Experience

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  Bue

  Jun 1999 - Aug 2001

  Cadet
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  Maersk line

  Sept 2001 - Mar 2003

  Third officer
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  Swire pacific offshore

  Aug 2003 - Jul 2018

  Operational matters, including:Leading a team in the day-to-day planning and handling of vessel operations; Planning of project-specific mobilisations, including arrangement & seafastening of clients’ equipment and materials;Ensuring that vessels comply with all relevant legislation & Company requirements;Ensuring adequate manning levels and crew costs, according to the individual work scope and charter requirements;Tendering for Agency/Husbandry services and Manning Agencies;Liaising with Clients, Flag and Port State Authorities, Suppliers and Technicians.HSE matters, including:Investigation of accidents;Developing and issuing Local Instructions relevant to vessels in the region;Developing and reviewing Bridging Documents between Company and Client’s systems as they pertain to individual charters;Auditing Company ships for ISM/ISPS/MLC compliance;Co-ordinating and responding to OVID and other Client’s inspection reports; Show less o Leading a team in the day-to-day planning and handling of vessel operations, including providing logistical support for Vessel Port calls, Crew changes, Repairs and Maintenance, Surveys and audits;o HSE matters, including but not limited to:• Developing and issuing Local Instructions relevant to vessels in the region;• Developing and reviewing Bridging Documents between Company and Client’s systems as they pertain to individual charters;• Auditing Company ships for compliance with Company requirements as well as local and international statutory requirements;• Investigation of accidents & injuries;• Co-ordinating and responding to OVID and other Client’s inspection reports;o Ensuring that vessels remain in Class, properly certificated and comply with all relevant national and international legislation;o Planning to ensure that vessels are manned correctly according to the individual work scope and charter requirements, to ensure adequate manning levels while remaining within budget for crew costs;o Organising tendering programmes for Agency/Husbandry services in order to ensure cost-effective representation for the Company;o Oversight and supervision of Crewing Manager, organising the employment & deployment of African Seafarers;o Assessment and interviewing of Cadets from the Regional Maritime University in Ghana, as part of an ongoing Local Content recruitment process.o Liaising with vessel charterers, Crewing Agencies, Flag and Port State Authorities, Suppliers and Technicians.o Appraisal and development of Operations Department members.o Working together strategically with other Department Managers to promote efficient and streamlined management of our vessels and office. Show less Auditing Company ships for compliance with Company requirements as well as local and international statutory requirements. This is mostly focused around the International Safety Management (ISM) Code and its implementation via the Company’s Safety Management System.Reviewing the Company’s Safety Management System, to ensure that it remains fit for purpose.Reviewing incidents and near-misses, in order to learn lessons and disseminating these to the fleet, to prevent similar incidents in future. Show less

  • Operations & HSE Manager (Middle East)

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Operations & HSE Manager (Africa)

    Jul 2013 - Aug 2017

  • HSE Project Manager

    Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  • Master

    Apr 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Acting Operations Manager

    Nov 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Chief Officer

    Oct 2006 - Apr 2010

  • Second Officer

    Aug 2003 - Oct 2006
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  Thome group

  Aug 2018 - May 2023

  • Work as Team Leader and assist crewing PICs in the team on day to day crewing operations.• Ensure the highest level of crew management performance excellence in accordance with STCW, flag state requirements and meeting the high crewing standards of Thome Group.• Ensure strict Thome Management System (TMS) crewing procedures’ compliance, including COMPAS compliance.• Drive service excellence on crewing relevant service /functions including ensuring that Owners’ enquiries are properly and timely attended to• Manage the development and career progression of sea staff by facilitating regular review of appraisals process and work on all possible methods to build-up loyalty/retention of sea staff.• Assist with preparation of yearly crew budgets for each assigned key account/vessel. Monitor budget variance compliance of each account.• Visit manning agents and conduct their internal audits.• Implement and manage terms and conditions, compensation, benefits and rewards for sea staff benchmarking with the market trends based on past studies and expected growth.• Define and drive the overall long-term business strategy for crew recruitment, engage in business process optimization.• Gather information on the market trends at regular intervals and update the management on the manning requirements/forecast, based on past studies and expected growth. Provide reports to management on recruitment activities and strategy as well as to communicate internally.• Coach the appointed manning agents to match the overall Company’s recruitment strategy. Show less

  • Crewing Manager (Offshore)

    Mar 2020 - May 2023

  • Marine/HSSEQ Superintendent

    Aug 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Osm thome

  May 2023 - now

  Crewing manager (offshore and o&g)