Technical Superintendent Job in an Indigenous Marine Logistic Services Company in Rivers State

Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, 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, is recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Technical Superintendent
Job Reference: 1148
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Industry: Maritime
Function: Marine/Diving/ROV
Job Descriptions
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.

• Attends to and supervises assigned vessels and crew for timely port turnaround and shipyard repair activities
• 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.
• 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

• 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 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.
• Ensures the design, monitoring and update of both maintenance plans and maintenance documentation and reporting systems where and when necessary

• Plans dry-dock scope and duration with minimal disruption to vessel operating schedule.
• Sources for cost effective and qualified dry-dock vendor.
• 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.
• Ensures dockyard, ship builder and other parties involved in the dry-dock collectively and individually endorse the planned dry-dock duration schedule.

• 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.

• Supervises all technical Charter audits
• Acts as interface on all contractual, marine and nautical matters, and pro-actively develops Client relations.

• Ensures that all vessels comply with class society
• Controls and monitors that assigned vessels are ready for use and certified.
• Trains the operations staff (where applicable) to effectively act as a redundancy.
• 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.

• 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
• 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
• 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