Dive Centre Supervisor (Saudi Arabia)

Eram Talent is seeking a highly organized and adaptable Dive Centre Supervisor who will report to the Lead, Marine & Dive Management and support the successful delivery of complex dive operations for the project team at NEOM.

The Dive Centre Supervisor will oversee all daily dive centre operations in support of the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative (KCRI). This role ensures safe, efficient, and high-quality dive operations that directly support coral restoration, marine monitoring, scientific diving activities, visitor engagements, and operational readiness within NEOM waters.
Working closely with other Reefscape Supervisors, the Dive Centre Supervisor manages dive centre staff, ensures equipment readiness, enforces safety protocols, plans and executes dive schedules and briefings and supports training, research activities and enhancing team technical capability.
The ideal candidate demonstrates a strong background in dive operations management, dive safety, emergency response, equipment maintenance, team leadership, and remote-area logistics.

The position will be based at NEOM. 

• Operational Leadership: Oversee the daily operations of KCRI’s dive centre, ensuring full readiness of staff, vessels, equipment, compressors, CCR units, and all dive-support systems.
• Scheduling & Logistics: Develop and manage daily, weekly, and monthly dive schedules, including training dives, scientific missions, operational dives, and safety drills.
• Safety & Compliance: Act as on-site Dive Safety Lead, ensuring all diving adheres to KCRI SOPs, international diving safety standards, and NEOM regulatory requirements.
• Emergency Preparedness: Lead emergency response planning and incident management, maintaining readiness of oxygen units, first-aid stations, AEDs, and all medical equipment.
• Equipment Maintenance Oversight: Supervise servicing, repairs, and maintenance for all dive equipment, cylinders, compressors, technical/CCR gear, and maintaining compliant servicing records.
• Inventory & Supplier Management: Maintain accurate inventory systems, equipment logs, and coordinate with external suppliers, service providers, and technical support partners.
• Project & Monitoring Systems: Manage project trackers, workflows, and monitoring systems to ensure efficient progress tracking, KPI reporting, and visibility of operational timelines and deliverables.
• Scientific & Restoration Support: Provide specialized dive support for coral restoration activities including collections, nursery work, installations, photogrammetry, and long-term monitoring.
• Team Training & Development: Train, mentor, and evaluate dive staff—including instructors, deckhands, and support crew—and coordinate professional development in technical diving, emergency response, and equipment maintenance.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate dive logs, training records, equipment servicing logs, incident reports, and produce weekly and monthly operational reports for internal and external stakeholders.