Technical Marine Operations Manager at HRLeverage Africa

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Reports To: Marine Operations Manager

Job Details
Responsible for the overall management and technical operations of our fleet. This includes:

• Overseeing the daily operations of maintenance and repair, budgeting, survey schedules, onboard general assessment of vessels, inspections and docking
• Overall responsibility for managing vessel Day to day operations to ensure 100% fleet uptime, within budget

Key Responsibilities
Vessel Management (Technical):

• Monitor, manage and report the day to day technical operation and performance of assigned vessels, in conjunction with the on -board management, to ensure that applicable requirements for safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental objectives are met.
• Acts as the first point-of-contact and interface on all technical vessel matters
• Prepares Vessel Technical Budget for approval and ensures compliance with budget.
• Estimates and plans budgets for fleet maintenance in consultation with the Operations Manager.
• Manages critical vessel equipment/spares optimally.

Vessel Maintenance (Planned & Preventive) and Repair Management:

• Attends to and supervises assigned vessels and crew for timely port turnaround and shipyard repair activities.
• Ensures that all vessels are technically operational or otherwise managed according to the management requirement and optimally operational and fit for service.
• Investigates all reported deficiencies, non-conformities and defects and takes corrective action to ensure all are cleared to prevent operational delays on all vessels.
• Tracks and ensures on-board crews complete ‘day-to-day’ Planned Maintenance System (PMS) programmes and M&R activities (mainly preventive) of all vessels to maintain the proper operational status of the vessels and to enforce zero downtime.
• Identifies potential causes of defects, investigates and analyses reported defects, taking corrective & preventive actions in consultation with the Operations Manager.
• Inspects equipment lists and tests to ensure that all equipment to be used are indeed wellmaintained and in excellent working condition
• Co-ordinates and ensures planned and non-routine maintenance and repairs are carried out and concluded within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Ensure to have strong Technical and Project Management skills.

Vessel Monitoring and Report Analysis:

• Monitors and analyses the technical status of all vessels and uses information there from to prepare a biweekly executive summary for the Operations Manager.
• Ensures the design, monitoring and update of both maintenance plans and maintenance documentation and reporting systems where and when necessary.
• Ensures that all maintenance and repair tasks comply with Company’s and Client’s Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Policies and Procedures.
• Cooperates with regulatory bodies to ensure that requirements for alterations, repair, or modifications are done at the most cost effective and safest manner.

Vessel Dry-docking:

• Plans dry-dock scope and duration with minimal disruption to vessel operating schedule.
• Sources for cost effective and qualified dry-dock vendor.
• Ensures dockyard, ship builder and other parties involved in the dry-dock collectively and individually endorse the planned dry-dock duration schedule.
• Ensures critical parts needed for the dry-dock are in the company warehouse or with the dry-dock vendor prior to commencement of the dry-docking exercise.
• Carries out and supervises the dry-docking of vessels.

Vendor Technical Relations:

• Evaluates all spare parts requisitions received from vessels and monitor the efficient and timely supply of all spares required for the proper maintenance and safe operation of the vessels.
• Handles warranty claims for vessels where applicable.
• Liaising with clients, crew and local stakeholders.
• Appoint and manage subcontractors for vessel maintenance and services.

Charter Technical Audits:

• Supervises all technical Charter audits and investigations on defects/failures on a regular scheduled basis to ensure conformance.
• Acts as interface on all contractual, marine and nautical matters, and pro-actively develops Client relations.

Statutory Compliance:

• Ensures that all vessels comply with class society.
• Ensures full compliance with Port State control.
• Plans, controls and executes all activities connected to class survey and certificate requirements and builds and maintains effective liaison with relevant authorities.
• Controls and monitors that assigned vessels are ready for use and certified.
• Undertake any other Technical related assignment as and when required.

Training and Development:

• Trains the technical staff (where applicable) to effectively act as a redundancy.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Minimum of a First Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Fully conversant with Class and Flag State requirements.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Marine Operations.
• Minimum of 5 years' managerial experience in a similar role.
• Excellent People Management and Leadership skills.
• Strong commitment to the Company’s Health, Safety, Security, Environmental and
• Quality Management goals and objectives.
• A high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work autonomously.
• Analytical and highly proactive in technical troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.

Other Job Requirements

• International work exposure is an added advantage for this role
• Knowledge of Class and Flag state requirements is compulsory for this role.
• Extensive knowledge of Marine Operations is compulsory for this role.

Key Skills Required:

• Vessel Maintenance planning
• Budget planning and monitoring
• Vessel audit and reporting
• Dry dock planning
• Stakeholder management
• Quality management
• Statutory compliance
• Negotiation
• Performance Management.

Minimum Educational Requirement:

• M.Sc in Naval Architecture,
• Engineering or related Degree