Technical Superintendent

Responsibilities

• Interfaces between the ship and the shore on technical matters

  • Be thoroughly familiar with each fleet vessel
  • Maintain a good knowledge of all assigned vessels ensuring that each fleet vessel, performs according to:
  • Design characteristics
  • International and National rules and regulations
  • Our SMS
  • Our Key Performance Indicators
  • Regularly visits our vessels, to report their condition and budget variances, to ensure that the:
  • Always adequately prepared for any inspection
  • Conducting the drills regularly as per:S.O.L.A.S/S.O.P.E.P/OPA-90/Our requirements
  • Existing staff onboard is well trained
  • Fabric maintenance condition is up to our standards
  • For the engineering personnel onboard the assigned vessels:
  • Evaluates their performance
  • Approves their appointment
  • Evaluates their competency
  • Guide them in the development of their:Technical skills/Interpersonal skills
  • Performs cost control on the assigned categories, based on approved annual budget figures, while maintaining the vessel’s operational standards and maximizing the vessel’s performance.
  • Evaluates the vessels and the machinery performance regularly, to ensure machinery performance as per their designed characteristics, aboard and ashore
  • Reviews the maintenance status of his assigned vessels continuously concentrating on the following:
  • Status of Work Order-Failures (defect reports) of all machinery including critical equipment through the NS PMS
  • The number and nature of any outstanding maintenance task: Evaluates reasons of outstanding tasks

   Considers rescheduling basis TRA and submission through NS PMS

  • Carrying out remote verification of the completed maintenance tasks in the PMS by: Reviewing the findings

   Supporting documents

   Closing out the task

  • Provides technical support to the vessel and Fleet personnel as required
  • Monitors planned maintenance activities and arranges rendering of:
  • 3rd party services
  • Equipment maker or specialist contactors
  • Riding teams
  • Landing and repairs of equipment at shore
  • Monitors class status
  • Coordinates timely class inspections
  • During vessels’ dry dock, attends designated vessel to:
  • Prepare the dry dock and repair specification, draft
  • Submit the specification to qualified bidders
  • Analyze and negotiate bids
  • Ensure that: All works are undertaken according to specification

   The vessel is delivered in a sea worth condition ready in all respects to commence commercial trading to the approved budget and time frame

  • Coordinates and liaises with other company’s departments

Qualifications / Experience

• Sea experience on oil/chemical vessels for minimum 5 years based on the assigned fleet, with 1 year minimum as Chief Engineer, or University Graduate Engineer and/or Naval Architect with minimum 5 years office experience
• Good English Skills
• Good communication and negotiation abilities
• Capable to monitor and stay abreast of development in:
• Changing legislation
• International requirements, or
• Other development in the Marine industry
• Proven knowledge of vessels:
• Operations, Equipment, Dry docking, Repairs
• Ability to:
• Analyze costs and tenders for competitive quotations
• Negotiate with vendors on quotes and discounts for work and time for repairs