Senior Technical Superintendent – Fleet Management

Boskalis; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 82,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Boskalis is seeking a Senior Technical Superintendent for the Fleet Management Department based in Aberdeen. You will act as a central point of contact to keep offshore vessels in safe, compliant and cost-effective operation for projects in offshore energy, wind, and oil & gas sectors.

You will coordinate with crews and support teams, oversee repairs and dockings, manage budgets and ensure compliance with class, flag, and OVID requirements while promoting SHEQ and NINA policies across all

Qualifications

• Higher / secondary vocational education in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of offshore equipment such as AHTS’s, CSV’s, DSV’s, CLV’s.
• Strong technical knowledge of active heave compensated knuckle boom cranes.
• Fully conversant with legislative and regulatory requirements for marine assets.
• Experience operating DP2 and DP3 vessels including the FMEA process.
• Good command of English, written and spoken.
• Team player with problem solving and proactive initiative.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with vessel crew, the fleet team and supporting departments to keep the vessel in operational condition and in compliance with class, flag, and OVID requirements to be available for projects.
• Maintain and promote the company’s SHEQ and No Injuries, No Accidents (NINA) policies throughout all your activities.
• Report work activities and progress to the fleet team and operational manager.
• Collaborate with vessel crew, Docking Cell and Centre of Expertise to prepare, plan, and budget repairs for the vessel.
• Oversee repairs, supervise crew and subcontractors in line with the agreed planning, budget and quality standards;
• Manage cost allocation for vessel repair, maintenance, dockings, damages, and modifications.

Skills

English proficiency

Team player

Problem solving

Communication skills

Proactive initiative

Education

Higher / Secondary Vocational Education in mechanical engineering

Job description

How you can make your mark

Make your mark as technical superintendent in Boskalis’ fleet management department! Boskalis has one of the largest global fleet of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to execute a broad range of offshore activities within the offshore wind as well as the oil & gas industry. In the role of senior technical superintendent you are an active central point of contactwithin the Fleet Management department responsible forsafe and cost-effective shipmanagement.

What kind of vessels? Construction Support Vessels like the Boka Tiamat and the Boka Sub C, or our Heavy lift vessels such as the Bokalift 1 or Bokalift 2 and cable-laying vessels such as the Ndeavor or Ndurance.

Your responsibilities as technical superintendent are:

• Coordinate with vessel crew, the fleet team and supporting departments to keep the vessel in operational condition and in compliance with class, flag, and OVID requirements to be available for projects.
• Maintain and promote the company’s SHEQ and No Injuries, No Accidents (NINA) policies throughout all your activities.
• Report work activities and progress to the fleet team and operational manager.
• Collaborate with vessel crew, Docking Cell and Centre of Expertise to prepare, plan, and budget repairs for the vessel.
• Oversee repairs, supervise crew and subcontractors in line with the agreed planning, budget and quality standards;
• Manage cost allocation for vessel repair, maintenance, dockings, damages, and modifications.

Your qualities and experience You can move ahead as senior technical superintendent if you recognize yourself in the following:

• At least Higher / Secondary Vocational Education in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of offshore equipment such as AHTS’s, CSV’s, DSV’s, CLV’s.
• Good technical knowledge of active heave compensated knuckle boom cranes.
• Fully conversant with legislative and regulatory requirements for marine assets.
• Relevant experience in the operation of DP2 and DP3 vessels including the FMEA process.
• Good command of English, written and spoken.
• Team player, problem solver, resilient, good communication skills and proactive in taking initiative.

We offer

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions:Besides a competitive salary, you will receive a holiday entitlement of 34 days, a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance and death in service benefit. There is also a range of flexible benefits you can take advantage of including the opportunity to buy additional holidays each year.
• Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy.
• Opportunities to connect with colleagues across the organization:Through networking and knowledge-sharing sessions, events, and employee communities.

Extra information

• Your team: You will be part of the Fleet Management Department of Boskalis Offshore Energy which consists of approximately 70 professionals. You will report to the Vessel Manager.
• Where you will work: You will be based in our office in Aberdeen. You are willing to travel abroad for 10-20% of the time to visit vessels.
• Full/part-time job: The position of technical superintendent is a full-time (40 hours a week) job.

About Boskalis

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Boskalis has one of the largest global fleet of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities.

Interested?

Want to know more? We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Senior Technical Superintendent - Fleet Management. Please contact Emilie Stratenus, Corporate Recruiter via [phone].

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CV’s from Recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application.