Technical Superintendent

Job Summary and Purpose

Technical Management and Maintenance

• Maintain technical and operational standards and use performance data to support industry-wide vessel benchmarks.
• Develop ship-management policies and procedures and ensure approval through the management-of-change process.
• Monitor planned maintenance systems and assess new or replacement vessel equipment and systems.
• Provide expert marine engineering advice and resolve technical issues, improvements and modifications.

Financial and Procurement Support

• Prepare vessel budgets, track actual-cost variances and control expenditures while maintaining operational standards.
• Participate in equipment, spare-parts and support-service tenders and review contractor and service-provider invoices.

Regulatory, Safety and Emergency Response

• Ensure vessels maintain valid certificates and surveys and comply with class, flag, regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Conduct safety and technical audits, vessel vetting, incident-investigation tracking, risk assessments and contingency planning.
• Support the Company Incident Commander and provide emergency response for vessel or company incidents.

Dry Docking and Relationships

• Prepare, arrange and review dry-docking specifications and documentation and monitor repair safety, quality, accuracy and schedules.
• Maintain interactions with third-party managers, owners, ship managers, authorities, classification societies, vendors and service providers.
• Monitor ship staff performance and coordinate appraisals with the Marine Personnel Department.

Competencies and Technical Skills

• Required capabilities include project management, budget construction, engineering troubleshooting, people management and negotiation.
• The role requires knowledge of large gas-carrier operations, cargo containment and handling systems, propulsion plants and marine regulations.
• Additional competency areas include HSSEQ and security management, maintenance management, regulatory knowledge and emergency response.

Qualifications and Experience

• Marine Engineering degree, preferably in motors and steam, or an equivalent relevant degree.
• Experience as Chief Engineer aboard LNG/LPG carriers or equivalent large-scale LNG/LPG repair and maintenance management experience.
• Minimum 8–12 years of overall experience with at least 2 years in a relevant supervisory or equivalent capacity.

Reporting and Work Context

• Reports to the Head of Technical and has no direct reportees.
• The role includes periodic ship visits, vessel inspections, dry-docking attendance and interaction with fleet stakeholders.