Junior Crewing Coordinator

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Within a vibrant company culture, you will be working as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together!

The Junior Crewing Coordinator is responsible for crew planning on our seagoing vessels. He/she makes sure seagoing vessels are optimally manned in order with safe manning and operational crew requirements. A Junior Crew Coordinator also makes sure all crewmembers are in compliance with STCW, by having the correct valid certificates & other project related required certificates if needed. The BOFM (Boskalis Offshore Fleet Management) Fleet consists of about 25 Vessels with a crew composition of Boskalis & Agency crew.

Your responsibilities as a Junior Crewing Coordinator to include, but not limited to;

• Ensure that there is a correct and complete planning of all crew on your seagoing vessels in cooperation with the vessel’s Master.
• Ensure flights and transportation to and from the vessels for all relevant crewmembers is arranged.
• Ensure all crew members comply with BOFM training matrix and other project-related required trainings and assist with job-related courses in coordination with the Training Coordinator.
• Fulfill vacancies on time in agreement with the Crewing HR team and assist with yearly appraisals and succession planning & development of the crew.
• Assistance with yearly appraisals of crew in time.
• Maintain crew files in the Crew Management System and ensure correct time and attendance records for all crew.
• Control and acknowledge expenses and invoices related to the crew on your vessels. 
• Liaise daily with Vessel management, crewing partners/agencies, and contribute as a team to elevate the department's performance.
• Collecting necessary personal documents, such as visas, specific to visa type and country, filing them on SharePoint, uploading personal documents, maintaining visa request overviews per person/vessel, and preparing crew overview lists for visa requests.

Your qualities
You can make your mark as a Junior Crewing Coordinator if you have:  

• At least 3 years’ relevant work experience in crewing or equivalent. 
• A working and thinking level at a bachelor’s degree. 
• Fluent in written and verbal English, punctual, and possesses effective communication skills. 
• STCW knowledge preferable but can be learned on the job. 
• Persuasiveness and strong personality.
• Stress resistant.
• Team player.

What you can expect   

• Career opportunities: We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities.  
• Warm welcome: We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your online onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Boskalis! 
• Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy.

Extra information   

• Your team: You will work as a Junior Crewing Coordinator in the crewing team of Offshore Energy.
• Where you will work: You will be working from our Abu Dhabi office.
• Full/part-time job: The function of Junior Crewing Coordinator is a fulltime position.
• Procedure: Apply easily by filling in the online application form. We conduct job interviews online and at the office. If we both think we are a good match after these interviews, we will make you a nice offer. Are you happy with that? Welcome aboard!

Want to know more?

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Junior Crewing Coordinator. Please contact Arshad Asharaf, corporate Recruiter via our career page. 

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site..

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application.

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