This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong marine engineering professional with experience across offshore, including jack-up barges and CSOV vessels. The role will suit someone who enjoys a hands-on technical management position, working closely with vessels, senior management, owners, suppliers, and shipboard teams to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective vessel performance.
The role:
As Technical Superintendent, you will be responsible for the technical performance, maintenance, compliance, and operational readiness of assigned vessels.
You will oversee day-to-day technical matters, support planned and unplanned maintenance, coordinate repairs and dry dockings, and ensure vessels remain fully compliant with class, flag, statutory, and company requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing the safe, efficient, and cost-conscious operation of assigned vessels
- Monitoring vessel condition, technical performance, and operational reliability
- Providing technical and operational support to Masters, Chief Engineers, and onboard teams
- Planning and coordinating repairs, maintenance, surveys, and dry dockings
- Ensuring vessels remain fully certified and compliant with relevant international regulations
- Supporting budget management, cost control, purchasing, and technical expenditure
- Preparing technical updates and reports for internal stakeholders and vessel owners
- Supporting the implementation and ongoing improvement of the company's management system
- Promoting a strong safety, environmental, and energy-efficiency culture across the fleet
- Working closely with senior management, commercial teams, and shipboard personnel to support vessel availability and performance
The person
To be considered for this position, you should have:
- A First Class Certificate of Competency
- A minimum of two years' sea service as Chief Engineer
- Experience within offshore wind vessel operations, ideally including jack-up barges and CSOV vessels
- Strong technical knowledge of marine engineering systems and vessel operations
- Good understanding of class, flag, statutory, and marine regulatory requirements
- Experience with purchasing, budget monitoring, and cost control
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- A practical, solutions-focused approach to vessel management
- Good written and spoken English
- This role would suit an experienced Technical Superintendent, Vessel Manager, Fleet Engineer, or senior engineering professional with offshore wind vessel experience who is looking to take on a visible and varied technical management position.
The opportunity
You will be joining a specialist maritime business operating within the offshore wind sector, with responsibility for technically complex vessels supporting a fast-growing area of the industry.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to combine technical management, operational support, commercial awareness, and close vessel interaction within a dynamic offshore environment.
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