Marine Superintendent

Client of Spinnaker Global Limited; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

N/A Marine seeks an experienced Marine Superintendent to oversee ship management for assigned vessels, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective operations while maximizing fleet utilization.

The role covers marine technical safety, crewing, procurement, and regulatory functions, with accountability for vessel performance and client relationships. Strong leadership and formal DP/CoC credentials are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in maritime fleet management or supervisory roles.
• Unlimited Master Mariner CoC.
• DP Certificate issued by the Nautical Institute (mandatory).
• Proven experience operating Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) and/or Jack-Up Barges.
• ADNOC or Aramco approval as Port Captain / Marine Superintendent is a strong advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in Marine Studies or a related discipline.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee ship management for assigned vessels.
• Ensure safety, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective operations.
• Maintain client relationships and support commercial objectives.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams across operations, marine services, and procurement.
• Oversee budgets, maintenance planning, and vessel performance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Maritime fleet management

DP Certificate

OSVs experience

Jack-Up Barges experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marine Studies or related

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced Marine Superintendent to oversee ship management for assigned vessels.

This role is critical to ensuring safe compliant and cost-effective vessel operations while maximizing fleet utilization and maintaining strong client relationships. The Marine Superintendent will have end-to-end responsibility across marine technical safety financial crewing procurement and regulatory functions acting as the primary point of accountability for vessel performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize operational performance and fleet utilization within approved budgets while ensuring compliance with safety environmental and local regulatory requirements
• Maintain full responsibility for vessel status and operational activities including Planned maintenanceDry dockingMobilization and demobilizationVessel modificationsWarm stack and cold stack operations
• Establish and maintain strong client relationships to ensure client satisfaction and support commercial objectives
• Manage a multi-disciplinary team covering operations marine services technical services HSE procurement crewing administration finance and commercial contracts
• Develop implement and maintain competency standards
• Support recruitment planning and training of personnel in coordination with the Fleet Manager
• Ensure full compliance with company policies and regulations including HSE risk management ESG procurement crewing finance and other corporate governance requirements
• Oversee HSE management systems ensuring consistent implementation and compliance
• Collaborate with the Marine Manager to ensure qualified deck officers engineers and ratings are deployed across company assets
• Manage and control budgets to ensure financial accountability and cost efficiency
• Ensure adoption and effective use of the AMOS maintenance management system across capable vessels
• Maintain direct communication with vessel Masters regarding operations and activities

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in the maritime or similar industry in a fleet management or supervisory role.
• Unlimited Master Mariner Certificate of Competency (CoC).
• Dynamic Positioning (DP) Certificate issued by the Nautical Institute (mandatory).
• Proven experience operating Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) and/or Jack-Up Barges.
• ADNOC or Aramco approval as Port Captain / Marine Superintendent is a strong advantage.
• Bachelor s degree in Marine Studies or a related discipline.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.