Assistant Technical Superintendent

Join Svitzer - A Leader in Maritime Excellence

Are you ready to embark on an exciting career with a global leader in the maritime industry? At Svitzer, we pride ourselves on being a dynamic, market-leading organization with a commitment to innovation, excellence, and safety. As an Assistant Technical Superintendent, you will play a key role in supporting our high-performing team, managing state-of-the-art vessels, and contributing to our continued success in the maritime service sector.

What We Offer

At Svitzer, we believe in empowering our people to achieve their full potential. As part of our team, you’ll enjoy:

• Career Growth: A unique opportunity to develop your career within the world’s leading towage provider.
• Dynamic Environment: Work alongside a team of experts dedicated to innovation and operational excellence.
• Impactful Role: Play a critical part in maintaining our fleet’s safety, reliability, and performance while driving industry-leading standards.

Job Description

To provide technical support to the Technical Superintendent for the technical management of allocated vessels with particular regard to safety, security, and environmental standards.

Ensuring the best technical and economic solution, with minimum downtime.

Provides support to the vessels in all technical matters and has responsibility for the maintenance, repairs and modifications to the vessels’ hulls and machinery.

Support in planning and scheduling corrective and preventive maintenance.

Provide the right tools and support to the crew to conduct the maintenance in an efficient and safe way following the instructions from the OEM and internal

management systems.

Inspect the operation status of the equipment and instruct the crew in the correct reporting and closure of the defect reports in management systems.

Follows up on the performance of the vessels and arranges corrective actions to be carried out when necessary.

Ensures compliance with all relevant company and legislative technical

standards.

Ensures the quality of services rendered by shipyards, workshops and

suppliers are in accordance with the company's requirements.

May be accountable for purchasing and inventory management.

Support in accident investigations, audits and inspections.

Experience/Qualifications

At least 3 years of experience in similar position

Relevant Engineer/maritime qualifications or experience

In depth knowledge and experience of engineering and technical best practice and processes.

Knowledge and experience of computer based planned maintenance systems.

Seagoing experience highly desirable

Previous shore based experience in technical role (Desirable)

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job - we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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