Fleet Superintendent

Reports to: Fleet managerResponsibilities and duties:You shall:- Comply with IMS and all relevant international rules and regulations;- Ensure all your duties in accordance with quality, health, safety, environmental and ethics policies;- Propose a continuous performance improvement plan which will be reported and reviewed on a periodical basis;- Keep the Fleet manager advised of problems which arise on managed ships, and solve them, including issues related to speed and consumption, operational performance;- Be appointed when required as mentor in charge of Junior SI;- Assist in any emergency response as required.1- Vessel maintenance follow up:- Monitor vessel performance (LO and HFO quality and consumptions), shipboard maintenance and repair programs;- Monitor planned maintenance software to detect any delay which could impact the operation of the vessel;- Prepare and organize the maintenance during ship’s trade;- Minimize interference with vessel commercial availability;- Supervise the shipboard working organization in close cooperation with Masters and Chief Engineers;- Monitor spare parts and stores availability and requests from vessels;- Conduct regular vessels inspections;- Submit the damage claims including stevedores damages in cooperation with Legal Dept;- Follow up defect reports, guarantee claims in a timely manner;- Answer to vessel monthly reports;- Implement actions related to relevant experience feedbacks on managed vessels.2- Preparation of vessel dry dock- Prepare dry-docking specifications;- Evaluate tender documents;- Prepare documents relating to the docking (DAI, EDD);- Support the dry dock manager during the dry-dock;- Assist the dry dock manager during dry dock. (SI is deputy Dry Dock manager).Note: You are accountable for the works under your responsibilities, mainly class works.3- Vessel budget- Prepare vessel’s budget;- Approve orders, invoices up to limit of authorization;- Monitor operating costs of the vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget.4- Crew related duties- Monitor crew overtime in respect of company policy;- Monitor rest/work hours and implement improvement;- Appraise senior officers;- Inform Marine Human Resources Department (MHRD) as soon as a problem is detected.5- Certificates, inspections and surveys- Plan in due time safety inspections, statutory and classification surveys to maintain the validity of statutory and classification certificates (except ISM, ISPS, MLC certificates);- Notify classification society, or the flag administration, or classification society and the flag administration in case of deficiencies arising on the vessels.- Deputy Fleet ManagerIf designated as Deputy Fleet Manager you shall, in addition for all your fleet’s vessels:- Keep the Fleet Manager advised of problems which arise on their ships;- Monitor Fleet vessels’ performance and highlight non-conformities to Fleet manager.- Prepare and submit to the Fleet Manager regular reports detailing the operational status of each assigned vessel.- Ensure that ships are inspected at regular intervals to ensure a very close follow-up of shipboard activities.- Liaise with Crew Management Dept for:- core manning,- periodical review of manning level and the- shipboard working organization- senior officers planning (appointment, promotion…)- Brief Senior officers, analysis of appraisal, identification of training request- Ensure communication of information and feed backs to other fleets and departments;- Ensure that weekly report is updated by the SIs.- Monitor operating costs of the vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget and optimized;- Be the Fleet manager’s substitute for relevant meetings- Promote safety involvement and participation to investigations and lessons learnt throughout the fleet SIs- Take the lead on assigned cross-fleet projectsMinimum qualifications- Competent with various software, such as word, excel, power point, etc.;- Adequate knowledge of the vessel and vessel systems and technical environment.Experience- Superintendent preferred- Deep sea CE with slow speed propulsion preferred, or with experience in industry maintenance.Personal attributes- Analytical skills;- Rigor and method;- Effective verbal, written and presentation skills;- Ability to work both independently and in a team-based environment;- Demonstrated willingness to be flexible to change priorities;- Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills;- Management skills