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