Pawel Chmielinski

Pawel Chmielinski is an experienced maritime professional currently serving as 1st Officer and SDPO at Siem Offshore since March 2022, while also working as a Ballast/Stability Instructor at The Gdynia Maritime School since November 2020. Previous roles include SDPO/2nd Mate positions at Island Drilling Company AS and Aroona Drilling, as well as DPO/2nd Mate roles at Stena Drilling and Fugro. Notably, Pawel served as SDPO/BCO/SSL/2nd Mate at Odfjell Drilling for eight years, overseeing dynamic positioning operations on multiple semi-submersibles and drillships. Earlier experience includes serving as SDPO/2nd Mate at Saipem and various other positions in dynamic positioning. Pawel Chmielinski holds a Master of Science in Navigation from Gdynia Maritime University and a second Master of Science in Drilling and Well Engineering from AGH University of Krakow.