Job Description

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Boskalis has one of the largest global fleets of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities.

Make your mark as Operations Superintendent at Boskalis Offshore Energy. For our division Marine Services we are looking for an Operations Superintendent that will work from our Antwerp office. In this role, you support the operational, commercial, tender and financial team with different requests and tasks. With your qualities and contributions, you will boost the team’s performance aiming to achieve operational excellence.

Your responsibilities as an Operations Superintendent are:

• You will provide general operational support during the initiation, planning, execution and completion phases of our projects.
• You will give direct vessel support in relation to nautical charts & publications; you will make sure our fleet is operationally active, analyze what is required to get this done and take care of the transportation.
• You will maintain and update company and fleet documents; you will create and maintain vessel or project specific manuals, update and maintain databases and vessel track records.
• You will prepare, align and follow up on OVID, CMID and suitability inspections.
• You will give general operational support to the commercial department during the tender phase; you will provide information about the vessels in our fleet and regularly perform voyage calculations to determine distance to cover together with expected speed and consumptions.
• You will give general operational support to the financial department when required.
• You will assist in optimizing the Safety Management System in cooperation with all involved parties.
• You will work together with your colleagues to improve the services provided with the aim to win and execute profitable projects.

Your qualities and experience as an Operations Superintendent are:

• You have at least a degree with nautical or maritime background, or relevant working experience in the maritime industry.
• Experience with Anchor handling tugs and/or Construction Support Vessels is a benefit.
• You are a strong communicator in English and you’re assertive enough to share (and execute) your innovative ideas and involve necessary parties.
• You’re analytical strong, and you work with strong precision.
• You’re able to work fluently with Microsoft Office Applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel

Qualifications

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) plus an extra 5 designated days, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance, travel allowance.
• Career development We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports field, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a barista corner where you can connect with colleagues.
• Young Boskalis: Are you under 36? Come and join Young Boskalis! Have fun and join in social and sports activities ranging from pub quizzes to yoga, bootcamps and an annual sailing boat race. Networking and knowledge sharing are a vital part of Young Boskalis as well.

Extra information

• Your team: you will be working within the operations department of Boskalis Offshore Marine Services with team members who all have a nautical back ground. You will be in close contact with the operations managers, project engineers, fleet and commercial department.
• Where you will work: You will work from the office in Antwerp or Papendrecht. For office-based roles, in consultation with your manager and your team, you work partly at home and partly in the office.
• Full/part-time job: The position of function is a full-time (40 hours a week) 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

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Operations Superintendent (Marine Services). Please contact Thijs Wanders, Corporate Recruiter, via thijs.wanders@boskalis.com

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.

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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.