SECONDEE: Vessel Performance Manager

TERMS

Your current home employer remains your employer during the period in which you perform your contribution to the Center.

Thus, the employer obligations will remain with your home employer including payment of all compensation, salaries, remuneration and costs owed to you as an employee, as well as any social or employment related taxes and all associated costs and expenses.

If interested, please reach out to your organization point of contact with the Center. 

OVERVIEW

Join us on our mission to decarbonize the shipping industry by leading and accelerating the adoption of energy efficiency measures across the global shipping industry. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your experience in vessel performance to lead projects within energy efficiency as well as deliver content as a subject matter expert.
The projects you will manage will have a central role delivering recommendations for how to improve operational and technical energy efficiency for all ship segments in the industry and you will guide project team members through the analysis of data collected onboard ships and the development of new vessel performance methodologies.

ORGANIZATION AND TEAM

You will join the Fleet Performance and Energy Efficiency team, within the Fleet Transition Impact Hub. 

PRIMARY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Manage and deliver projects related to vessel and fleet performance activities
• Ideate new projects as well as scope tasks, estimate budgets and timelines together with the head of Fleet Performance and Energy Efficiency and in close collaboration with other team members.
• Co-develop new methods for vessel performance analysis, such as the benefit of different technical or operational energy efficiency measures with in-service measurements, the impact of new Energy Efficiency regulations, the role of ports on vessel performance and best practices related to standardisation of onboard data collection and data sharing.
• Work closely with other SMEs (both center staff and secondees) to deliver projects.
• Lead strategic areas of the fleet performance domain in OVS
• Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders in multi-discipline projects, both within center partners but also with externally funded projects.
• Actively advocate project findings to drive the adoption of the right behaviours across the industry

• The ideal candidate has extensive experience with vessel and fleet performance projects from a ship owner, operator, technical manager, technology vendor, consultant or class society backgrounds and is very familiar with the challenges in the adoption of energy efficiency measures in a fragmented shipping industry
• In addition, the candidate should be familiar with vessel performance analytical methods, how data is collected onboard ships (vessel performance systems), data quality best practices, and the use of other onboard energy efficiency related systems such as, voyage planning and weather routing.
• Awareness of current energy efficiency regulatory measures such as EEDI, EEXI and CII would also be needed in order to support the strategy of the Fleet Performance domain.
• Knowledge on engagement with crew onboard ships and how to create a shared reality between ship and shore will also be relevant for the success delivery of strategic projects in the domain.

• Applied project management methods and tools
• Analytical capabilities with focus on large data sets requiring some scripting both for data analysis and result visualization
• Proficiency in English as a language for all types of communication.
• Proficiency in using MS tools (Excel, Word, Power point, Excel).
• Proficiency in setting up and hosting interactive project meetings

• 5 to 10 years of experience leading and delivering technical projects within a shipping company, class society, ship design firm, marine technology vendor, marine digital solutions provider or similar.
• Working experience in vessel performance related activities (performance analysis and management, voyage planning, weather routing, etc.,,)
• Familiar with data analytics, data mining, data visualization and data regression modelling
• Some exposure on how to develop and deliver standards or best practices in the industry

• Highly motivated.
• A can-do attitude – willingness to do what it takes in a start-up environment.
• Collaborative mindset – we succeed together as a center.
• Proactive in engaging with partners.
• Cultural awareness – we operate in a global setting.
• Initiative – the ability to drive and promote own objectives.