Superintendent – Fleet Operations - Maritime & Shipping Cluster
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About the Role
AD Ports Group seeks a Fleet Superintendent to manage marine unit operations, ensuring safety, efficiency, and cost optimization. The role involves overseeing vessel readiness, crew management, compliance with regulations, and coordinating technical support.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure utilizations and readiness of all Fleet units on a daily basis
- Provide operational and technical support to crews on board speed boats and pilot boats
- Oversee vessel operations including voyage planning, cargo handling, and scheduling
- Ensure adherence to flag state regulations, internal SOPs, and HSEQ requirements
- Implement and monitor risk assessments for crew members
- Manage strategic asset readiness and utilization
- Coordinate technical operations and resolve troubleshooting issues
- Oversee crew recruitment, training, and performance evaluation
- Monitor downtime of all Fleet units and arrange replacement when required
- Conduct inspections, audits, and risk assessments to maintain compliance
Requirements
- Minimum 9 to 12 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in marine engineering, naval architecture, nautical studies, or maritime management
- Experience in leading and supervising operational teams regionally and internationally
- Ports & Shipping industry experience in a similar supervisory role
- Demonstrated leadership skills
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Job Purpose
- Fleet Superintendent is a highly skilled professional mariner, plays a vital role in overseeing and managing the operations of marine units, To manage the Fleet Units controlled by the Company in a safe and efficient manner with particular reference to routine Fleet operations. The key responsibilit
About the Maritime Cluster
- AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster is led by Noatum Maritime, a globally connected agile entity operating across multiple countries. With a fleet of over 250 vessels and decades of expertise, Noatum Maritime offers a diverse portfolio of services delivering “everything you need on the seas
Responsibilities
- Ensure utilizations and readiness of all Fleet units on a daily basis.
- Provide operational and technical support to the crews on board speed boats and pilot boats.
- oversee vessel operations, including voyage planning, cargo handling, and scheduling.
- Ensure adherence to flag state regulations, internal SOPs, and HSEQ requirements.
- Implement and monitor risk assessments for crew members to maintain regulatory and safety standards.
- Manage strategic asset readiness and utilization.
- Coordinate technical operations and resolve troubleshooting issues.
- Oversee crew recruitment, training, and performance evaluation.
- Handle daily decisions affecting multimillion dirham assets and human safety.
- Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees and developing personal growth opportunities.
- Monitor down time of all Fleet units and arrange replacement whenever required.
- Ensure that all Fleet units is manned as per requirement.
Strategic Responsibilities
- Provide technical and operation expertise to review suitability of Sailing procedures and voyages planning for international mobilizations.
- Provide operation technical reviews and meetings with clients for any special operation requirements.
- Maintain employee qualifications, training (in accordance with Harbour Master requirements) and other documentation to ensure readiness of marine units
- Ensuring continuous improvement of customer service and quality standards as per AD PORTS.
- Report all Vessel defect and breakdowns to the Managements and provide alternative solutions.
- Provide operation data support to Commercial Departments for better financial planning.
- Provide Business update, financial impacts, Units Utilization and operational Redenies to the management.
- Ensure adherence to Safe working instruction and SOPs and ISM CODE.
- Ability to manage and close all Non Compliance notices and HSE Observations.
People Management Responsibilities
- Maintain the manning requirements plan for the units, conducts the recruiting interviews.
- Provide oversight and support for senior marine personnel, including Captains and Chief Engineers.
- Exhibit leadership, technical expertise, and operational diplomacy in managing high ranking professionals.
- Ensuring availability of qualified Tug Masters and crew members.
- Supervising and maintaining the personnel, ensuring crew rotations are planned.
Qualifications
- Minimum 9 to 12 years of relevant experience.
- Pursue a bachelor's degree in a field related to marine engineering, naval architecture, nautical studies, or maritime management.
- Experience in leading and supervising operational teams regionally and internationally, which have critical importance to organisational objectives.
- Operation Expenses budgeting, Planning
- Ports & Shipping industry experience in a similar supervisory role.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, Ability to lead the team in achieving operational goals.
Required Skills
- Able to demonstrate a high standard of HSE and Quality leadership in work behaviours
- Ability to evaluate operational critical cases and provide solutions.
- Leadership and people management skills.
- Problem Solving
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