Vessel Manager (Heavy-Lift & Project Cargo)

Our client is an established shipping company with a long record in heavy lift and project cargo, moving the awkward and the oversized worldwide: wind turbine components, transformers, modules and marine equipment.
 
Technical management sits in Singapore, close to the commercial desk, so this is a role where the superintendent is part of the conversation on what the ships can lift, not just who keeps them running.
 
The role

• You'll own a small fleet of heavy lift vessels end to end: maintenance, drydocking, budgets, crew and compliance.
• You'll review lift plans, ballast and stability calculations and sea fastening with the cargo engineers, attend critical lifts, and keep the cranes, wires and hydraulics to class and maker standard.
• You'll prepare vessels for charterer vetting, close out audits, manage OPEX and drydock budgets, and build a proper working relationship with your Masters and Chief Engineers.
• Some travel, sometimes at short notice.

 
You

• You're already a Vessel Manager or Technical Superintendent.
• Heavy lift, project cargo or offshore construction vessels are a must.
• You know your way around heavy lift cranes (Liebherr, NMF, Huisman or similar), ISM, class and PMS, and you're comfortable reading a lift plan.
• Hands on, calm under pressure and commercially aware.