Job Description
The candidate will be responsible for:
- Assisting the clients in finding the most optimal route (safest, most time-efficient or fuel-efficient route) with the help of our software to ensure the safety of the vessel, cargo and crew.
- He will respond to client inquires for weather conditions and other information during the voyages and have contact to both offshore and onshore staff.
- Address specific vessel and client needs on all aspects of the voyage, from administrative details, data quality and vessel voyage optimization to performance and safety.
- Monitor speed and position deviations for vessels onactive routes and notify relevant parties.
- Inform vessels close to hurricanes/typhoons and offer assistance.
- Update routes for vessels with changed performance and notify relevant parties in case of large ETA/cost changes.
- Check world map to see if any vessels are close to bad weather and assist master if necessary
- Make a spot check on the world map to see if any vessels have received “strange routing”
- Will be part of testing and giving feedback on future development of our voyage optimization module
Requirements:
- Preferably sailed as 2nd Officer with 2-3 years shore experience in Voyage Optimization.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook
- Based in Mumbai.
- Weekends and holidays and On-call shifts will be required for supporting night shifts under 24/7 operations. Occasionally night shifts may be needed.