Fleet Manager

Barge Master is a dynamic and growing company operating in the offshore wind industry. We specialize in the development of motion compensation solutions, including platforms, cranes, and gangways. Our innovative technologies empower our clients to overcome wave motion related challenges, ensuring minimal downtime and enabling them to maintain control over their operations and schedules. At Barge Master, we pride ourselves on being the "Down Time Doctors" - your trusted partner in optimizing safety, efficiency and productivity.

As a Fleet Manager at Barge Master, you will be part of the management team and play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, efficiency and safety of our equipment. Together with your team of equipment engineers, you will be responsible for maintaining and managing our fleet, guiding the development and deployment of new equipment and establishing strong relationships with suppliers. Your leadership and organizational skills will be essential in managing maintenance schedules, overseeing mobilizations and demobilizations and ensuring all equipment meets certification standards. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure Equipment Reliability and Cost-Effectiveness:
• Set up and manage a comprehensive maintenance and inspection schedule.
• Maintain a strategic inventory of critical spare parts and tools.
• Analyze and document breakdowns to prevent recurrence and improve reliability.
• Ensure all equipment Mobilizations and demobilizations:
• Oversee project engineering in close collaboration with project managers.
• Ensure equipment is assembled and commissioned according to specifications and within budget.
• Lead Construction of New Equipment:
• Plan, organize and control project management activities for new equipment
• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to manage the design phase.
• Oversee assembly, commissioning and certification of new equipment.
• Develop Strategic Supplier Partnerships with Key Suppliers.
• Define and implement training programs and learning goals for team members.
• Periodic Monitoring and Reporting. 

Requirements:

• Completed technical HBO/WO education.
• Background in electromechanical systems, with the ability to review electrical, hydraulic, software and structural drawings.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proven ability to oversee complex projects from planning to execution, ensuring quality, budget adherence and timely completion. 
• Effective communicator in English, with proficiency in Dutch being an advantage, able to collaborate with project managers, suppliers and team members. 
• Adaptable and capable of handling ad hoc work efficiently, especially during equipment commissioning
• Approximately 5 years of relevant work experience in equipment maintenance, project management or related field.

At Barge Master, we work hard to deliver quality and finish our projects on time. We believe a stimulative company culture with enough room for fun motivates our people to do so. Our company is growing, and we want you to grow with it. That is why working at Barge Master also means:

• Working in the exciting offshore wind industry that contributes to the energy transition.
• An international, open, young, and supportive working environment.
• A remuneration that reflects the responsibilities.
• Enough space for your personal development and ambitions.
• Operating in a team in which team members have their own well-defined responsibilities.
• A healthy and sustainable lunch, including a salad bar.
• Many company`s events.
• A beautiful view of Rotterdam from our 12th floor.

Procedure
If you are interested and would like to be part of a young, fast-growing   offshore company, please send an email with your motivation and CV to: recruitment@barge-master.com. Within two weeks we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. For further information, you can contact our HR department - Tania Bozhko on 010-409 00 60.

This vacancy is only for EU nationals and people currently working in the EU with a valid working permit.