Crewing Officer
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About the Role
Boskalis is seeking a Crewing Officer to manage the full crewing process for assigned vessels and regions, ensuring qualified crew are appointed on time and within budget. The role requires a bachelor's degree, 4-6 years of maritime crewing experience, and knowledge of STCW and flag state legislation.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the end to end crewing process for assigned vessels and regions, including recruitment, selection, appointment, contracting, and timely crew deployment.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant STCW, flag state, port state, ISM, and customer requirements, including agency oversight and participation in audits.
- Coordinate crew training, development, and appraisal processes, and make recommendations for promotions and further development.
- Act as a key contact for crew and support internal stakeholders in resolving crewing matters and improving service delivery.
- Support the continuous improvement of crewing operations through stakeholder engagement, crew localisation programmes, Shipmate implementation, and collaboration with the Crewing Managers.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree, preferably in a relevant field
- 4–6 years of relevant experience, ideally within the maritime industry
- Solid knowledge of crewing, logistics procedures, and operational processes
- Good understanding of STCW, flag state, and port state legislation
- Strong stakeholder management skills and a proactive approach to safe and compliant working practices
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How you can make your mark
- You can make your mark by managing the full crewing process for assigned vessels and regions, ensuring qualified crew are appointed on time and within budget.
- In this role, you will help strengthen crewing services by supporting recruitment, training, appraisal, and compliance processes, while acting as a key point of contact for crew and internal stakeholders.
- You will also contribute to client satisfaction, support crew localisation programmes, work closely with crewing agencies, and help improve crewing operations through audits, system implementation, and the further development of crewing services.
- You will work at the Boskalis office in Abu Dhabi while managing vessels owned by Smit Lamnalco, part of the Boskalis group.
Your responsibilities as a Crewing Officer
- Manage the end to end crewing process for assigned vessels and regions, including recruitment, selection, appointment, contracting, and timely crew deployment.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant STCW, flag state, port state, ISM, and customer requirements, including agency oversight and participation in audits.
- Coordinate crew training, development, and appraisal processes, and make recommendations for promotions and further development.
- Act as a key contact for crew and support internal stakeholders in resolving crewing matters and improving service delivery.
- Support the continuous improvement of crewing operations through stakeholder engagement, crew localisation programmes, Shipmate implementation, and collaboration with the Crewing Managers.
Your qualities
- A bachelor’s degree, preferably in a relevant field.
- 4–6 years of relevant experience, ideally within the maritime industry.
- Solid knowledge of crewing, logistics procedures, and operational processes.
- Good understanding of STCW, flag state, and port state legislation.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and a proactive approach to safe and compliant working practices.
We offer
- Career opportunities: We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities.
- Warm welcome: We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your online onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Boskalis!
- Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy.
Extra information
- Your team: You will be part of the Smit Lamnalco crewing team based in Abu Dhabi.
- Full/part time job: The position of Crewing Officer is a full time job.
- Procedure: All you need to do to apply for a job is to complete the online application form and send it to us along with your CV and cover letter.
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