Ship Planner

CMA CGM; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM in Malaysia is seeking a Ship Manager to oversee voyage monitoring and loading plans for container vessels, ensuring compliance with safety rules and Line policies.

The role involves coordinating with operations and logistics teams, optimizing stowage, ballast, bunker use, and port operations while maintaining schedules and cost control.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate maritime degree with 3+ years experience.
• Ideal candidate: Merchant Navy deck officer with containership experience.
• Experience in logistics/transportation/supply chain management.
• Experience in port/terminal operations or container terminal planning.

Responsibilities

• Uphold high stowage planning standards for safe vessel utilization and cost control.
• Manage end-to-end stowage process for a containership with stakeholders.
• Apply best practices to ensure stability, trim, and minimal time at port.
• Monitor and manage dangerous cargo, reefers, OOG per IMDG, ISM and company rules.
• Evaluate feasibility of Changes of Destination (COD) per vessel position and requests.
• Coordinate with Logistics to optimize empty container repositioning at low cost.
• Work with operations to maintain schedule, reduce costs, and optimize bunkers.
• Produce performance reports on vessel utilization, ballast, restows, and bunkers.
• Contribute to development of statistics and monitor bunker consumption.

Skills

Stowage planning

English fluency

Vessel operations

Communication skills

Education

Postgraduate maritime degree

Merchant Navy deck officer

Tools

Stability calculation software

Naval Architecture knowledge

Planning software

Job description

The Ship Manager position is important in our value chain as you are in relations with both our teams at sea and ashore. Within a container shipping line, your role is to ensure the operational monitoring of vessels voyages. You make sure that vessels voyages and port operations go smoothly by establishing the loading plans in compliance with safety rules and through the enforcement of the Line business policy.

Job Responsibilities :

• Upholding high standards of stowage planning to ensure safe and maximum vessel utilization with minimum operational costs.
• Manage end-to-end stowage process for a containership with stakeholders, apply best practices, ensure best stability, and trim conditions, while minimizing time at port.
• Monitoring and managing special loadings: dangerous cargo, Reefers, Out of Gauge (OOG, Breakbulk) according to the international regulations (IMDG code, ISM…), the Group and Line’s instructions.
• Evaluating the feasibility of Changes of Destination (COD) of some cargos according to their position on board, following the request of sales teams, Logistics Department, and partners.
• Liaising with the Logistics team to optimize the repositioning of empty containers at the lowest cost.
• Work closely with operations team to maintain schedule, reduce cost and optimize bunker consumption.
• Performance reporting of vessel utilization, minimum ballast, restows and other key metrics associated with vessel stowage planning.
• Participating in the development of statistics and ensure the monitoring of bunkers consumption.

Job Requirement :

• Postgraduate degree with experience (+ 3 years min ) from a National Maritime School, ideally Merchant Navy deck officer, with an on-board containership experience , Logistics /transportation / supply chain management , Port/Terminal Operations or container terminal planning.
• Fluent in English (both speaking and writing).
• Good Communicationskills.
• Good command of IT tools.
• Good knowledge of specific planning and/or vessels stability calculation software programs , ships building/ Naval Architecture.
• Good knowledge of Dangerous Goods (DG) Regulations.
• Good knowledge of international safety and security regulations (SOLAS , VGM , ISM…)
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Reactive, rigorous, and organized, you carry out and anticipate operational tasks , manage priorities and emergencies.
• Hygiene, safety, and environment rules as well as regulatory framework knowledge.
• Flexible approach of working hours (you may be expected to work on evenings/weekends).