Senior Technical Superintendent Maintenance

Job Description

Reliable today. Future-ready for tomorrow.
Within Fleet Management Dredging, colleagues onboard and ashore work as one team, combining technical expertise, craftsmanship and ownership to keep our vessels safe, reliable, cost-efficient and ready for the future.

As Senior Technical Superintendent Maintenance, you play a key role in the preparation and execution of docking projects across our distinctive dredging fleet. You bring together vessel crews, technical specialists and other stakeholders, ensuring that docking activities are executed safely, efficiently and to the highest technical standards. With your proactive mindset and technical expertise, you contribute to vessel availability, continuous improvement and the long-term performance of our fleet. Join Team Fleet and make your mark on the vessels that enable Boskalis to deliver successful projects worldwide.

As Senior Technical Superintendent Maintenance within Fleet Management Dredging, Docking Support, you will be responsible for (un)planned vessel maintenance and repair within the Dredging fleet. You ensure the repair scope is prepared and repaired safely, efficiently and in compliance with applicable regulations. You play a key role in the preparation and execution of docking, maintenance and repair projects.

Your responsibilities include:

• Prepare and coordinate planned and unplanned maintenance, repairs, modifications, and potential dry-docking projects across the fleet.
• Support Fleet Teams by conducting regular vessel inspections to verify compliance with statutory, class, and company requirements and to develop repair scopes.
• Be the primary point of contact for vessel teams during repair, maintenance, and modification projects..
• Coordinate repair and docking activities between vessel teams, shipyards, suppliers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient project execution.
• Develop tender-ready work packages and work orders, ensuring technical requirements, scope definitions, and material requirements are accurately assessed and documented.
• Define, document, and communicate clear scopes of work for shipyards and contractors to facilitate accurate planning, budgeting, and execution.
• Promote and embed Safety throughout all activities by applying Risk Assessments, Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Work Methods, Toolbox Talks, Yes-Scan principles, and visible safety leadership.
• Liaise with shipyards regarding planning, schedules, quotations, contract execution, and project progress.
• Monitor project performance with respect to safety, quality, cost, schedule, and technical objectives during repair and maintenance periods.
• Prepare and deliver reports on project progress, repair activities, budgets, and technical performance to Fleet Teams and other stakeholders.
• Manage, in the role of Project Manager larger to medium sized repair projects, act in the role of Works Manager on larger projects.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to vessels and Fleet Teams.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of docking, repair, and maintenance processes, driving standardization and operational excellence across the fleet.
• Collaborate with specialist disciplines such as Planning, Cost Estimating, SHE-Q, Procurement, and other support functions to optimize project preparation, execution, quality, and reporting.
• Maintain and actively promote Boskalis' SHEQ standards, NINA principles, and corporate values throughout all activities.

Qualifications

What you'll bring

It is essential for a Senior Technical Superintendent to be able to work in a structured, planned and independent manner. You have an eye for detail while never losing sight of the bigger picture. You are a strong communicator who can effectively collaborate with vessel crews, shipyards, suppliers and internal stakeholders.

To make your mark in this role, you have:

• A vocational or higher vocational degree (MBO/HBO) in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture or a similar technical discipline.
• Experience as a Technical Superintendent Works Manager, Project Manager, Yard Manager, Repair Superintendent, or in a comparable technical role within the maritime, dredging, offshore, or ship repair industry. A track record of more then 10 years in such repairs and similar roles.
• Experience preparing and executing dry-dockings, repair and maintenance projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of vessel machinery, systems and equipment.
• Experience working with shipyards, suppliers and contractors.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance operational requirements with cost-effective solutions.
• Familiarity with planned maintenance management systems.
• Knowledge of relevant safety, environmental and quality standards.
• A good command of written and spoken English.
• Willingness to travel regularly and irregular to vessels, shipyards and project locations worldwide.
• A teamplayer within Team Fleet, contributing to a smooth, joint, inclusive and collaborative repair, and adding to the Fleet Management vision.

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job where you can make an impact, as part of a diverse, international team of experts. 
• Rewarding conditions:  A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) and a number of collective scheduled days off, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance and travel allowance.
• 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 Docking Support team within Fleet Management Dredging, working closely with Fleet Teams, Project Managers, and working as Works Managers and/or Technical Superintendents.
• Where you will work: During the preparation phase you will be working at the Boskalis Campus in Papendrecht, but are open for travel to the vessels abroad. During the repair project you will be based on site, on a 6 weeks on - 4 weeks off rotation, depending on the repair requirements and in mutual agreement.
• Fulltime/ part- time job: The position of Senior Maintenance Technical Superintendent is a fulltime job.
• Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company.

Additional Information

Want to know more?

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the Senior Maintenance Technical Superintendent Dredging role. Please contact Emilie Stratenus, Recruiter, via [email protected]

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your motivation 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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