POSITION TITLE: Direc­tor of Fleet Engineering

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: VP of Compliance

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

OVERVIEW

The Direc­tor of Fleet Engi­neer­ing over­sees all aspects of the fleet’s engi­neer­ing, includ­ing staff, main­te­nance, repairs, upgrades, and ensur­ing com­pli­ance with statu­to­ry and reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments, and meet­ing all orga­ni­za­tion­al goals relat­ing to safe and effi­cient trans­porta­tion.  The fleet includes forty tugs assigned to ports through­out the Great Lakes.  This is an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for a dynam­ic indi­vid­ual to lead our fleet engi­neer­ing team and con­tribute to the suc­cess of our organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Devel­op, over­see, and enforce day-to-day main­te­nance, pre­ven­tive main­te­nance, and repair pro­grams and activ­i­ties for tug­boats, engines, propul­sion sys­tems, and equipment;
• Pro­vide emer­gency response to mechan­i­cal fail­ures or break­downs by pro­vid­ing on-call trou­bleshoot­ing and oth­er engi­neer­ing solutions;
• Assign and coor­di­nate shore­side Engi­neer­ing per­son­nel and crew, and coor­di­nate repairs;
• Assist with inci­dent response and inves­ti­ga­tions and prepa­ra­tion of inci­dent reports and root cause analysis;
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion with the US Coast Guard, ven­dors, ship­yards, and contractors;
• Ensure com­pli­ance with ABS, the US Coast Guard, and International/Federal/State laws and reg­u­la­tions, Com­pa­ny and envi­ron­men­tal poli­cies, and safe­ty standards;
• Pre­pare and/or main­tain all Com­pa­ny engi­neer­ing and fleet main­te­nance records such as engi­neer­ing logs, ser­vice records, com­pli­ance doc­u­men­ta­tion, and doc­u­men­ta­tion relat­ing to both inter­nal and exter­nal safe­ty man­age­ment audits;
• Pre­pare and pro­vide reg­u­lar reports to exec­u­tive lead­er­ship regard­ing var­i­ous fleet/engineering topics;
• Eval­u­ate, main­tain, admin­is­ter, and over­see var­i­ous pro­grams, poli­cies, and pro­ce­dures such as the Company’s Tow­ing Safe­ty Man­age­ment pro­grams, to ensure com­pli­ance, assess suit­abil­i­ty, and stan­dards of quality;
• Man­age and over­see per­son­nel, includ­ing con­duct­ing per­for­mance reviews and pro­vid­ing tech­ni­cal guid­ance on engi­neer­ing problems;
• Train and over­see train­ing ini­tia­tives for var­i­ous engi­neers, mechan­ics, tech­ni­cians, and crew;

• Nego­ti­ate and man­age con­tracts with engine man­u­fac­tur­ers, repair yards, parts sup­pli­ers, ser­vice providers, and oth­er ven­dors, and peri­od­i­cal­ly eval­u­ate their performance;
• Devel­op and/or con­tribute to strate­gies and strate­gic deci­sions regard­ing mat­ters such as fleet mod­ern­iza­tion, fuel effi­cien­cy, emis­sions reduc­tion, ves­sel acqui­si­tions, dis­pos­als, and re-powering;
• Pre­pare and man­age the engi­neer­ing department’s annu­al oper­at­ing and cap­i­tal bud­gets, and review expen­di­tures to opti­mize costs;
• Spear­head and lead var­i­ous Engi­neer­ing projects;
• Main­tain all aspects of the Company’s Tow­ing Safe­ty Man­age­ment System;
• Pro­mote a safe­ty-first cul­ture in all Engi­neer­ing oper­a­tions, at all times;
• Con­tin­u­ous­ly iden­ti­fy and imple­ment oper­a­tional improvements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• US Coast Guard licensed engi­neer preferred;
• Exten­sive expe­ri­ence in marine engi­neer­ing with five (5) or more years of expe­ri­ence in a fleet man­age­ment or super­vi­so­ry role;
• Strong under­stand­ing of marine machin­ery, sys­tems, and reg­u­la­to­ry requirements;
• Abil­i­ty to lead and man­age a team effectively;
• Excel­lent writ­ten and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills;
• Abil­i­ty to ana­lyze data and make informed decisions;
• Strong knowl­edge of marine oper­a­tions and the mar­itime industry;
• Strong knowl­edge of mar­itime reg­u­la­tions at fed­er­al and state levels;
• Abil­i­ty to define prob­lems, col­lect data, estab­lish facts and time­lines, and draw valid conclusions;
• Abil­i­ty to mul­ti­task, set pri­or­i­ties, and meet deadlines.