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Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management is a ship manager based in Hamburg, Germany, with entities in Rhoon, the Netherlands and Singapore. We are proud to be entrusted with the management of container vessels, tanker, bulk carriers, multi-purpose and heavy-lift vessels.
Our shareholders are the globally operating Wilhelmsen Group and MPC Capital AG. We offer our clients commercial asset and ship management.
We are looking for a Vessel Manager to join our team in Hamburg. As a Vessel Manager, you are responsible for the technical ship management of a part of our fleet.
Your duties include:
- Planning and monitoring of maintenance, repairs and dry docking of our vessels
- Monitoring of class survey intervals as well as coordination of service providers
- Monitoring the validity of certificates
- Inspection of planned maintenance work on the ships
- Development of the Planned Maintenance System for new tonnage
- Carrying out physical inspections on own and foreign tonnage
- Budget planning and monitoring
- Pre-joining briefing of engineers
- Monitoring technical performance of the fleet
Your profile:
- Sailing experience as engineer (management level), alternatively you have completed your studies preferably as an engineer in marine engineering or a comparable qualification
- Experience as a technical superintendent in a ship management company
- Within the scope of your previous activities, you have already been able to demonstrate your distinct intercultural competence in dealing with a wide variety of nationalities
- Proficient knowledge of written and spoken English
- You are characterized by a good work organization and convince through your strong team spirit as well as a high degree of reliability and loyalty
- The safe handling of the programs of the MS Office package
- This position requires you to be available for emergency response, even outside normal working hours
- EU working entitlement is essential
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