Marine Superintendent
Job Summary:
The Marine Superintendent leads the marine team to deliver safe, optimal and environmentally sound operations, whilst developing the team's technical capabilities and supporting continuous improvement of processes in all aspects of operations.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Lead safe and environmentally sound marine operations, ensuring major accident hazards, marine integrity, and stability risks are actively understood and controlled.
Drive a strong safety culture aligned with learning, open reporting, and proactive risk management, ensuring hazards are identified early and barriers remain effective.
Provide visible leadership in Control of Work, SIMOPS, and high-risk activity management, ensuring risks are understood—not just procedurally managed.
Accountable for the integrity and performance of marine systems (ballast, cargo, offloading, hull, tanks and utilities), ensuring operations remain within defined limits.
Provide assurance that marine operations are executed in line with procedures, regulatory requirements, and asset standards, identifying and closing gaps proactively.
Lead safe planning and execution of offloading operations and marine campaigns, maintaining clear coordination with operations and marine stakeholders.
Review marine operating performance against plan, identifying trends and driving both short-term recovery actions and long-term improvement initiatives.
Lead initiatives to improve efficiency, reliability, and risk reduction across marine operations.
Ensure operational constraints are proactively managed and escalated, contributing to broader asset performance and delivery objectives.
Lead and develop a team of marine technicians and supervisors, setting clear expectations, standards, and accountability for delivery.
Build technical and operational capability across the team, supporting structured development pathways (e.g. Technical Competence, Control of Work capability, system ownership).
Maintain regular, honest, and constructive engagement with team members, supporting performance, development, and career progression.
Manage marine contractors (including deck crew and scaffolders) and specialist vendors, ensuring delivery against contract expectations, safe execution, and value for the business.
Build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders (marine assurance, logistics, terminals), ensuring aligned and coordinated operations.
Ensure effective oversight of contractor performance, risk, and compliance.
Provide input into operational planning and technical decision-making, ensuring changes are risk-assessed and aligned with asset objectives.
Review and approve operational changes (Operational Risk Assessments, MOC, procedures, overrides), ensuring robust technical and risk-based decisions.
Apply site leadership knowledge to ensure effective integration of marine operations within overall asset performance.
Requirements:
Significant experience in offshore marine operations within the oil & gas industry or equivalent high-hazard environment.
Strong technical understanding of marine systems, FPSO/tanker operations, ballast management, cargo handling, and stability principles.
Proven experience managing complex marine operations, including SIMOPS and offloading activities.
Demonstrable experience leading teams in an operational environment, with the ability to set expectations, drive performance, and build capability.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing across multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams.
Strong understanding of major accident hazards, marine integrity risks, and barrier management.
Demonstrates the ability to make sound, risk-based decisions under pressure and challenge where conditions are unclear or unsafe.
Proven commitment to building a learning-focused safety culture, aligned with modern safety thinking.
Driving continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and process efficiency.
Ability to identify systemic issues and implement practical, sustainable solutions.
Familiarity with digital systems and data-informed decision-making is advantageous.
Education & Experience:
A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, or as required by local requirements.
IMO courses and lead auditor certification
ISO14001 training (desirable)
Class 2 Deck or Engineer Certificate of Competency
Advanced Dangerous Cargo Endorsement
DP Awareness Training
Control of Work (ideally an Area Authority)
+8 years experiences in offshore oil & gas operations.
Experience managing contractors and external stakeholders in a high-risk operational setting.
Location:
Offshore (Greater Plutonio FPSO)
Work pattern:
28:28 rotation