Superintendent, Technical (Dry & Cont.)

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company seeks a Chief Engineer to oversee the overall management and technical operations of the Company’s Ships. This includes maintenance, repair, budgeting, survey schedules, and docking.

Ensure vessels are technically operational, compliant with class, IMO, OCIMF and ICS rules, while maintaining costs and safety across the dry fleet. 8 years’ experience and a Bachelor’s in Engineering are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a recognized institution or equivalent.
• Relevant certifications/licenses.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the management and technical operations of the Company’s ships, including maintenance, repair, budgeting, survey schedules, and docking.
• Ensure vessels are technically operational and managed per the management agreement, with safety and regulatory compliance across the department.
• Oversee dry-docking processes, prepare repair specifications, analyse tender documents, and supervise maintenance within budget.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Ship operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

About the Company:

We are a global energy maritime logistics leader with a world-class asset base. We are the dedicated and vital logistics arm for ADNOC Group, providing mission critical and highly specialized services across ADNOC’s entire value chain. We also provide market-leading, cost-competitive maritime and logistics solutions to over 100 global customers and ship to more than 50 countries across the world.

As a global energy maritime logistics leader and the dedicated and vital logistics arm for ADNOC Group, we are driven to set the highest standards in shipping and maritime operations, pushing boundaries and pioneering new frontiers in sustainability. We are committed to delivering world-class solutions that are innovative and efficient, while always putting safety first.

About the Job:

Responsible for the overall management and technical operations of Company’s Ships. This includes overseeing the daily operations of maintenance and repair, budgeting, survey schedules, onboard general assessment of vessels, inspections, and docking.

Ensure the assigned vessels are technically operational or otherwise managed accordingly to the management agreement requirement, to ensure that the fleet technical performance is safe, efficient, reliable and in line with operating targets and applicable regulations and standards within the assigned department.

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of the dry fleet department strategic plan (from a technical perspective) to ensure the alignment with ADNOC strategy and provide advice on technical matters to shipmasters/chief engineers and others as required.
• Receive and review ship requests for repairs and where required, ensure supervision of such repairs to ensure compliance with class and International Marine Organization (IMO), OCIMF andICS rules and recommendations while remaining within budgeted costs.
• Supervise the dry-docking process through preparing ships’ dry dock repair specifications, analysing tendering documents and supervising dry docking repairs to ensure they are performed in alignment with budgeted costs and company and industry standards.
• Follow up planned maintenance schedules and that ship certifications are renewed as required in order to ensure equipment longevity and operation, in line with standards.
• Supervise completion of maintenance work, including acquisition of equipment/spare part required in maintenance, in line with standards and procedures.
• Follow up effective provision of marine equipment (navigation, safety, communication) and spare parts on the company’s dry fleet in order to ensure that vessel requests for such items are fulfilled in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitor and control the consumption of relevant stores, spare parts, fuel, lube oils and chemicals.
• Carry out technical inspections of the ships’ machinery, equipment, structures and documentation in order to ensure compliance with company standards, industry practice and safe operations.
• Maintain the monitoring systems which record technical aspects - including ship/shore loading, passage performance (loaded / ballast), fuel oil consumption and cargo gas boil off, equipment performance, dry docking, and other maintenance activities.
• Follow up proper implementation of record system of ships under his supervision and prepare and submit detailed reports on technical activities and expenditures in order to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Ensure all relevant health, safety and environmental policies, procedures and controls are adhered to so that own and employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality operations and a responsible environmental attitude can be guaranteed.
• Draft budget and provide information to the preparation of the dry fleet technical budget (including repairs) and to the monitoring of technical costs versus the set budget to ensure alignment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent from a recognized institution or foreign going CoC (Class 1) (motor or steam) or equivalent qualification.
• Relevant certifications / licenses.
• 8 years of experience, progressing to the rank of Chief Engineer
• Experience on Dry Bulk and Containers