Manager Fleet Engineering (5785)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

Reports to the Sr. Fleet Engineering Manager, and oversees and supports the port engineers assigned to the vessels to ensure shipboard safety, maintenance and cable readiness.

Responsibilities

• Ensure vessel compliance to SUBCOM Safety, Quality and Environmental (SQE) Policy
• Supervise maintenance and repair to optimize vessel availability while protecting asset value
• Ensure vessels regulatory compliance
• Approve spare parts purchases and arrange outside vendor repairs
• Set and monitor vessel operating budgets
• Evaluate skills of shipboard personnel and make promotional recommendations.
• Responsible for the overall management of repair and maintenance for assigned vessels including routine voyage repairs, regulatory surveys, dry docking shipyard events, emergencies, casualties, and modifications
• Attend vessels on regular basis to assure crew compliance to SUBCOM SQE program and to verify vessel maintenance and asset preservation
• Minimize out of service periods though proactive maintenance and repairs practices
• Prepare dry dock and voyage repair specifications, analyze, and evaluate shipyard quotations and proposals, supervise dry-dock repair and administer cost control
• Manage technical files including service reports, machinery history and regulatory required documentation
• Perform troubleshooting and repairing all ships systems including cargo systems, main and auxiliary machinery, automation, electrical power and distribution systems, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Assign and supervise vessel and external resources as needed to achieve objectives including vendors, Shoreside and shipboard staff
• Attend vessels regularly to monitor maintenance, equipment functionality and observe training/development of crews
• Have working knowledge of Maintenance and Safety, Quality and Environmental (SQE) modules in AMOS / SHIPNET, monitor and ensure that requisitions, service requests, and all elements of the QSE module are properly created and completed and be responsible for proposing corrective actions and verifying closure of incidents and nonconformities onboard vessels
• Remain abreast of, and ensure compliance with, applicable flag state and class standards, international regulations, and audit/vetting results
• Prepare, monitor, and manage maintenance budgets including routine and major maintenance as well as engine consumables
• Monitor and assure maintenance software (AMOS / SHIPNET) is utilized properly, verifying repairs and maintenance are properly reported and standard jobs are followed
• Participate in office and shipboard SQE / ISM audits
• Review for approval ship generated requisitions for stores, spares, and repairs
• Create and update vessel operating manuals where required.
• Participate in the development and/or revision of MS procedures to achieve effective guidelines, as required
• Represent SUBCOM Ship Management in a professional manner to provide efficient and economic service to all customers
• Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor or manager