Fleet Manager

CMA CGM; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM in Mumbai seeks a seasoned Chief Engineer to oversee fleet operations, lead a capable team, and ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency of vessels.

You will manage budgets, coordinate with the Fleet Director, and supervise maintenance programs while ensuring compliance with IMS and international rules.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading maritime teams and operations.
• Knowledge of vessel performance monitoring and maintenance.
• Ability to plan and manage budgets for ship operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team to ensure its efficiency and conduct training as needed.
• Monitor vessel performance, maintenance programs, dry docking, and surveys; ensure timely completion.
• Prepare and review annual vessel operating budgets with Fleet Director; monitor expenses within budget.

Skills

Team management

Budget management

Vessel operations

Root cause analysis

Education

Chief Engineer Certificate of Competency (Deep Sea)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Comply with IMS and all relevant international rules and regulations;
• Ensure all your duties in accordance with quality, health, safety, environmental and ethics policies;
• Propose a continuous performance improvement plan which will be reported and reviewed on a periodical basis.

1. Team management:

• Manage your team to ensure its efficiency;
• Identify training requirements for your team;
• Encourage your team to improve their knowledge, skills and training;
• Set up and ensure continued operation, reporting, briefings and meetings when relevant.

2. Vessels follow up

• Monitor the vessels performance, shipboard maintenance and repair programs, dry docking, deficiencies, class and flag surveys and ensure that these are completed within the required time;
• Coordinate the preparation and participate to the review and approval of the dry-docking specifications and any other major repair works prior to tendering;
• Liaise with New Building Department to prepare taking over of newly built vessels;
• Liaise with CMA ships management to prepare taking over/hand over of second-hand vessel, purchased or sold;
• Support the crew on board for their duties;
• Validate root cause analysis and preventive measures for identified events;
• Assist in any emergency response as required.

3. Budget management

• Monitor operating costs of the vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget and optimized;
• Approve orders, invoices up to limit of authorization;
• Prepare and review the annual vessel operating budgets with the Fleet Director, prior to sending to owners.

Note: You are accountable for the profit and loss of your fleet.

4. Coordination with Fleet management

• Keep the Fleet Director advised of problems which arise on managed ships;
• Coordinate with Line management to meet operational requirements;
• Ensure communication of information and feed backs to other fleets and departments;
• Ensure that weekly report is updated by the SI.

• Competent with various software's, such as word, excel, powerpoint,etc.;
• Adequate knowledge of the vessel and vessel systems.

Experience

• Deep Sea CE with slow speed propulsion preferred.