| Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Liaison between company and Vessel Management Company
- Acts as the first point-of-contact between the business and the vessel Technical Managers and
interface on all technical and operational vessel matters.
- Review and approve every work scope and material requisition submitted by the Technical Managers
- Monitor defects and timely close out and collate weekly reports from the Vessel Manager.
- Ensure vessel meets Class, Marine and Charterer’s requirement. Support QHSE with timely planning
of Class Surveys and inspections.
- Coordinate with the Procurement department to ensure timely delivery of goods/spares to the vessels
to support quick vessel turnaround.
- Monitor and analyse the technical status of all vessels and submit a summary to the relevant stakeholders.
PMS- Development and implementation
- Ensure that all maintenance jobs are properly logged onto the PMS by the vessel managers. Follow up
on status of open tasks.
- Analyse vessel and equipment breakdowns and develop additional maintenance activities to fill
maintenance gap that could have prevented breakdown.
- Conduct periodic vessel inspections and share VIR report with TechOps and MarineOps
Root Cause investigations
- Register defects that are subject for root cause investigation.
- Analyse reason for reoccurring/frequent equipment failure. Provide evidence-based conclusion on if
the reason is human error, maintenance gap, knowledge gap or equipment quality.
- Implement process improvements or maintenance procedures to fill gap.
- Analyse operational reports to identify potential causes of defects, investigate reported defects and
ensure corrective & preventive actions are taken to sustain vessel availability. Budget Management.
- Liaise with the Vessel managers to develop annual budgets for the maintenance of the fleet.
- Monitor budget spends to ensure cost effective vessel operations and maintenance
- Monitor the fuel consumption of vessels and report any variations from the makers specific fuel
consumption standard.
- Monitor the lube oil consumption of the vessels, analyse same and submit monthly reports to the relevant stakeholder.
Special Projects, Dry dock preparation, Repair operations, Monitoring, Analyses
- Work with the vessel technical managers to prepare comprehensive dry-dock scopes and duration,
ensuring minimal disruptions to vessel’s operating schedule.
- Source for cost effective and qualified dry-dock vendors.
- Ensure dockyard, ship builder and other parties involved in the dry-dock collectively and individually
endorse the planned dry-dock duration schedule.
- Ensure critical parts needed for the dry-dock are in the company warehouse or with the dry-dock vendor
prior to commencement of the dry-docking exercise.
- Supervise the dry-docking of all vessels in conjunction with the vessel technical managers.
- Management of critical spares list (store & vessel) and inventory management process including
minimum restocking levels, to ensure an optimal mix of cost efficiency and continued vessel availability. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- 10 - 15 years’ experience as a Marine Engineer.
- Previous experience as a Technical Superintendent is a mandatory requirement for this position
- Offshore sailing experience is an added advantage.
- Technical Superintendency license is required for this role
- Valid COC is an added advantage.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES & SKILLS REQUIRED
- Extensive knowledge of marine, tugboat, oil transportation and shipping industry
- Knowledge of vessel maintenance systems and equipment
- Capable of making decisions and giving directions to facilitate prompt service delivery
- Maintain confidentiality of all sensitive communications
- Ability to understand and execute complex oral and written instructions
- Ability to develop and implement appropriate procedures and controls
- Must be physically fit enough to board vessels, barges and tugs at sea and in port
- Willing to travel to the out ports.
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