Ops Centre MarOps Specialist

Oceanic Catering; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Oceanic Catering seeks a Marine Operations Specialist to ensure safe and effective operation of managed vessels, with ownership of safety programs and escalation of issues. The role focuses on performance monitoring, safety audits, and compliance involvement across the operations center and onboard teams.

Ideal candidates will hold senior shipboard certificates (Class 1/2) with STCW experience and a track record in ship management operations, plus strong communication and analytical skills to

Qualifications

• Class 2 (Chief Officer or 2nd Engineer) certificate of competency with seagoing experience.
• At least three years’ experience as a senior shipboard officer and five years of relevant ship type experience.
• Or practical experience in ship management operations with relevant ship type experience.
• Minimum qualification per STCW requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the vessel safety management and ensure vessels are operated safely and effectively.
• Escalate safety issues to management as appropriate.
• Monitor voyage performance, ETA, weather alerts and audits (cargo, hours of work, drills).
• Maintain records of support actions and follow-up items for ship management offices.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Analytical

Interpersonal

Education

Master's or Chief Engineer's Certificate (Class 1)

Class 2 Certificate of Competency

Tools

Operational Risk Analysers

Technical Dashboards

Sentinel

ShipSure tools

Job description

Safety

Safety is our priority, and the Marine Operations Specialist has the responsibility of ensuring managed vessels are operated safely and effectively by the management office, including escalation of safety issues as appropriate.

Customer

The Marine Operations team shall ensure Customers of the Operations Centre fully benefit from the operational performance of their vessels.

Ownership

Own the product delivered to internal Customers, having the authority and accountability to delegate and to take the necessary decisions to ensure Flawless Service Delivery.Overall accountability for the vessel’s safety management remains with the ISM DoC holding office.

Monitor

Monitor the compliance readiness of allocated vessels in:

• Voyage Performance monitoring, including port line-up
• ETA monitoring and downtime accuracy
• Bad weather alerting
• Drug and Alcohol testing programme
• Environmental Compliance Inspection programme
• Mooring Audit programme
• Cargo Audits
• MLC Self-Assessments
• Safety Self-Assessment programme
• Navigation audit programme
• Drills and Campaigns monitoring
• Hours of work and rest
• Safety Meeting Responses

Reporting

To be an advocate of ShipSure and ensure it is properly utilised within the Operations Centre, Ship Management offices and onboard.

Risk Management

Utilise Operational Risk Analysers, Technical Dashboards, Sentinel, and other Shipsure compliance tools to risk assess vessels to prioritise vessels for Ops Centre support.

Maintain records of support actions taken, including action items for follow up by the ship management office.

Minimum qualification of Class 2 (Chief Officer or 2nd Engineer) certificate of competency and seagoing experience pursuant to the STCW, with not less than three years’ experience as a senior shipboard officer and five years of relevant ship type experience,

or

• Practical experience in ship management operations in a shipping company with relevant ship type experience.

Personal Skills:

• Good communication (oral and written) skills Good organisational and planning skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and interact with people at all levels.

• Master’s or Chief Engineer’s Certificate of Competency (Class 1).