HDD Superintendent

About the Role

We're looking for a HDD Superintendent to join our Thailand team in Rayong office. Your role is to lead and oversee horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and crossing activities for pipeline and infrastructure projects. This role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of HDD works in accordance with project specifications, procedures, and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise HDD construction activities including site preparation, equipment setup, drilling, reaming, and pullback operations
• Manage bored crossing and pipe jacking works, including launch and receiving pit construction and pipe installation activities
• Ensure proper execution of pipeline installation activities related to HDD crossings, including pipe string preparation and alignment
• Monitor and verify testing activities such as hydrostatic testing and current drainage testing for pipeline systems
• Oversee coating activities, including field joint coating applications and inspection of coating integrity
• Coordinate with contractors, subcontractors, and client representatives to ensure work is carried out safely and in compliance with project specifications
• Ensure construction activities (trenching, pipe lowering, backfilling, and reinstatement) meet project requirements and quality standards
• Supervise civil works related to HDD and pipeline systems, including foundations, pits, concrete works, and structural installations
• Monitor site progress, manpower, and equipment, and report on daily construction activities
• Promote and enforce compliance with safety, environmental, and quality requirements across all HDD activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Technical background in construction, civil, or mechanical discipline
• Extensive experience in HDD, pipeline, and crossing construction within oil & gas or infrastructure projects
• Strong knowledge of HDD methods, including drilling, reaming, pullback, and frac-out control
• Experience supervising bored crossing, pipe jacking, and underground installation works
• Familiarity with pipeline construction activities such as trenching, welding, coating, hydrotesting, and reinstatement
• Experience with coating inspection, current drainage testing, and QA/QC processes
• Strong leadership and site management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively in a site-based, multidisciplinary environment
• Thai language is essential given the necessity of interacting with Thai-speaking clients

Benefits

• Group Insurance (Medical, Life) and Dental Insurance, Provident fund
• Work on large-scale energy, infrastructure, and industrial projects
• Collaborate with experienced project teams and international stakeholders
• Opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects in Thailand and the region

About the Company

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation.