APL, one of the world's leading ocean carriers, offers more than 90 weekly services and call ports in over 50 countries worldwide and provides container transportation through an international shipping network which combines high-quality intermodal operations with advanced technology, equipment and e-commerce. APL is part of the CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping & logistics group with headquarters in Marseilles, France. The Group offers a complete range of activities including shipping, handling facilities in port as well as logistics on land.
Technical Superintendents shall:
- Comply with AML's Integrated Management System (IMS) and all relevant rules and regulations;
- Ensure all duties are in accordance with quality, health, safety, security, environmental and ethics policies as applicable;
- Propose a continuous personal performance improvement plan to be periodically reviewed;
- Keep Fleet Director advised of actual or potential issues on assigned vessels. Work to resolve issues, including those related to speed, consumption, and operational performance;
- Primary point of contact for assigned vessels for operational, technical support, personnel, and safety matters;
- Ensure compliance with applicable Safety Management System (SMS) requirements for reporting incidents;
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and Classification Society reporting requirements;
- Assist vessel in compliance with company policies, procedures, and performance standards;
- Assist Masters with maintaining all vessel certificates and documentation as per USCG, Classification Society and international requirements;
1. Vessel maintenance follow up:
- Monitor vessel performance (LO and HFO quality and consumptions), shipboard maintenance and repair programs;
- Monitor planned maintenance system (PMS) software to identify potential issues which could impact the operation of the vessel;
- Make recommendations for maintenance standards in the planned maintenance system based on the manufacturer's recommendations;
- Supports the Technical Department with implementation and utilization of the PMS;
- Utilize key performance indicators (KPI) to assess the efficiency of the PMS and take proactive and corrective actions to ensure the vessel is performing required maintenance in a timely manner;
- Plan, organize, and arrange vessel maintenance during ship's trade;
- Minimize interference with vessel commercial availability;
- Supervise the shipboard working organization in close cooperation with Masters and Chief Engineers;
- Monitor and manage ship's spares and stores availability along with requests from the fleet;
- Conduct regular vessel attendances and inspections;
- Submit damage claims, including stevedore damage, in cooperation with Legal department;
- Follow up with defect reports and guarantee claims in a timely manner;
- Review vessel monthly reports and ensure assigned vessels address deficiencies;
- Review and assist vessel in addressing deficiencies. Identify root cause(s) and ensure proper corrective action(s) (CA) and preventative action(s) (PA) are executed within documented timeframe;
- Implement actions related to relevant experience feedbacks on managed vessels.
- Prepare dry-docking specifications;
- Evaluate tender documents;
- Prepare documents relating to the docking (DAI, EDD);
- Support the dry dock manager during the dry-dock;
- Attend dry dockings;
3. Vessel budget:
- Manages the safe and economic operation of assigned vessels according to the applicable SMS;
- Prepare vessel budgets for review and approval;
- Review and approve purchase orders, invoices up to limit of authorization;
- Monitor operating costs of assigned vessels to ensure expenses are kept within budget;
- Manages shipboard budgets as approved annually by Senior Management.
4. Crew related duties:
- Monitor crew overtime (OT), penalty time (PT), etc. in respect to company policies and regulations;
- Monitor work/rest hour compliance and implement corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) as required;
- Evaluate senior officers as per IMS and provide completed appraisals to Crewing for proper filing;
- Provide input to Human Resource Committee for selection and assignment of senior officers;
- Immediately inform Labor Relations of any personnel issues.
5. Certificates, inspections, and surveys:
- Responsible for managing all aspects of assigned vessel operations including but not limited to scheduling surveys and inspections with relevant regulatory bodies/ classification societies and monitoring of vessels PMS;
- Plan and arrange safety inspections, statutory and classification surveys to maintain the validity of certificates (except ISM, ISPS, MLC certificates) as applicable;
- Ensure notification(s) are made to applicable classification society and/or flag administration (USCG) as required for any reported casualties or deficiencies on assigned vessels.
- Track status of Non-Conformities (N/C), deficiencies, Corrective Action Reports (CARs), CG-835s, CG-2692s, Survey Status, Conditions of Class (CoC), Port State Control (PSC) deficiencies and ensure proper correction and/or extension by due dates;
- Assist vessels with root cause analysis (RCA) and both Corrective Action (CA) and Preventative Action (PA) (CAPA), as requested;
- Assist with incident or near-miss investigations as requested;
- Mentor junior superintendents as assigned;
- Available as operational member of Incident Response Team for any vessel incident, drill or exercise;
- Perform such other tasks, duties and responsibilities as may be required or directed by Fleet Director.
Nearest Major Market: Arlington Virginia
Nearest Secondary Market: Washington DC
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