Technical Superintendent

Role purpose

Fleet standards and maintenance

• Maintain technical and operational standards and use repair and performance statistics to assess vessel reliability against industry benchmarks.
• Schedule ship visits and inspections, contribute to fleet projects and studies, and develop ship-management policies and procedures for MOC sign-off.
• Monitor planned maintenance systems and assess the technical feasibility of new or replacement equipment and systems.
• Provide marine engineering advice, resolve technical problems, recommend improvements, and track implementation.

Financial and commercial support

• Prepare vessel budgets, track actual costs against budgets, control variances, and help maximize vessel performance.
• Participate in tenders for equipment, spare parts, and support services; review contractor and service-provider invoices.
• Guide strategic vendor and third-party-manager agreements and participate in post-docking price negotiations.

Compliance, safety, and emergency response

• Ensure class, flag, regulatory, and environmental compliance and keep certificates and surveys valid and current.
• Conduct safety and technical audits and vessel vetting, track incident investigations, and prepare incident-response and contingency systems.
• Support emergencies under the Company Incident Commander and Emergency Response Plan and adhere to QHSE policies and procedures.

People and dry docking

• Monitor ship staff performance, conduct appraisals, and coordinate recommendations with the Marine Personnel Department.
• Prepare and review dry-docking specifications and documentation; attend and monitor dry docking and major repairs for safety, quality, efficiency, and schedule.

Qualifications and experience

• Marine Engineering degree, Class 1, preferably in motors and steam, or another equivalent or relevant degree.
• Experience sailing as chief engineer aboard LNG/LPG carriers.
• Minimum 8–12 years of overall experience, including 2 years in a similar capacity supervising LNG/LPG vessels; alternatively, 2 years managing large-scale LPG/LNG repairs or maintenance, or 2 years as an LNG/LPG chief engineer.
• Requires project management, budget preparation, troubleshooting, management, negotiation, risk assessment, and accident investigation skills.
• Requires knowledge of large gas-carrier operations, cargo containment and handling systems, propulsion plants, and current international and local marine regulations.

Additional accountabilities