Job Description
Principal Role: Ensure that vessels under your responsibility comply with company principles, standards, policies, and meet legal (local and international) and contractual requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Review documents such as the ship management contract and interface documents.
- Manage maintenance activities, including preventive, planned, and corrective maintenance through systems, reports, and vessel inspections.
- Oversee the technical performance of vessels and monitor spare parts/oil consumption and supplies to prevent damages.
- Identify reasons for excessive or abnormal wear and develop strategies to control and rectify these issues in collaboration with the senior maritime operations manager.
- Supervise repairs and conversions, including dry-docking, carried out by third-party workshops (specifications, bidding, evaluations, approvals, execution, budgeting, reporting).
- Manage the supply of materials and services in cooperation with the vessel's Site Manager and purchasing department.
- Verify with area managers any expenses exceeding the budget.
- Inform vessels about budgets and current expenses related to technical items, aiming to reduce costs and motivate staff by raising awareness of supply and spare parts costs.
- Monitor cycles, regulatory requirements, and organize periodic onboard inspections, ensuring the validity of classification, international, national, and specific certificates.
- Plan and organize routine inspections to verify machinery condition, structural integrity, safety and navigation equipment, records, and reports.
- Stay updated on legislative changes, classification standards, and other regulations.
- Handle matters related to flag changes, buying and selling ships, according to international requirements.
- Closely monitor the planned maintenance system onboard to ensure updates are implemented.
- Maintain organized and up-to-date technical documentation, records, and reports, ensuring proper filing and compliance with office requirements.
- Maintain effective communication with vessel operators and other stakeholders.
- Suggest improvements to vessel procedures.
- Establish connections with managers, insurers, salvage surveyors, and assist in preparing claims records (H&M).
Financial:
- Prepare monthly reviews, quarterly, and annual reports on current and forecasted expenses for the vessel, submitting them within deadlines.
- Initiate follow-up actions to keep expenses within budget parameters.
- Prepare operational budgets for maintenance, dry-docking, and special inspections, coordinating with the buyer on economic intervals and costs.
- Compare actual and budgeted expenses, taking corrective actions when deviations are identified.
- Review and approve all invoices related to repairs, lubricants, spare parts, and supplies, maintaining verification through onboard records.
Personnel:
- Coordinate, recruit, and assign crew for company vessels.
- Ensure effective feedback for employee evaluations.
- Support training and development of onboard and land-based staff to achieve desired productivity and motivation levels.
Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Fugro does not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition by Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.