Assistant Technical Superintendent

**Overview**

The Assistant Technical Superintendent responsibilities will be to represent the owner interests for the assigned vessels through liaising with the external technical managers and the crew of the vessels to ensure the vessels have a high standard of machinery and equipment maintenance that minimises vessel downtime, operates within budget and maintains the value of the owner’s asset. This will include monitoring the day to day operations, reviewing maintenance, budgeting & Opex and visiting vessels. This role will require travelling to the vessels. The Assistant Technical Superintendent will be managing set of vessels as assigned by the technical head and reporting to him.

**Main Responsibilities**
- The Assistant Technical Supt is responsible for the safe, efficient and environment-conscious operation of the vessels assigned.
- To ensure vessel/s comply with all relevant rules & regulations with special emphasis on the ISM code, as well as flag state, port state and the industry's special requirements and regulations, and render support to ships as appropriate.
- During the absence of line manager Manager, Monitors and follows up with Important matters and update the immediate reporting line manager.
- Give support on matters related to technical operations as required.
- Keep technical statistics.
- Attend to additional duties as decided during the annual employee dialogue.
- Analyse and respond to Undesired Events.
- Give support to his assigned vessels in preparing for Internal/ External Audits and PSC inspections.
- Visits the vessel to get hands-on feel of vessel condition/ and staff onboard.
- Make reports of inspections and findings.
- Arrange Management Reviews and ensure actions decided upon are implemented.
- Monitor and follow up with technical managers for ships Technical related matters.
- Prepare and plan for ships take over and related arrangements.
- Ensure to document and follow up with weekly, monthly, quarterly reports from technical managers managing the ships assigned.
- Check and monitor technical managers budget and Actual expenditures and document the deviations.
- Verify the Non budget cost and deviations.
- Assist with ships repair and services as required and follow with technical managers.
- Monitor ships and machinery performances in terms of efficiency and PMS.
- Ensure vessels documentations and certificate are maintained for trade.
- Carry out screening of senior officers as proposed by technical managers and conduct owners’ briefings prior joining.
- Managing regular reports from vessels assigned to him/her and file them in structured approach.
- Review and follow up on routine reports from the vessel & Managers.
- Carry out regular data analysis of costs, PMS and other KPI factors in order to ascertain health of the ship as far ship management is concerned.
- Undertake any other Technical related assignments as and when required assigned by Line technical manager.

**Qualification**

Technical/Maritime qualifications, preferably with seagoing experience on bulk carriers as Chief or second Engineer / Master OR degree in naval architecture or marine engineering with relevant office experience handling Dry bulk vessels (with cranes).
- Good command of oral and written English.
- Standard computer knowledge.
- Environmental focused
- Excellent communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills in order to develop close relationships with shipboard staff, vessel technical managers, operation managers as well as internal and external support functions.
- Knowledge of Chinese language is preferred.