Marine Operations Director

The World; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The World, Residences at Sea, seeks a Director of Maritime Operations to lead safety, compliance and capital projects aboard our luxury vessel. You will oversee SMS adherence, budgeting, and vendor negotiations while coordinating with the shipboard team and executive leadership to align with strategy.

Travel and extended hours may be required as you drive energy efficiency, environmental initiatives, and long-range planning for the vessel’s operations and dry-dock programs in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in marine/technical cruise industry
• Bachelor’s degree in marine profession or equivalent
• Strong business/financial acumen and negotiating skills
• Experience with contract and vendor negotiation
• Ability to lead people and deliver results under pressure

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with SMS, IMO ISM/SOLAS/MARPOL and company regulations
• Drive safety culture and continuous improvement in vessel operations
• Visit ship for inspections and forecast maintenance needs
• Manage budgeting, forecasting and capital project reporting
• Develop dry-dock plans and technical specifications with stakeholders
• Review SEEMP plans annually and implement changes
• Mentor shipboard team and coordinate with executives and vendors

Skills

Maritime operations

Budgeting

Leadership

Contract negotiation

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marine profession or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The World, Residences at Sea, is the largest privately owned residential yacht on earth. Employees of The World strive for excellence in everything we do. We live and work on a one-of-a-kind luxury yacht that sails continuously around the world. Every few days you will wake to an exciting new port of call. It’s the ultimate way to work and travel all in one.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Director, Maritime Operations is responsible to further develop and manage the ship’s Safety procedures, compliance, efficiency and energy conservation projects, Dry-dock and capital projects and ensures successful on-time, on-budget delivery of these projects. He/she is responsible to determine project scope, timelines, tracking project progress and measuring outcomes.

Reporting to the VP, Marine & Technical Operations, the Director of Maritime Operations ensures a safe, compliant, sustainable, reliable and efficient operation of the vessel including capital project(s) life span and success. This position works directly with the shipboard Marine & Technical team, the CEO, CFO, COO and vendors to ensure alignment to strategy, budget and objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIE

• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of vessel maritime operations ensuring compliance with company, class and flag regulations as described in valid company Safety Management Systems (SMS) and as it continuously is being developed in compliance with applicable IMO instruments under the ISM code, SOLAS and MARPOL regulations among others.
• Drives a continuous improvement focus and safety culture development of vessel operations and safety aspects under the SMS.
• Visits the ship regularly to conduct inspections, assessing effectiveness of ship’s Marine & Technical Operations, and forecasting maintenance and improvement needs and managing implementations.
• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting of the operational budgets and capital projects. Major contributor to ships 10-year capital plan.
• Works closely with Ship, and Technical Purchasing Department to ensure cost effective sourcing.
• Maintain business relationship with Regulatory Authorities (Flag States, Port States, Classification Societies and Public Health) and ensuring operations are in compliance and communicates variances.
• Develops key relationships with vendors and contractors; and enforces accountability; negotiates with contractors and vendors.
• Recommends, develops and implements energy efficiency and environmental sustainability enhancements.
• Be a mentor for the shipboard team, for new hires and newly promoted personnel.
• Develops Dry-dock plans and technical specifications in close cooperation with VP Marine & Technical Operations, Shipboard Leadership, external subject matter experts, and legal counsel to facilitate contract management with Dry-dock companies.
• Review the SEEMP plans on an annual basis and revise as necessary.
• This position has emergency response duties as defined in the Emergency Manual.
• Project sponsoring, directing and implementation duties as situation requires.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience working within the Marine & Technical aspect of the cruise industry; onboard cruise ship leadership experience and/or “new build” experience highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine profession or equivalent.
• Ability to clearly and concisely present technical subjects, experience in presenting in front of groups.
• Strong business/financial acumen and negotiating skills.
• Proven experience with contract & vendor negotiation.
• A demonstrated ability to lead people and acquire results through others.
• Proven efficiency with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task under high pressure & demanding situations.
• Strong budgetary, projections, and cost control skills.
• Must be able to travel based on job demands and requirements; flexibility to work extended hours or weekends as needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is required to walk; use hands to handle or operate computers, office equipment, objects, tools or controls; and be able to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• The employee must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; and extensive reading.
• Works primarily in an office environment. Will be expected to travel as needed.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations, that do not create an undue hardship to The World, may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Please direct any such requests to your supervisor and/or Human Resources who will engage in the interactive process regarding any such requests.

At The World we are one team, always passionate and caring and supporting one another in mutual respect. We have a unified, empowered, and strong team culture that values diversity and recognizes, develops and retains talent.