Senior Marine Operations Manager

at  Bureau Veritas

SENIOR MARINE OPERATIONS MANAGER

SUMMARY: Metals and Minerals Inspectors visit client facilities, including barges and ships, shore tanks, railcars, and tank trucks for quantity surveys of a variety of commodities including inspection and collects samples for laboratory analysis.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Include the following: Other duties may be assigned.
Draft Surveys: Conduct thorough draft surveys on vessels to accurately measure and assess their drafts at various points, including fore, mid-ship, and aft.
Cargo Weight Verification: Verify the weight of cargo on board by analyzing draft readings, weight calculations, and other relevant data.
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that vessels comply with international and local maritime regulations regarding load line, stability, and safety requirements.
Documentation: Prepare detailed survey reports, including draft survey calculations, findings, and recommendations. Maintain accurate records of all survey activities.
Communication: Collaborate with ship captains, port authorities, and shipping agents to communicate survey results, address concerns, and provide guidance on necessary adjustments.
Equipment Maintenance: Oversee the maintenance and calibration of survey equipment to ensure accurate and reliable measurements.
Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks associated with cargo loading, weight distribution, and vessel stability. Provide recommendations to mitigate risks and improve safety.
Client Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, shipping companies, and other stakeholders. Address client inquiries and provide professional guidance on draft survey matters.
Client Relations: Oversee, train and coordinate a team of surveyors. To Liaise with all of the Operations Group to provide additional resources and technical support.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering field or, High school diploma or general education development certificate (GED). Knowledge of company HS&E procedures and associated governmental regulations.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSE, REGISTRATIONS: Valid driver’s license required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands, and arms; and climb or balance. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear; and taste and smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
Employee is frequently required to climb and descend stairways, ladders, and gangways. The employee must regularly lift and/or move and/or climb with up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds (with assistance). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; and near flammable material. Is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat. Possibility of working in enclosed spaces.