Position Title: Marine Technical Director
Reports To: VP of Fleet
Schedule: Monday through Friday business hours and additional as required
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Position Supervised: None
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
Experience: 5 + years of experience
Languages: English
Preferred Qualifications
Skills/Software: Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Reviews and approves various QSMS instructions and procedures
- Supervises the Technical Superintendents
- Responsible for shipyard repair oversight, including:
- Monitoring repair work and associated budget
- Negotiating and settling related invoices
- Responsible for the technical aspects of assigned vessels
- Responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient operation of assigned vessels by:
- Review vessel performance documentation and data
- Monitoring operating budgets
- Reviewing safety meeting minutes and commenting as needed
- Responsible for long-term shipyard planning
- Maintenance scheduling and developing standard jobs
- Confirming repair vendors meet all technical and quality requirements
- Responsible for ensuring assigned vessels meet stakeholder requirements, including:
- Federal and applicable State/Port Authorities
- Customer’s ship terminal policies
- Company policies
- Approve ship purchase requisitions where needed
- Coding invoices and receipts when necessary
- Promotes a professional relationship with the officers and crew; convenes safety meetings
- during vessel visits, addressing issues important to management
- Ensures operational and mechanical soundness of Company vessels
- Coding invoices and receipts when necessary
- Communicates continually with vessel operators/charterers with respect to operational activity
- of the vessels
- Works with the HSSEQ staff on shipboard issues relating to safety, quality, and environmental
- Goals
- Conducts periodic vessel visits
- Perform such other tasks, duties, and responsibilities as may be required or directed by the Fleet Director
