Marine Operations Coordinator

Role overview

Marine manpower and equipment

• Plan and allocate manpower to sites according to project needs, expertise, and certifications; communicate daily directives to marine site teams.
• Keep staff training and certifications current; discuss project operations with teams, consult supervisors, and relay useful operational changes to engineering.
• Plan company and third-party barges and tugs; keep barges in class, certified, insured, and ready for surveys and operations.
• Plan and allocate auxiliary equipment, coordinate maintenance, and track utilization.

Operations coordination

• Maintain tug and barge trackers and record core and auxiliary equipment utilization and MGO consumption.
• Coordinate on-hire and off-hire tug and barge surveys and daily operations with ports, tug masters, and marine agents.
• Perform SHEQ inspections; prepare mobilization lists, identify shortfalls, and ensure proper demobilization.
• Attend client inspections, close punch lists, and obtain approvals promptly.

Required qualifications

• Mechanical Engineer or Naval Architect with a sound understanding of tugs and barges.
• UAE driving license and medical fitness to work on sites are mandatory.
• Flexible for regional travel; work allocation is stated as 70% onsite and 30% office.
• 4–5 years of regional experience in ports, shipyards, shipbuilding, or offshore islands.
• Knowledge of resource, site, and project management; safety; marine operations; surveys and inspections; Class and statutory certifications; drawings; loadouts; ballasting; moorings; heavy lifts; warranty surveys; and marine standards.

What Mammoet offers

• Work with an industry leader in heavy lifting and transportation on specialist marine and project operations.
• Develop technical knowledge through exposure to specialist equipment, new technologies, and innovative heavy-lift and transportation solutions.
• Collaborate with global colleagues and gain hands-on experience supporting complex and large-scale projects.