Technical Superintendent

Roles & Responsibilities

• Monitoring assigned vessel’s technical operation and maintenance.
• Monitoring and establishing reasons for excessive / unusual wear and tear and developing means to control / rectify same, through consultation with Technical Manager.
• Monitoring technical performance of vessels and monitoring consumption of spares / lub oils and bunkers to ensure these are not caused by poor condition of vessel.
• Monitoring survey cycles, statutory survey requirements and carrying out important surveys physically onboard.
• Planning regular and special surveys / repairs / dry docking in advance with max time and cost benefits for each vessel.
• Liasing with Marine Superintendent, Master or Chief Engineer on the vessel’s maintenance programme and on operational matters.
• Inspecting vessel’s under his charge at least twice a year, using a vessel inspection checklist as guidance.
• Providing detailed operating budgets for maintenance dry-docking and special survey Initiating follow-up action where possible, to contain costs, within budgeted parameters.
• Controlling volume and preparing specifications for repairs given to outside workshops / repaires and organizing supplies of repair equipment.
• Maintaining validity of class, international, national, and specific certificates.
• Keeping up to date on requirements / changes in statutory / class rules / development and other regulations.
• Attending to matters for registration reflagging, selling, and buying as per flag requirements.
• Ship staff to be continuously updated / instructed / advised / follow up on implementation of same in co-ordination with Technical Manager and Marine department.
• Reviewing effectiveness of company’s SMS system and discussing with Master on its implementation during inspection.
• Checking all bills for repairs / lub oils / spares / stores and keeping verification of same through shipboard record of supplies / consumption.
• Ensuring that all forms are filled in correctly and filed onboard / sent to the office.

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Charter

Troubleshooting

Microsoft Office

Technical Operations

Ships

Technical Management

Marine Engineering

Compliance

Project Management

Audits

Microsoft Word

Sailing

Able To Work Independently

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