Marine / Hull Superintendent

Everlink HR Consulting Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Everlink HR Consulting Limited seeks an experienced maritime professional to oversee HSEQ and LNG shipping operations in Hong Kong. The role involves auditing vessel performance, maintaining compliance with oil majors, and leading safety and environmental excellence across the fleet.

You will work with two Engineer Superintendents, manage risk assessments and incident investigations, ensure Q88 and SMS documentation are up to date, and coordinate with technical and crewing departments.

Qualifications

• Must hold Class 1 Deck certificate of competency and maritime institute graduation.
• Extensive marine knowledge from years at sea culminating in Master Mariner.
• Experience in LNG and Cryogenic engineering in management roles.
• Strong knowledge of SIRE/TMSA/CDI/ISM/SIGTTO/OPTIMOOR.
• Proven ability to supervise, analyze incidents, audit shipboard operations.
• Proficient in English and Chinese; capable of managing multinational crews.
• Shore experience with ship management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control the performance and condition of allocated vessels and act as needed.
• Collaborate with Engineer Superintendents and HSEQ & Marine Director to maintain standards.
• Ensure fleet vessels meet required standards to maintain oil major approvals.
• Maintain Right Ship standards for the vessels.
• Liaise with HSEQ & Marine Director to maintain and update SMS manuals and documentation.
• Carry out shipboard sailing internal audits as required.
• Oversee shipboard inspections and tank operations per OCIMF Vessel Inspection Questionnaire.
• Advocate safety and environmental excellence; ensure accident-free operations during audits.
• Conduct incident and near-miss investigations as required.
• Review minutes from shipboard safety committee meetings; ensure compliance.
• Review and authorize risk assessments as necessary.
• Keep abreast of industry developments affecting vessel approvals.
• Compile and submit responses after vetting/CDI inspections for review by HSEQ & Marine Director.
• Review statistics of SIRE/CDI inspections; identify high-risk observations and develop corrective actions.
• Track non-conformities in the crew matrix and provide feedback.
• Assist Technical and Crewing departments with special requirements for oil majors.
• Ensure Q88 documentation is up to date.
• Coordinate with Technical Department in cargo and commercial matters as needed.
• Facilitate shipboard and shore-based training for officers and crew on tanker operations and SMS.
• Attend vessels to oversee inspections and cargo operations as required.
• Revise HSEQ manuals and prepare new HSEQ documentation.
• Create HSEQ bulletins, safety alerts and navigation focus bulletins.
• Follow up on port state inspection reports; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Complete any other tasks as assigned.
• Handle contingency situations as specified in the Emergency Procedure Manual.
• Review navigation audits performed by tanker masters.

Skills

Master Mariner

Class 1 Deck

SIRE/TMSA/CDI/ISM

LNG operations

Safety management

Multinational crew

English & Chinese

Problem solving

Education

Maritime institute graduate

Job description

Monitor and control the performance and condition of allocated vessels, taking action as appropriate. The incumbent will work with two Engineer Superintendents who have similar roles.

Ensure that the fleet vessels meet the necessary standards to maintain approvals from oil majors.

Maintain Right Ship standards for the responsible vessels.

Liaise with the HSEQ & Marine Director to maintain the company’s TMSA standards.

Collaborate with the HSEQ & Marine Director to maintain and update Safety Management System (SMS) manuals and documentation.

Carry out shipboard sailing internal audits as required.

Ride and sail with vessels to conduct shipboard marine inspections in accordance with the latest OCIMF Vessel Inspection Questionnaire.

Advocate for safety and environmental excellence, ensuring accident-free operations during audits.

Conduct incident and near-miss investigations as required.

Review minutes from shipboard safety committee meetings to ensure compliance and address any issues.

Review and authorize risk assessments as necessary.

Keep abreast of industry developments that may impact the ongoing approval status of vessels.

Compile and submit responses after completing vetting/CDI inspections for review by the HSEQ & Marine Director.

Review statistical analyses of SIRE/CDI inspections, identify key (high-risk) and repeat observations and develop corrective action plans.

Track non-conformities in the crew matrix and provide feedback to the Technical and Crew departments.

Assist in identifying special requirements related to specific oil majors for the Technical and Crewing departments.

Ensure that Q88 documentation is kept up to date with the latest information.

Coordinate with and assist the Technical Department in cargo and commercial matters as needed.

Facilitate shipboard and shore-based training for officers and crew on tanker operations, quality management systems and other relevant topics.

Attend vessels to oversee shipboard inspections, hold cleaning, tank cleaning, cargo operations and other matters as required.

Help revise existing HSEQ manuals and prepare new HSEQ documentation as needed.

Assist in the creation of HSEQ bulletins, safety alerts and navigation focus bulletins.

Follow up on port state inspection reports and ensure corrective actions are taken if deficiencies arise.

Complete any other tasks as assigned from time to time.

Handle contingency situations as specified in the Emergency Procedure Manual.

Review navigation audits performed by tanker masters to verify system effectiveness and facilitate procedure updates.

Requirements

Graduate from Maritime institute.

Considerable depth of marine knowledge following a number of years at sea culminating in a senior position as Master Mariner. Class 1 (Deck) certificate of competency.

Previous shore experience with a ship management company preferrable.

Management experience within the LNG environment and application of Cryogenic engineering.

Thorough knowledge about SIRE/TMSA/CDI/ISM/SIGTTO/OPTIMOOR systems.

Ability to solve operational problems in a logical manner with an analytical approach.

Working experience with multinational crew.

Good organization, communication and people management skills.

Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese.

Incumbent must be able to work within a multi-cultural environment and have a detailed knowledge of LNG shipping operations and the associated safe systems of work.