Monitoring assigned vessel’s technical maintenance.
■ Monitoring performance through monthly return reports/vessel inspections and maintain optimum maintenance levels.
■ Monitoring and establishing reasons for excessive/unusual wear and tear and developing means to control/rectify same, through consultation with Technical Head.
■ Monitoring technical performance of vessels - Consumption of spares/lube oils and bunkers.
■ Monitoring survey cycles, statutory survey requirements and carrying out important surveys physically onboard.
■ Planning regular and special surveys.
■ Planning Dry docking of vessel whenever vessel is due for the same with minimum time and cost benefits for each vessel.
■ Liasing with Master and Chief Engineer on the vessel’s maintenance and on operational matters.
■ Inspecting vessel’s under his charge by sailing on the vessel on a quarterly basis, using a vessel inspection checklist as guidance
Providing detailed operating budgets for maintenance dry-docking and special survey Initiating follow-up action where possible, to contain costs, within budgeted parameters.
■ Maintaining current data on costs obtained from various sources, in-cooperation with the purchase department.
■ Controlling volume and preparing specifications for repairs given to outside workshops/repairs and organizing supplies of repair equipment.
■ Providing feedback on purchases and encourage ship staff to tackle same onboard.
■ Advising the vessels under control on budget as well as the actual cost for the technical items.
■ Reducing costs by motivating the ship’s staff, improving cost awareness by regularly advising them on cost of stores and spares ordered.
■ Maintaining validity of class, international and specific certificates.
■ Keeping up to date on requirements/changes in statutory/class rules/development and other regulations.
■ Reviewing effectiveness of company’s ISM module -DANAOS system
Preparing weekly reports on vessel’s budgeted and actual expenditure and submit/report to Technical Head.
■ Checking all bills for repairs/lube oils/spares/stores and keeping verification of same through shipboard record of supplies/consumption.
■ Ensuring conducting of briefing sessions to the Top 4 joinees on the vessel & conduct interviews whenever applicable.