Crewing Manager

Shipworkz; Mumbai; Presencial; INR 900 000 - 1 700 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Shipworkz in Mumbai invites applications for a Crewing Manager role to ensure qualified crew for vessels, maintain a robust crewing pool, and drive cost-efficient operations. You will collaborate with operations, technical teams and charterers to uphold safety, regulatory compliance and performance KPIs.

The role involves budget oversight, payroll management, audits, and maintaining relations with unions and agents to secure quality crew. Prior experience in maritime crewing is essential.

Qualificações

• Vessel crewing management and planning ability.
• Strong knowledge of crew selection and performance screening.
• Familiarity with maritime industry operations.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure vessels are manned with qualified crew at all times in compliance with rules and project requirements.
• Develop and maintain a high-quality crewing pool through careful selection and screening.
• Work with operations/technical teams to ensure crew operates and maintains vessels to protect asset integrity.
• Oversee crew planning, rotation and retention for performance, welfare and cost efficiency.
• Ensure crewing budget is met; monitor depletions and variances for corrective action.
• Manage crew payroll, wage scales and disbursements.
• Improve crewing processes using software platforms and drive continuous improvements.
• Ensure ISM/ISO compliance; perform audits related to crewing.
• Track new crewing regulations (IMO and flag states) and advise management on impacts.
• Assist in budgets and cost estimates for crewing.
• Maintain relations with seamen unions, manning agents, regulators to access quality crew.
• Implement cost-efficiency strategies with agencies, travel agents, hotels and providers.
• Coordinate with P&I clubs for crewing insurance claims.
• Work with operations, technical teams and charterers to handle crew disciplinary issues.
• Monitor crewing performance and KPIs; report to management.
• Prepare management reports related to crewing for decision making.
• Communicate with masters and crews to clarify crewing matters and flag issues.
• Work with other departments to support and develop the business.
• Work with finance to check invoices and follow up with agents.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs) :

• Responsible to ensure that the vessels managed by the company are sufficiently manned with qualified crew all the time, in compliance with rules, regulations and project specific requirements.
• Develop and maintain a high-quality crewing pool through careful selection, development and performance screening.
• Work closely with operations & technical team to ensure that selected crew operates and maintains the vessel effectively and efficiently to ensure asset integrity and minimize downtime.
• Oversee crew planning, rotation and retention for best performance, crew welfare and cost efficiency.
• Ensure that crewing budget is strictly met. Depletion and variances shall be monitored and reported promptly for internal action.
• Manage crew payroll, crew wage scales and efficient disbursements.
• Manage efficiency of the crewing process leveraging software platforms. Contribute towards continuous improvement of crewing process.
• Ensure compliance to ISM and ISO process of the company. Perform internal and external audits related to crewing as required.
• Keep track of new and emerging crewing regulations related to IMO and individual flag states, advise impacts to management and drive implementation if required.
• Assist in preparation & management of budgets and cost estimates.
• Maintain good relationships with seamens unions, manning agents, regulators etc to get priority access to quality crew.
• Implement strategies to achieve cost efficiency from agencies, travel agents, hotels,manning agents, medical institutions and other third-party service providers.
• Co-ordinate with P&I clubs for crewing related insurance claims.
• Work closely with operations & technical team and charterers if required to handle all crew disciplinary issues.
• Monitor and report crewing performance of the fleet regularly and meet all crewing KPIs set by the management from time to time.
• Preparation of various management reports related to crewing for top level decision making and strategizing.
• Communicate with masters of ships, operation & technical teams to clarify crewing matters and flag up all potential problems in general.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to support and develop companys business.
• Work closely with finance department to check agency invoices, disbursements, incorrect billings etc and follow up with agents for corrective actions.

Key Performance Indicators :

• Crew disciplinary frequency (Absconding, offences, drugs & alcohol, dismissal, warnings, etc.)
• Zero incidents
• Crew planning – Zero unplanned delays in replacements
• Crewing budget performance – 100% within agreed budgets
• Crewing deficiencies during audit – Zero or minor NCs
• Noncompliance to ISM – Zero