Technical Superintendent

M. Restart; Dordrecht; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A maritime services company in the Netherlands is seeking a Technical Superintendent to join their expanding team. In this role, you will oversee maintenance planning, support operators, and ensure systems perform at their best. Applicants should have strong maritime technical knowledge, experience in Offshore operations, and excellent communication skills. This position offers dynamic tasks and opportunities for personal growth within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge and skills of (maritime) technical equipment.
• Experience in ship/asset management, including projects.
• A representative personality that can deal with stakeholders.
• Excellent planning, organisation and communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide Operators on maintenance and technical challenges.
• Monitor spare part supplies with the purchasing team.
• Plan long-term maintenance profiles and mobilisations.
• Supervise mobilisation on offshore vessels and travel to sites.

Skills

Technical knowledge and skills of maritime technical equipment

Experience/knowledge of Offshore/Maritime operations

Planning and organisation skills

Knowledge of Offshore/maritime safety standards

Proficient in English

Excellent communication skills

Offshore safety standards

English proficiency

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Maritime background and education

Job description

Technical superintendent
With our client, motion compensated gangways, we are looking to expand our team with an additional Technical superintendent.
A young but growing company under the Van Aalst Group, we excel in the technical complex system in the walk 2 work world in the Offshore industry.

Work description

As a technical superintendent you will join a small but growing team that is focussed to further develop the Rental Operations of a fleet of motion‑controlled gangways in a worldwide working area.
With a management system closely related to Maritime and Offshore operations, we support our clients with spot on performance of the in‑house designed and build systems.
A technical superintendent is a controlling and organising team player that can assess technical equipment and ensure the system is operating to its best performance.
By guiding the Operators of the system on maintenance, technical challenges, repair planning and (de)mobilisations on site, the superintendent is a critical factor in the day‑to‑day operations.
The superintendent is also monitoring the spare part supplies with the purchasing team, ensuring safety is on a high standard, evaluating crew performance and dealing with long‑term planning and maintenance scope.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge and skills of (maritime) technical equipment
• Experience/knowledge of Offshore/Maritime operations
• Ideally has a Maritime background and education
• Experience in ship/asset management, including projects
• Strong planning and organisation skills
• Knowledge of Offshore/maritime safety standards
• Proficient in English language, both verbal as written
• Excellent communication skills towards Operators, clients, subcontractors and suppliers
• A representative personality that can deal with stakeholders on both management level as well on a shipyard construction site

What to expect?

The day‑to‑day tasks are dynamic, where on one side we are planning the long‑term maintenance profile of a system and on the other side we prepare a mobilisation in a challenging timeline and deal with operational issues that is reported by one of the Operators on board the system.
The next day you give input during discusses on the maintenance planning and how to be more efficient and in the afternoon, you visit the warehouse to discuss a delivery of parts to Asia.
Then you plan your travel to Taiwan to supervise the mobilisation of a system on board an offshore vessel. Every day is different and bring challenges but is a step in the further stable growth of the company.
At the same time, the position offers personal growth as well as experience sharing in this dynamic world where continuous improvement is key to remain leading in the marked. We value an open culture and a safe environment to learn from challenges and where support of all team members we thrive to obtain the best results.