Technical Coordinator

Seaspan Corporation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Seaspan Corporation seeks a Technical Coordinator to provide vessel technical support and coordinate services and repairs. The role involves working with fleet managers to ensure vessels have the required stores and spares, and to assist on cost‑effective management of assigned ships.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in ship management or sailing as 3rd Engineer/2nd Officer, with strong MS Office skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Two or more years in a similar role in ship management or sailing experience at least as 3rd Engineer or 2nd Officer.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Effective communication skills under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with Health, Safety, Environmental Policy and EMS; report any noncompliance to management.
• Update vessel particulars, set up annual ship surveys, and create SPOs for annual services.
• Maintain guarantee management files, invoices, and backups.
• Support SPOs, people and tooling during major repairs and dry-dock planning.
• Assist with routine maintenance and certificate folders; ensure ship drawings and manuals are up to date.
• Compile KPIs and participate in department reporting; liaise with fleet administrative staff.

Skills

Ship management

Spares sourcing

Communication skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Seaspan employees are goal-driven and thrive in a high-performance culture. Our integrated business model, with over 25 years of fleet life-cycle management expertise, provides the world’s major shipping companies with long-term leases on large, modern and technologically advanced vessels, combined with industry-leading ship management services. As owner and operator of the vessels, we provide skilled officers and crews dedicated to the safe, reliable, and economical operation of our fleet. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU. Our main operating offices are located in Singapore, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and Mumbai.

Position Description

The Technical Coordinator provides vessel technical support; coordinates services and repairs, and works closely with purchasers and other team members to ensure company-managed vessels are supplied with all necessary stores and spares. This position assists the vessel managers where possible for effective, safe and economical management of assigned vessels.

Job Responsibilities

• Is familiar with the Health, Safety, Environmental Protection and Quality Policy (PL-005), and understands the responsibilities under the Environmental Management System (EMS). In keeping with this and other compliance policies, they understand their duty to report any environmental noncompliance and/or concern to their manager or members of the senior management team (including the highest level of management) either directly or through the open reporting system as per Management System guidelines.
• Updates vessel particulars, helps set up annual ship surveys, and creates, organizes, and issues Service Purchase Orders (SPOs) for annual services.
• Provides continuity on guarantee management and follow up; ensures guarantee claim files are kept up to date with all invoices and backups
• Provides support to SPOs, people and tooling during major repairs.
• Provides support for dry-dock planning, specification compilation and execution of SPOs.
• Provides support for routine maintenance.
• Assists with certificate folders.
• Ensures drawings and manuals are set up for each class of ship and performs ad hoc checks to ensure hard and soft copies remain in the library.
• Helps compile statistical data of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), guarantee claims, etc. and assists with department reporting.
• Works with the fleet administrative assistant to ensure team technical operations filing is up to date.
• Provide feedback on the vendor performance.
• Participate in various projects once assigned by the manager – for example – Service contract management, Fleet management system enhancement etc.
• Review of the invoices as received from the vendors and process as per AAP user guide.
• Compliance with P2P guidelines.
• Wiling to provide afterhours support to Vessel managers & Fleet Managers.
• Assist with urgent freight of spares in case required by Fleet Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Two or more years in a similar role in a ship management company or sailing experience in minimum as 3rd Engineer or 2nd officer.
• Able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Must know how to source ship spares, service, and stores for containerships.
• Effective communication skills

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Previous sailing experience as an engineer is preferred.
• Experience sailing internationally on containerships

Seaspan employees are goal-driven and thrive in a high-performance culture. Our integrated business model, with over 25 years of fleet life-cycle management expertise, provides the world’s major shipping companies with long-term leases on large, modern and technologically advanced vessels, combined with industry-leading ship management services. As owner and operator of the vessels, we provide skilled officers and crews dedicated to the safe, reliable, and economical operation of our fleet. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU. Our main operating offices are located in Singapore, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and Mumbai.