Port Engineer
Job Description
Responsible for the repair, maintenance, and operation of assigned vessels, and providing similar support to the rest of the fleet. Lead and manage vessel crews to achieve safe and efficient vessel operations.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure vessel compliance to company’s Safety, Quality and Environmental (SQE) Policy
- Supervise maintenance and repair to optimize vessel availability while protecting asset value
- Ensure vessels regulatory compliance
- Approve spare parts purchases and arrange outside vendor repairs
- Set and monitor vessel operating budgets
- Evaluate skills of shipboard personnel and make promotional recommendations.
- Responsible for the overall management of repair and maintenance for assigned vessels including routine voyage repairs, regulatory surveys, dry docking shipyard events, emergencies, casualties and modifications
- Attend vessels on regular basis to assure crew compliance to company’s SQE program and to verify vessel maintenance and asset preservation
- Prepare dry dock and voyage repair specifications, analyze and evaluate shipyard quotations and proposals, supervise dry-dock repair and administer cost control
- Manage technical files including service reports, machinery history and regulatory required documentation
- Perform troubleshooting and repairing all ships systems including cargo systems, main and auxiliary machinery, automation, electrical power and distribution systems, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Assign and supervise vessel and external resources as needed to achieve objectives including vendors, Shoreside and shipboard staff
- Attend vessels regularly to monitor maintenance, equipment functionality and observe training/development of crews
- Have working knowledge of Maintenance and Safety, Quality and Environmental (SQE) modules in NS5, monitor and ensure that requisitions, service requests, and all elements of the QSE module are properly created and completed and be responsible for proposing corrective actions and verifying closure of incidents and nonconformities onboard vessels
- Remain abreast of, and ensure compliance with, applicable flag state and class standards, international regulations, and audit/vetting results
- Monitor and assure maintenance software (NS5) is utilized properly, verifying repairs and maintenance are properly reported and standard jobs are followed
- Participate in office and shipboard SQE / ISM audits
- Participate in the development and/or revision of MS procedures to achieve effective guidelines, as required
- Represent company’s Ship Management in a professional manner to provide efficient and economic service to all customers
- Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor or manager
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in marine field, Maritime Academy graduate preferred, or five years equivalent experience required
- United State Coast Guard license preferred
- Diesel experience required, Tanker experience preferred
- Past dry-dock or major repair supervisory experience preferred
- Strong computer skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office products required
- Knowledge of ABS / NS5 or similar software helpful
- Knowledge and understanding of American Bureau of Shipping, United States Coast Guard and international regulations and protocols relating to company vessels required
- Must be able to obtain a Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC)
