Fleet Superintendent

CMA Ships; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA Ships in Mumbai seeks a Superintendent to oversee the operational health of container vessels in your area. You will initiate investigations, determine repairs and purchases to comply with shipping norms and CMA standards, and supervise crews and external participants during interventions.

You will be the primary contact of chief engineers, captains, lines and shipyards, and you will manage vessel budgets, monitor fuel consumption, and ensure certificates and surveys are up to date while

Qualifications

• Competent with various software, such as word, excel, power point, etc.
• Adequate knowledge of the vessel and vessel systems and technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor operational performance of containers ships in your area
• Initiate investigations and determine purchases and repairs to comply with shipping norms and CMA standards; implement them after managerial approval
• Supervise and coordinate crew members and external participants (repair yards, shipping experts, classifications Companies, etc.) during technical interventions
• Root cause analysis of defects raised by 3rd parties and feed back into the owned fleet
• Be the key contact of chief engineers, captains, Lines and shipyards; draw up and monitor vessel budgets
• Appointed CMA Ships expert & representative onsite if required
• Update all shipping documents and official certificates necessary for the vessel
• Control vessel consumptions (oil, fuel) and participate in decarbonization and cost-saving efforts
• Ensure seaworthiness and business performance (certificates, international obligations, speed, capacity, lifting gear)
• Comply with IMS and all relevant international rules and regulations; maintain quality, health, safety, environmental and ethics policies

Skills

Analytical skills

Rigor and method

Effective verbal, written and present

Ability to work independently

Strong multi-tasking and organization

Management skills

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Reports to: Fleet manager

Responsibilities and duties:

Ensuring the operational monitoring of container ships of your area

For each vessel, you initiate investigations, determine the purchases and repairs to be carried out to comply with shipping technical norms, expiry dates and the companys standards. After the approval of your managers, you implement them

During technical interventions, you will supervise and coordinate crew members and external participants (repair yards, shipping experts, classifications Companies, etc.)

Challenge root cause analysis of defects raised by 3rd parties and import feedback in owned fleet

You are the key contact of chief engineers, captains, Lines and shipyards. In addition, you draw up and monitor operational budgets allocated to each vessel

Appointed CMA Ships expert & representative onsite if required

You update all shipping documents and official certificates that are necessary for the vessel

You control the vessels consumptions (oil, fuel, etc.) and participate in their optimization for decarbonization and cost savings purposes

In sum, you ensure the good conditions of the vessels’ seaworthiness and their business performance (certificates, international obligations, speed, capacity, lifting gear, etc.)

You shall:

• 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 ships 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;
• Evaluate tender documents;
• 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.

3- Vessel budget

• Prepare vessels 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.

Minimum qualifications

• 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;
• Management skills