Jobs in a Fast Growing Indigenous Marine Logistic Services Providers Company

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Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client is one of the fastest growing indigenous marine logistic services providers in the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry engaged in long-standing service partnerships with international oil companies. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Operations Manager Job Reference: 1147 Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers Industry: Logistics & Transport Function: Operations & Production Job Description Operations Management:

• Oversees all operational activities to ensure high quality and optimized service delivery.
• Acts as the second or escalation point-of-contact and interface on all vessel operations matters.
• Manages all the vessel charter contracts from on-hire to the point of off-hire.
• Ensures the attainment of set operational efficiency and quality targets.
• Optimises fleet capacity utilisation and standardization
• Carries-out operational budget analysis for management and ensures compliance with budget.
• Reviews monthly operational budget results, implements monthly variance reporting as compared to budget and advice on expenditure trends.
• Creates an environment for performance and continuous improvement of budgets, safety and staff.
• Develops and maintains internal controls and policies for an effective operations system.
• Ensures the strategic plan is implemented by managing a safe, efficient marine services operation that serves the needs of internal and external clients.
• Investigates new opportunities for deriving value from marine services competencies.
• Supervises Operations and Vessel budget preparation and required management reports on operational budget performance.
• Controls the assigned budget and actively seek operational leverage to increase cost efficiency.
• Provides daily, weekly and monthly reports as requested by the management or the client.
• Develops policies and systems, designed to achieve the mission of the Company and comply with all marine regulatory, safety and classification society requirements.
• Deals with non-conformities covering ship and shore based operations.
• Provides full cooperation to regulatory bodies regarding marine and technical operations.

Vessel Management:

• Develops and progresses the new-build strategy and provides input to contract concept selection
• Plans budgets and schedules for fleet maintenance and ensures strict compliance.
• Supervises the preparation of Vessels for Class and Flag State Surveys.
• Enforces a zero downtime preventive vessel maintenance policy regime.
• Supervises all the company’s’ marine shipboard quality. safety and environmental procedures and policies to ensure compliance with ISM code and other international regulations and procedures.
• Provides all the necessary support to ensure timely port turnaround and shipyard repair activities.
• Monitors/rectifies non-compliance to vessel operating and SMS procedures.
• Manages planned and non-routine maintenance and repairs are carried out and concluded within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Prepare executive summary reports on vessel operations for Executive Management.

Vendor Relations:

• Evaluates all marine or technical vendors for service quality and recommendations to executive management

Charter Audits:

• Coordinates all Charter audits
• Interfaces with vessel owners and charterers on all contractual, marine and nautical matters, and pro-actively develops Client relations.
• Trains the operations staff (where applicable) to effectively act as a redundancy.

Expectations

• Higher education with Bachelor or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Naval Architecture
• Internationally recognized shipping qualification
• Minimum of 7 years’ cognate technical operations role experience in the marine sector
• At least 2 years’ previous experience as a Technical Superintendent, or in a Senior Engineering/ Naval
• Architecture position in the Marine Industry is preferred
• Candidates who have previously sailed at sea as Chief Engineer have an equal chance.
• Knowledge of related responsibilities documents and procedures, such as HSEQ, IMS Systems, OVID inspections, SOLAS-IMO, internal audits and vessel trails
• Expert knowledge of PMS-Planned maintenance system
• Knowledge of Ship building and ship docking-drawings/work scopes
• Knowledge of Class Certification
• Proven ability to create best practice technical procedures and policies
• Proven Specification Writing/Management skills
• Proven Budget Management skills
• Proven Contract Management skills
• Proven Performance and career management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Client related inspections and operational Internal audits of Vessels and Barges
• Knowledge of vessel trials including DP1-2 trials
• Thorough understanding of the ISM Code
• Thorough understanding of Diesel Electric propulsion systems
• Thorough working knowledge of Class/Salvage and Regulatory legislation for Marine Operations
• Capable of making decisions and giving directions to facilitate prompt service delivery
• Ability to work well with a team and also independently without significant supervision
• An ability to develop creative and effective solutions to problems. Capable of thinking outside the box
• Honesty and professional integrity
• Customer-centricity and responsiveness
• Pleasant disposition with the capability to be authoritative when necessary
• Clear and effective oral and written communication skills in English Language

Offer Attractive Package.   Job Title: Technical Superintendent Job Reference: 1148 Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers Function: Marine/Diving/ROV Job Description Vessel Management (Technical):

• 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/DSSO
• 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 accordingly to the management agreement 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/DSSO
• Inspects equipment lists and tests to ensure that all equipment to be used are indeed well-maintained 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.

Vessel Monitoring and Report Analysis:

• Monitors and analyses the technical status of all vessels and uses information therefrom to prepare a biweekly executive summary for the Operations Manager/DSSO
• 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.

Charter Audits:

• Supervises all technical Charter audits
• 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.
• Trains the operations staff (where applicable) to effectively act as a redundancy.

Expectations

• Higher education with Bachelor or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Naval Architecture
• Internationally recognized shipping qualification Minimum Experience
• Minimum of 7 years’ cognate technical operations role experience in the marine sector
• At least 2 years’ previous experience as a Technical Superintendent, or in a Senior Engineering/ Naval Architecture position in the Marine Industry is preferred
• Candidates who have previously sailed at sea as Chief Engineer have an equal chance. Ideal Skills
• Knowledge of related responsibilities documents and procedures, such as HSEQ, IMS Systems, OVID inspections, SOLAS-IMO, internal audits and vessel trails
• Knowledge of Client related inspections and operational Internal audits of Vessels and Barges
• Vessel trials including DP1-2 trials
• PMS–Planned maintenance system
• Thorough understanding of the ISM Code
• Thorough understanding of Diesel Electric propulsion systems
• Knowledge of Ship building and ship docking–drawings/work scopes
• Knowledge of Class Certification
• Proven ability to create best practice technical procedures
• Proven Specification Writing/Management skills
• Proven Budget Management skills
• Proven Contract Management skills
• Proven Performance and career management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Thorough working knowledge of Class/Salvage and Regulatory legislation for Marine Operations
• Capable of making decisions and giving directions to facilitate prompt service delivery
• Ability to work well with a team and also independently without significant supervision
• An ability to develop creative and effective solutions to problems.
• Capable of thinking outside the box
• Strong work ethics
• Honesty and professional integrity
• Customer-centricity and responsiveness
• Pleasant disposition with the capability to be authoritative when necessary
• Clear and effective oral and written communication skills in English Language

Offer Attractive Package. How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

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