipelayer to line-up/ pipe fit the line pipes.
• Completion of at least one to two-year apprenticeship program on industry courses in heavy equipment operating combined with on-the-job training is required
• Familiar with equipment skills
• Professional training in side-boom/pipelayer operation
• Age between 25-45 years
• Previous experience working on pipe diameters larger than NPS 20 is preferred.
• Previous mobile crane & excavator operation experience highly demanded

How to Apply:

All candidates should merge their applications into one single pdf document to hrsinopec.ug@outlook.com with file name format as “position+major+name”. Only candidates who been deemed to have fully met the requirements of the roles will be contacted for interviews.

NB: If you have not been contacted directly within two weeks of your application, then you have not been successful. In support of our commitment to the development of the local community, Ugandan national applicants will be given priority.

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