Technical Superintendent

Role Overview

Technical Superintendent at Boskalis, Abu Dhabi branch office. You will work as part of the Middle East technical team, responsible for day-to-day operations of vessels and preparation of repair and maintenance projects across the fleet.

Company Overview

Boskalis creates innovative and sustainable solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects. The company operates a vibrant, diverse, international team of experts and is committed to safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally sound operations.

Role Purpose

To prepare, engineer, scope, and develop repair and maintenance work packages for project vessels while ensuring all work orders are current and accurate for long-term maintenance planning by the maintenance cell. You will implement and maintain safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally sound vessel operations while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Preparation and Engineering

• Lead the preparation and engineering of planned and unplanned maintenance, repair, modification, and docking projects across the fleet, ensuring all technical, operational, and commercial requirements are clearly defined prior to execution.
• Conduct vessel inspections and technical assessments to identify repair requirements, verify compliance with statutory, class, and company requirements, and develop optimized repair scopes and execution strategies.
• Develop tender-ready work packages, work orders, and technical specifications, including scope definitions, repair methodologies, material requirements, acceptance criteria, risk assessments, cost estimates, and schedule inputs.
• Prepare dry-dockings and carry out regular inspections of the vessels to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Make the rolling forecast for project vessels repairs.

Coordination and Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate project preparation activities between vessel teams, shipyards, suppliers, contractors, classification societies, OEMs, and internal stakeholders to ensure project readiness and successful execution.
• Act as the technical focal point during project preparation, providing technical support, troubleshooting, and specialist guidance to Fleet Teams and execution teams as required.
• Manage technical and commercial interfaces with shipyards and contractors, including planning assumptions, schedules, quotations, technical clarifications, tender evaluations, and scope alignment.

Safety and Compliance

• Promote and embed Safety throughout project preparation and execution by applying Risk Assessments, Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Work Methods, Toolbox Talks, Yes-Scan principles, and visible safety leadership.
• Maintain and actively promote Boskalis' SHEQ standards, NINA principles, and corporate values throughout all activities.

Project Execution and Monitoring

• Support and, where required, participate in repair and docking execution activities, monitoring safety, quality, progress, costs, and technical performance while ensuring adherence to the engineered scope and agreed objectives.
• Participation in project execution and attendance during repairs or dry-dockings is secondary and will be determined based on project complexity, business needs, and resource requirements.

Documentation and Reporting

• Prepare and maintain project documentation and reporting, including scope development, project readiness reviews, technical evaluations, budgets, lessons learned, and stakeholder updates.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement and standardization of docking, repair, and maintenance processes by collaborating with Planning, Cost Estimating, SHE-Q, Procurement, and other specialist disciplines.

Qualifications & Experience

• Vocational or higher vocational degree in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, or a similar technical discipline.
• Experience as a Technical Superintendent, Chief Engineer, Works Manager, Project Manager, Yard Manager, Repair Superintendent, or in a comparable technical role within the maritime, dredging, offshore, or ship repair industry.
• Experience preparing and executing dry-dockings, repair and maintenance projects.
• Experience working with shipyards, suppliers, and contractors.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong technical knowledge of vessel machinery, systems, and equipment.
• Familiarity with maintenance management systems such as SMMS.
• Knowledge of relevant safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance operational requirements with cost-effective solutions.
• Ability to work in a planned and independent way.
• Eye for detail with ability to maintain sight of the bigger picture.
• Good command of written and spoken English.

Additional Information

• Contract type: Full-time position.
• Location: Abu Dhabi office, part of the Middle East technical team.
• Travel: Willingness to travel regularly and irregularly to vessels, shipyards, and project locations worldwide.
• Career development: Opportunities to realize full personal and professional potential through development programs and online courses via Boskalis Academy.
• Onboarding: Comprehensive online onboarding program provided to new colleagues.