Consultant / Senior Associate - Shipyard

Vedam Design; Thane; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Vedam Design & Technical Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a Consultant / Senior Associate for its Shipyard vertical in Thane, Maharashtra.

The role targets 2–5 years of post-MBA experience in port or shipyard environments, focusing on feasibility studies, DPRs, site layout, and facilities planning. You will support the Technical Director and project managers with data gathering, market analysis, and report drafting, while collaborating with external consultants.

Qualifications

• MBA with port/shipyard exposure preferred.
• Experience in DPR/feasibility studies valuable.
• Experience in report-heavy, deadline-driven environments helpful.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured online/desk research on shipyard and maritime infrastructure topics.
• Coordinate with partner firms and Vedam internal teams on deliverables and timelines.
• Prepare client-ready reports — feasibility studies, DPR chapters, and evaluation documents.
• Continue building knowledge in DPR/ feasibility planning and AI-assisted research tools.

Skills

Research & analysis

Report writing

Coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder liaison

Data gathering

Continuous learning

Education

MBA + Naval/Marine exp

Engineering + MBA

MBA + DPR experience

Job description

Consultant / Senior Associate - Shipyard

2-5 years

Full-Time

Vedam Design & Technical Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. is India's largest ship design house, with ~250 professionals delivering engineering design and technical consultancy to global maritime clients. Alongside our core ship design business, Vedam operates a specialised Shipyard & Maritime Infrastructure Consulting vertical led by a Technical Director with 30+ years of marine engineering experience.

This vertical undertakes feasibility studies and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for greenfield and brownfield shipyards, ship-repair yards, marinas, and ship-recycling facilities, and supports evaluation studies for shipyard/repair-yard acquisitions. Vedam leads the technical scope directly — site layout, material flow, area optimisation, and facilities planning — while partnering with specialist external consultants for scopes outside Vedam's own expertise (financial modelling, coastal engineering, market studies, jetty structural design, etc.).

Key Responsibilities:

Research & Technical Support

• Conduct structured online/desk research on shipyard and maritime infrastructure topics — global benchmarks, regulatory/statutory frameworks, port and yard capacity data, industry practices, and precedent projects.
• Compile and organise technical and market reference material to support feasibility studies and DPR development.
• Support the Technical Director and design project managers with background data for site layout, material flow, and facility/area-optimisation studies (drafting/CAD work is handled by dedicated design teams; this role does not require CAD proficiency).

Coordination

• Liaise with partner consulting firms engaged for financial, coastal engineering, market study, jetty structural design, and other specialist scopes — tracking deliverables, timelines, and information exchange.
• Coordinate with Vedam's internal design project managers supporting the vertical to consolidate inputs across workstreams.
• Track action items, follow-ups, and documentation across concurrent assignments to maintain execution discipline.

Report Preparation & Documentation

• Prepare formal, client-ready reports — feasibility studies, DPR chapters, evaluation reports — in structured, professional Word/PPT format under the Technical Director's guidance.
• Consolidate multi-consultant inputs (technical, financial, coastal, market) into a single coherent report narrative.
• Prepare presentation decks, summary notes, and internal review documents as required.
• Maintain version control and a structured document/knowledge repository for ongoing and completed assignments.

Process & Continuous Learning

• Progressively build working knowledge of shipyard/port infrastructure planning, DPR/feasibility study structures, and maritime industry fundamentals.
• Learn and apply AI-assisted research and document-drafting tools as introduced by the organisation to improve turnaround and quality.

Educational Background (in order of preference)

• Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering graduate + MBA, with some work experience in a port or shipyard environment; OR
• Engineering graduate (any discipline) + MBA, with 1–2 years of experience in the marine/shipyard sector; OR
• Graduate (any discipline) + MBA, with relevant experience in DPR preparation / feasibility studies within an EPC or infrastructure consulting environment.

Experience

• 2–5 years of total post-MBA experience.
• Exposure to report-heavy, deadline-driven environments (consulting, EPC, infrastructure planning) is valued; direct maritime experience is preferred but not mandatory.