How you can make your mark
As a Vessel Technical Superintendent (TSI), you will work in our Fleet Management department. This department provides technical support with the primary focus on maintaining the fleet in shipshape condition.
Our fleet consists of approximately 600 vessels and auxiliary equipment, offering extensive versatility. You will focus on the auxiliary equipment, ensuring it is deployed in the optimal configuration for each individual project. These assets are a critical part of Boskalis's capital resources. As a Vessel Technical Superintendent, you will play an important role in maintaining, repairing, and modifying our fleet, particularly the portion used for the Dredging & Inland Infra division.
Your responsibilities as a vessel technical superintendent:
- Analyze and optimize the performance of the vessels in close cooperation with the crew on board.
- Report technical and operational performance and provide input to optimize the ships.
- Support with acute technical problems on board.
- Ensure that the scope of planned ship repairs is up to date (ongoing repairs, damage and modifications).
- Follow up the exploitation of the assigned vessels, taking into account the correct allocation of costs.
- Implementing and monitoring the general technical and safety standards and reporting on possible improvements to ensure the safety of our colleagues and the locality.
Your qualities
In the role of vessel technical superintendent, it is essential to have the ability to work in a planned and independent way. You must have an eye for detail but you should certainly never lose sight of the bigger picture. On the basis of your extensive technical expertise and enthusiasm for high-end technical solutions, you can convince colleagues and stakeholders, and extend their knowledge.
- A bachelor degree in mechanical engineering, naval architecture or maritime engineering.
- At least 5 years of relevant nautical experience in a maritime environment, with a hands-on mentality. Prior experience in dockings and ship repairs is essential.
- Knowledge, experience and interest in the dredging process and dredging equipment.
- No problem travelling frequently (within Europe, Middle East, Far East).
- A familiarity with health & safety regulations relating to our business as well as fleet management systems such as Maximo.
- Team player, problem solver, good communication skills and taking initiative.
We offer
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 be part of the vessel team, with a primary focus on auxiliary vessels.
- Where you will work: You will work from our beautiful office in Abu Dhabi.
- Fulltime/ part- time job: The position of vessel technical superintendent is full time.
- Procedure: All you need to do to apply for a job is to complete the online application form and send it to us along with your CV and cover letter. As soon as you have sent your application, you will receive a confirmation email. Depending on the job, we will invite you for two or more interviews via Microsoft Teams. If both sides are happy to proceed after interviews, we will make you an offer to join Boskalis. After successfully completing all the steps in the procedure, we warmly welcome you to our organization.
About Boskalis
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!
Interested?
Want to know more?
We’ll be happy to answer your questions about the position of vessel technical superintendent. Please contact Catherine Buenaagua, corporate recruiter via our careers page.
Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.
Disclaimer for recruitment and selection 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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