Job Description

Overview

The role of the Assistant Technical Superintendent encompasses representing the owner\'s interests in relation to the assigned vessels. This involves maintaining a high standard of machinery and equipment upkeep to minimize vessel downtime, operate within budget constraints, and preserve the value of the owner\'s assets. Duties include monitoring day-to-day operations, assessing maintenance procedures, managing budgets and operational expenses, and conducting onsite visits to vessels. This position necessitates frequent travel to the vessels and entails overseeing a specific set of vessels as designated by the technical head, while also reporting to them.

Main Responsibilities

- Ensuring the safe, efficient, and environmentally conscious operation of the vessels assigned.

- Ensuring compliance with all relevant rules and regulations, particularly the ISM code, flag state, port state, and industry-specific requirements and regulations, and providing support to ships as needed.

- During the absence of the line manager, monitoring and following up on important matters and updating the immediate reporting line manager.

- Providing support for technical operations as required.

- Maintaining technical statistics.

- Addressing additional duties determined during the annual employee dialogue.

- Analyzing and responding to undesirable events.

- Assisting the assigned vessels in preparing for internal/external audits and PSC inspections.

- Conducting visits to the vessel to assess vessel condition and staff onboard.

- Compiling reports of inspections and findings.

- Organizing management reviews and ensuring the implementation of agreed-upon actions.

- Monitoring and following up with technical managers on technical matters related to the ships.

- Preparing and planning for ships\' takeover and related arrangements.

- Ensuring the documentation and timely submission of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports from technical managers overseeing the assigned ships.

- Checking and monitoring technical managers\' budgets and actual expenditures, documenting any deviations.

- Verifying non-budget costs and discrepancies.

- Assisting with ship repairs and services as needed, coordinating with technical managers.

- Monitoring ships\' and machinery performances in terms of efficiency and preventive maintenance systems (PMS).

- Ensuring that vessel documentation and certificates are up to date for trade.

- Conducting screenings of senior officers as proposed by technical managers and conducting owner briefings prior to their joining.

- Managing regular reports from the vessels assigned and maintaining structured filing.

- Reviewing and following up on routine reports from the vessels and managers.

- Conducting regular data analysis of costs, PMS, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the health of ship management.

- Undertaking any other technical-related assignments as required and assigned by the line technical manager.

Qualifications

- Technical/maritime qualifications, preferably with seagoing experience on bulk carriers as Chief or Second Engineer/Master OR a degree in naval architecture or marine engineering with relevant office experience handling dry bulk vessels (with cranes).

- Proficiency in both oral and written English.

- Standard computer skills.

- Strong environmental focus.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Good interpersonal skills for fostering close relationships with shipboard staff, vessel technical managers, operation managers, as well as internal and external support functions.

- Familiarity with PMS and SMS systems.

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