Personnel Planning Lead

Fugro Malaysia Marine Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical + Dental coverage

Career development opportunities

Generous annual leave

Learning & development program

Hybrid work arrangements

Team-building events

Job summary

Fugro Malaysia Marine Sdn Bhd seeks a Personnel Planning Lead to oversee planning, allocation, tracking, logistics, and administration for about 130 offshore survey personnel across SE Asia. The role coordinates deployment, certification renewals, and third-party sourcing, supervising the regional Personnel Logistics Team.

Requires extensive maritime crewing experience, strong English communication, and proven leadership. Hybrid work arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Requires HBO or equivalent professional capacities with understanding of staffing and processes.
• Experience in maritime crewing and personnel management is preferred.
• Strong English communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure target metrics for quality, productivity, safety and satisfaction are met.
• Coordinate planning activities for technical operations and crews.
• Develop integrated processes with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Coordinate planning across technical operations teams and communicate status to customers.
• Provide guidance on complex tasks and mentor junior staff; people management is not primary.
• Work autonomously in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Skills

Maritime crewing operations

English communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Diploma

Tools

Crewing Management Software Systems

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Fugro is looking for the Personnel Planning Lead (PPL), reporting to the Personnel Resource Manager, oversees planning, allocation, tracking, logistics, and administration for approximately 130 offshore survey technical personnel across Southeast Asia. The role manages personnel deployment, certification and documentation renewals, third-party contractor sourcing, and supervises the regional Personnel Logistics Team to ensure efficient workforce and travel coordination.

Organisational Context

Personnel Planning Lead would typically coordinate / collaborate daily with:

• Operations Manager
• Project Manager(s)
• Technical Discipline Subject Matter Experts (SME's)
• Personnel Recruitment Lead
• Other (Fugro Group) Offshore Personnel Leads / Training Leads / Competency Leads
• Third Party Agencies (supplying contingent technical staff)

Direct/Functional Reports

The Personnel Planning Lead supervises day-to-day:

Survey Personnel Logistics Team, comprising logistics coordinators, and administrators.

Job Description

1) To Ensures that agreed quality, productivity, customer-satisfaction, employee-satisfaction, safety and personal targets are met by
2) controling and coordinating all planning activities associated with technical operations,
3) creating integrated processes among internal functions and external suppliers,
4) assuring that all planning activities are well coordinated across the technical operations teams,
5) communicating status and changes to internal and external customers,
6) solving problems and delivering solutions where precedent may not exist. Gives guidance in complex tasks. Acts as mentor for more junior colleagues, but people management is not a focus. Works autonomously.

Job Requirement

Requires higher professional education (HBO) or equivalent professional and intellectual capacities. Typically requires knowledge of operation capacities, equipment, staffing and processes, and an understanding of their interaction, obtained through extensive relevant working experience.

Education

Tertiary Education (Diploma)

Working experience

3-8 years

Proven background in / practical experience with maritime (vessel based) personnel / crewing operations, preferably survey industry related

0-3 years

Previous supervisory / team leadership experience in crewing operations preferred.

Proven capability to collaborate and coordinate with other department heads, towards optimising offshore technical personnel performance and utilisation

Qualified and functional experience in Human Resources / Maritime Crewing and personnel management and training

English Language. Proven high level capability to communicate clearly and accurately, in English language, both verbal and written

Microsoft Office 365 applications.
High-level competence with Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, etc

Crewing Management Software Systems. Proven capability with Personnel / Crewing Rotation Planning Systems / Software / Spreadsheets, etc

Proven background and experience in the marine industry, and be able to easily relate to / with the types of personnel employed in this field / industry

Flexible, reliable, independent, and able to work well in fast-paced, constantly changing environment

Proactive, positive attitude, meticulous with good attention to detail, and strong ability to follow-up on pending actions / activities

What we offer

At Fugro, we are committed to creating an engaging and supportive work environment for our employees. In addition to a competitive salary and offer a range of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Opportunities for career development and progression
• Generous annual leave and public holiday entitlement
• Access to learning and development program
• Hybrid work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Team-building and social events

If you are excited about this opportunity and would like to be part of our growing team.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.