Fleet Superintendent

CMA SHIPS; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA SHIPS is seeking a seasoned Superintendent/Deputy Fleet Manager to oversee vessel performance, maintenance, and crew management within a busy Mumbai fleet. You will monitor operating costs, supervise shipboard work, and liaise with Masters, Chief Engineers, and HR to ensure smooth operations.

The role requires deep-sea CE experience with slow-speed propulsion or similar maintenance background, strong analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to report on operational status and

Qualifications

• Superintendent preferred.
• Deep sea CE with slow speed propulsion experience preferred.
• Experience in industry maintenance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Comply with IMS and relevant international rules and regulations.
• Ensure duties align with quality, health, safety, environmental and ethics policies.
• Propose continuous performance improvement plans and report/review periodically.
• Keep Fleet manager informed of problems on ships and resolve issues incl. speed and consumption.

Skills

Analytical skills

Rigor and method

Verbal communication

Written communication

Tools

MS Office

Excel

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;
• Keep the Fleet manager advised of problems which arise on managed ships, and solve them, including issues related to speed and consumption, operational performance;
• Be appointed when required as mentor in charge of Junior SI;
• Assist in any emergency response as required.

1- Vessel maintenance follow up:

• Monitor vessel performance (LO and HFO quality and consumptions), shipboard maintenance and repair programs;
• Monitor planned maintenance software to detect any delay which could impact the operation of the vessel;
• Prepare and organize the maintenance during ship’s trade;
• Minimize interference with vessel commercial availability;
• Supervise the shipboard working organization in close cooperation with Masters and Chief Engineers;
• Monitor spare parts and stores availability and requests from vessels;
• Conduct regular vessels inspections;
• Submit the damage claims including stevedores damages in cooperation with Legal Dept;
• Follow up defect reports, guarantee claims in a timely manner;
• Answer to vessel monthly reports;
• Implement actions related to relevant experience feedbacks on managed vessels.

2- Preparation of vessel dry dock

• Prepare dry-docking specifications;
• Prepare documents relating to the docking (DAI, EDD);
• Support the dry dock manager during the dry-dock;
• Assist the dry dock manager during dry dock. (SI is deputy Dry Dock manager).

Note

You are accountable for the works under your responsibilities, mainly class works.

• Prepare vessel’s budget;
• Approve orders, invoices up to limit of authorization;
• Monitor operating costs of the vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget.

4- Crew related duties

• Monitor crew overtime in respect of company policy;
• Monitor rest/work hours and implement improvement;
• Appraise senior officers;
• Inform Marine Human Resources Department (MHRD) as soon as a problem is detected.

5- Certificates, inspections and surveys

• Plan in due time safety inspections, statutory and classification surveys to maintain the validity of statutory and classification certificates (except ISM, ISPS, MLC certificates);
• Notify classification society, or the flag administration, or classification society and the flag administration in case of deficiencies arising on the vessels.
• Deputy Fleet Manager

If designated as Deputy Fleet Manager you shall, in addition for all your fleet’s vessels:

• Keep the Fleet Manager advised of problems which arise on their ships;
• Monitor Fleet vessels’ performance and highlight non-conformities to Fleet manager.
• Prepare and submit to the Fleet Manager regular reports detailing the operational status of each assigned vessel.
• Ensure that ships are inspected at regular intervals to ensure a very close follow-up of shipboard activities.
• Liaise with Crew Management Dept for:
• core manning,
• periodical review of manning level and the
• senior officers planning (appointment, promotion…)
• Brief Senior officers, analysis of appraisal, identification of training request
• Ensure communication of information and feed backs to other fleets and departments;
• Ensure that weekly report is updated by the SIs.
• Monitor operating costs of the vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget and optimized;
• Be the Fleet manager’s substitute for relevant meetings
• Promote safety involvement and participation to investigations and lessons learnt throughout the fleet SIs
• Take the lead on assigned cross-fleet projects
• Competent with various software, such as word, excel, power point, etc.;
• Adequate knowledge of the vessel and vessel systems and technical environment.

Experience

• Superintendent preferred
• Deep sea CE with slow speed propulsion preferred, or with experience in industry maintenance.

Personal attributes

• Analytical skills;
• Rigor and method;
• Effective verbal, written and presentation skills;
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-based environment;
• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible to change priorities;
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills;