Crewing Officer Subsea Experience

Black and Grey; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 134,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Career growth

Exposure to offshore campaigns

Job summary

Black and Grey HR seeks a Crewing Officer - Offshore & Marine for its Abu Dhabi operations. This permanent, office-based role supports crew embarkation and offshore mobilization, with occasional port and vessel visits.

You will coordinate offshore crew for survey, diving, and subsea teams, ensuring timely mobilization, certification adherence, and travel arrangements. Collaboration with the Crewing Team Leader, project teams, vessel owners, and logistics providers is essential.

Qualifications

• Requires Diploma or Bachelor's in Maritime Studies, HR, Business Administration or related field.
• 3–6 years of marine, offshore, or oil & gas crewing coordination experience.
• Understanding of STCW, MLC 2006, offshore crewing practices, and client compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate mobilization and demobilization of offshore personnel per project schedules.
• Monitor certification validity (STCW, IMCA, ADNOC, offshore medicals, visas, passports).
• Prepare crew documentation for flag/port state, immigration, client approvals, and onboarding processes.
• Arrange crew travel, accommodation, airport transfers, and port transport with logistics providers.
• Maintain crew records in crewing management system (qualifications, rotations, availability).
• Track rotations, expiries, and approvals; escalate risks to Crewing Team Leader.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Multitasking

Education

Diploma or Bachelor's in Maritime Studies / HR / Business Administration

Tools

CrewLogix

FrontLine

Job description

Job Description:

Black & Grey HR is seeking a Crewing Officer - Offshore & Marine to join our clients marine operations team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is a permanent office-based role with occasional visits to ports and vessels to support crew embarkation and offshore mobilization activities.

You will be responsible for coordinating crewing operations for offshore survey, diving, and subsea personnel, ensuring timely mobilization, certification compliance, travel arrangements, and workforce readiness across active and upcoming offshore campaigns. Working closely with the Crewing Team Leader, project teams, vessel owners, logistics providers, and offshore personnel, you will ensure crew deployment is executed efficiently and in compliance with statutory, client, and company requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the mobilization and demobilization of offshore survey, diving, subsea, and marine personnel, ensuring crew are deployed in accordance with project schedules and operational requirements.
• Monitor crew certification validity, including STCW, IMCA, ADNOC, offshore medicals, visas, passports, and client-specific approvals, ensuring all personnel remain fully compliant before deployment.
• Prepare, verify, and submit crew documentation required for flag state, port state, immigration, client approvals, and vessel onboarding processes.
• Arrange crew travel, accommodation, airport transfers, and port transportation in coordination with logistics providers to ensure seamless crew changes and project mobilizations.
• Maintain accurate crew records within the crewing management system, updating qualifications, certifications, rotations, availability, contact details, and employment records.
• Monitor crew rotation schedules, identifying upcoming manning requirements, certificate expiries, approval delays, and resource gaps while escalating issues to the Crewing Team Leader.
• Liaise with vessel owners crewing departments and third-party vessel operators to coordinate crew changes, approval status, and manning requirements for chartered and externally managed vessels supporting marine operations.
• Track third-party vessel crew certification, competency, and client approval status, proactively identifying risks that could impact vessel readiness or project schedules.
• Prepare crew lists, manning documentation, flag state crew agreements, and supporting records required for vessel mobilizations and offshore campaigns.
• Support the onboarding of new offshore personnel by verifying qualifications, certifications, medical fitness, and compliance requirements prior to their first offshore assignment.
• Assist with crewing reports, manpower forecasts, rotation planning, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and workforce readiness.

Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Maritime Studies, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 3-6 years of experience in marine, offshore, or oil & gas crewing coordination.
• Experience working for Subsea projects.
• Strong understanding of offshore crew mobilization, certification management, travel coordination, and personnel logistics.
• Working knowledge of STCW requirements, MLC 2006, offshore crewing practices, and client compliance requirements.
• Experience coordinating with vessel owners, manning agencies, offshore personnel, logistics providers, and immigration authorities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple crew rotations, project schedules, and certification deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using crewing management systems such as CrewLogix, FrontLine, or equivalent is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and personnel management systems.
• Familiarity with ADNOC crewing approval processes is highly advantageous.

Benefits

• Attractive Salary + Benefits
• Permanent employment with a leading offshore and marine engineering organization
• Opportunity to support major offshore survey, diving, subsea, and marine projects across the UAE and the wider region
• Exposure to end-to-end offshore crewing operations, including crew mobilization, certification management, vessel coordination, and personnel logistics
• Opportunity to develop expertise in offshore workforce planning, marine compliance, and crewing management within a dynamic project environment
• Long-term career growth and progression within a stable organization supporting complex offshore and subsea operations