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Technical Superintendent role based in Port Harcourt, Rivers, responsible for ensuring vessel seaworthiness, managing planned maintenance, dry-docking and root-cause investigations for a leading African marine logistics operator. Acts as key liaison between the company and vessel management on all technical matters.
- Marine vessel technical operations oversight for a pan-African logistics company
- Manages planned maintenance system (PMS) development and implementation
- Coordinates Class surveys, inspections and QHSE support
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Technical Superintendent role based in Port Harcourt, Rivers, responsible for ensuring vessel seaworthiness, managing planned maintenance, dry-docking and root-cause investigations for a leading African marine logistics operator. Acts as key liaison between the company and vessel management on all technical matters.
- Marine vessel technical operations oversight for a pan-African logistics company
- Manages planned maintenance system (PMS) development and implementation
- Coordinates Class surveys, inspections and QHSE support
- Liaises with procurement for timely spares delivery to vessels
- Based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; reports to GM Technical Operations
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Technical Superintendent at WTS Energy
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Oct 13, 2026, 6:06 AM
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WTS Energy - Our client is set out to continuously redefine the African marine logistics standards. They are therefore prominent in elevating their service levels to the highest client expectations with footprint in Nigeria, followed by West Africa, Africa and the rest of the world.
They are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Technical Superintendent
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Reports To: GM Technical Operations
Position Description
To ensure the seaworthiness of vessels to meet company, charterer and class standards while delivering a continuous reduction of the annual maintenance budget by managing the planned maintenance activities, dry docking and hands on problem solving on technical issues for all company’s Vessels.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Liaison between company and Vessel Management Company:
- Ensure vessel meets Class, Marine and Charterer’s requirement. Support QHSE with timely planning of Class Surveys and inspections.
- Monitor defects and timely close out and collate weekly reports from the Vessel Manager.
- Review and approve every work scope and material requisition submitted by the Technical Managers
- Acts as the first point-of-contact between the business and the vessel Technical Managers and interface on all technical and operational vessel matters.
- Coordinate with the Procurement department to ensure timely delivery of goods/spares to the vessels to support quick vessel turnaround.
- Monitor and analyse the technical status of all vessels and submit a summary to the relevant stakeholders.
- PMS- Development and implementation:
- Analyse vessel and equipment breakdowns and develop additional maintenance activities to fill maintenance gap that could have prevented breakdown.
- Ensure that all maintenance jobs are properly logged onto the PMS by the vessel managers. Follow up on status of open tasks.
- Conduct periodic vessel inspections and share VIR report with TechOps and MarineOps.
- Root Cause investigations:
- Implement process improvements or maintenance procedures to fill gap.
- Register defects that are subject for root cause investigation.
- Analyse operational reports to identify potential causes of defects, investigate reported defects and ensure corrective & preventive actions are taken to sustain vessel availability.
- Analyse reason for reoccurring/frequent equipment failure. Provide evidence-based conclusion on if the reason is human error, maintenance gap, knowledge gap or equipment quality
- Budget Management:
- Monitor budget spends to ensure cost effective vessel operations and maintenance
- Liaise with the Vessel managers to develop annual budgets for the maintenance of the fleet.
- Monitor the fuel consumption of vessels and report any variations from the makers specific fuel consumption standard.
- Monitor the lube oil consumption of the vessels, analyse same and submit monthly reports to the relevant stakeholder.
- Special Projects, Dry dock preparation, Repair operations, Monitoring, Analyses:
- Supervise the dry-docking of all vessels in conjunction with the vessel technical managers.
- Source for cost effective and qualified dry-dock vendors.
- Ensure critical parts needed for the dry-dock are in the company warehouse or with the dry-dock vendor prior to commencement of the dry-docking exercise.
- Work with the vessel technical managers to prepare comprehensive dry-dock scopes and duration, ensuring minimal disruptions to vessel’s operating schedule.
- Management of critical spares list (store & vessel) and inventory management process including minimum restocking levels, to ensure an optimal mix of cost efficiency and continued vessel availability.
- Ensure dockyard, ship builder and other parties involved in the dry-dock collectively and individually endorse the planned dry-dock duration schedule.
Requirements
- Technical Superintendency license is required for this role
- Valid COC is an added advantage.
- Previous experience as a Technical Superintendent is a mandatory requirement for this position
- 10 – 15 years’ experience as a Marine Engineer.
- Offshore sailing experience is an added advantage.
- Knowledge, Abilities & Skills Required
- Extensive knowledge of marine, tugboat, oil transportation and shipping industry
- Capable of making decisions and giving directions to facilitate prompt service delivery
- Ability to develop and implement appropriate procedures and controls
- Willing to travel to the out ports.
- Knowledge of vessel maintenance systems and equipment
- Ability to understand and execute complex oral and written instructions
- Maintain confidentiality of all sensitive communications
- Must be physically fit enough to board vessels, barges and tugs at sea and in port
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
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