VICE PRESIDENT - MARINE JA

Key Accountabilities:

• 1. To oversee day to day planning and administration of the Marine Department in Jebel Ali to maintain the efficiency and effective of daily work and corresponding.
• To supervise and control Marine staff to ensure adequate coverage of shipping movements.
• To ensure that the Port Navigation Aids are in position correctly and in good working condition for safe navigation of ship in and out of ports.
• Maintaining of channel and berths, depths, marine craft, fenders and quays to provide safe berthing operation of vessel.
• To deal with customer enquiries and complains for customer satisfaction.
• Regularly visiting lay-up ship to ensure that they are properly moored and complying with port regulation.
• Liaising with Marine and port security with DP World Department to put into effect the ISPS.
• To attend inter department and outside company and conference as direct by Senior Harbour Master for discussions and decision making
• Pollution control and emergency response to take charge of anti pollution measure and clean up by leading people as directed thus ensuring safety procedures are carried out throughout the organization.
• To ensure all records and logs are kept accurately for future reference and audit purpose.
• Ensure compliance to IT policy in terms of implementation and monitoring of information security management in your department in line with the UAE region ISR policy.
• Establish, review, and enforce marine services contracts, including terms & conditions, service level agreements (SLAs), and performance frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory, safety, and DP World corporate requirements.
• Define, monitor, and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) for all outsourced and related-party marine services, ensuring service reliability, cost efficiency, safety performance, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective cost control, value optimization, and commercial discipline across all marine services contracts, including contract renewals, variations, claims management, and dispute resolution.
• Lead periodic performance reviews, audits, and governance meetings with marine service providers, addressing non-performance, risk exposure, and corrective action plans where required.
• Ensure third-party marine service providers fully comply with port regulations, ISPS Code, HSE standards, emergency response requirements, and environmental protection policies.
• Drive standardization of marine service delivery models, contract structures, and KPI frameworks across ports and terminals to support scalability, benchmarking, and best-practice adoption.

Qualification, Experience and Skills:

Essential Qualification: Graduate / Post Graduate in port management and Master's Marine qualification
Work Experience: 8 years of experience of harbour and marine operations, Port Marine Safety Code, Pilotage, Towage and VTS Operations as an assistant harbour master.