Superintendent, Fleet Operations

ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) seeks a seasoned Marine Terminal Operations Leader to oversee day-to-day marine services for ships and vessels interfacing with terminal facilities. The role emphasizes safety, planning, and efficient, cost-effective terminal support.

The candidate will supervise staff, manage resources, and coordinate with vessel traffic and maintenance teams to ensure on-schedule operations and compliance with company policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Marine Engineering or Equivalent.
• 8 years of experience, including at least 5 years in shipping or logistics.

Responsibilities

• Direct and control operational activities related to terminal operations to ensure quality of service.
• Allocate daily tasks and duties according to approved roles and responsibilities.
• Set performance goals, schedules, milestones and monitor progress.
• Ensure safety compliance and effective crisis management.
• Direct scheduling and dispatching of terminal resources to align with shipping schedules.
• Provide expert advice on marine issues to support procurement of new equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Safety management

Operations planning

Education

Bachelor Degree in Marine Engineering or Equivalent

Tools

Marine equipment knowledge

Job description

Job description

About the Job:

• Schedule, coordinate, supervise, and monitors the day-to-day operating activities and management of a marine terminal operations to ensure safe and effective provision of marine services to ships, vessels, and other marine units that interface with the terminal facilities for commercial, safety, or any other business under the supervision of the department manager, section head, or team leader

Job Specific Accountabilities Part 1:

1. Direct and control operational activities related to terminal operations to ensure quality of services meets with recognized criteria and approved guidelines and to eliminate any hazard exposure to company facilities
2. Allocate daily tasks and duties according to approved roles and responsibilities to ensure utilization of appropriate competencies and evaluates work outcomes and achievements to ensure provision of cost effective and proficient terminal services to vessels and other stakeholders
3. Set performance goals, establish schedules and milestones, monitors progress of execution, and oversee accomplishments of staff members to ensure conformity to departments direction and objectives
4. Monitors and supervises the enactment of established operations controls for all terminal activities to ensure performance in accordance with safety requirements and policy provisions
5. Evaluate work progress and achievements to recognize deviations from set targets and recommend changes
6. Develop and issue contingency plans to ensue readiness and preparedness to deal with emergency situations and participates in drill exercises to ensure safety of personnel, environment, and facilities
7. Review and evaluate reports, log books, and statistics submitted by staff members, supervisors and operators or vessels masters to recognize unsafe work conditions and modify work procedures to eliminate any safety hazards
8. Evaluate any alterations to approved schedules or any deviations from original programs and recommend necessary changes to ensure minimum impact on targets and achievements 9. Allocate material, human and financial resources to ensure reliability and eliminate any safety hazards to terminal team members or ships services 10. Direct the scheduling and dispatching of terminal resources to ensure work activities are in line with shipping schedules and approved work conditions 11. Provide specialist and expert advice in respect of marine related issues to the senior management and clients to facilitate informed decision making and to support procurement of new marine equipment to ensure efficient and cost effective acquisition

Job Specific Accountabilities Part 2:

12. Directs and may lead the execution of tasks in accordance with approved scope of work
13. Screen technical specifications for marine services for new projects and tenders and participate in the evaluation of service providers to ensure criteria meets with approved standards and applicable guidelines
14. Interface with maintenance, engineering, and other counterparts' staff on marine related issues to resolve conflicts and maintain terminal integrity
15. Participate in development of marine emergency response plans and drill exercises and performs duties as assigned to ensure readiness in case of contingencies and unfortunate events
16. Issue and endorse performance assessments of staff and follows up on their certification and other professional requirements to ensure only qualified and proficient staff are employed
17. Facilitate and may lead investigations and examination of marine incidents and non-compliances to provide expert opinion and recommendations for non-recurrence as directed by the department manager
18. Plan and manage key work activities related to terminal operations to ensure enactment of organization policies and procedures
19. Coordinates arrival and departure activities for vessels within port limits between marine and other departments to ensure meeting vessels set schedules of operations
20. Act as liaison between the terminal operations and vessel traffic management operators to ensure ships preparation and completion of necessary requirements prior to ships arrival/departure for terminal services
21. Respond to enquiries or complaints and resolve problems to ensure smooth and seamless terminal services and avoid any operational delays
22. Train, organize, and manage terminal pilots, vessel crews, shore operators and other staff members in job duties, safety procedures and company policies to ensure maintaining the required caliber and in line with organization succession planning
23. Conduct pre-engagement reviews and Risk Assessments on marine facilities, and oversees work methodologies to ensure that mitigation controls in place and necessary safety provisions in place prior to commencement of work

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Marine Engineering or Equivalent.
• 8 years of experience, including at least 5 years in shipping or logistics.