Sr. Manager, Marine Nautical Operations

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Marine Operations Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Sr. Manager, Marine Nautical Operations reporting to the Brand Fleet Captain.

 

This position will work on-site in Miami, Florida

 

Position Summary:

 

The Sr. Manager of Nautical Operations is responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s Officer Career Progression Programs and ensuring adherence to policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures. The position is further responsible for ensuring nautical support for procedures and equipment is provided to the fleet.

 

This role is based in our Miami office, is supervisor of the Manager of Nautical Operations, and reports to the Brand Fleet Captain.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Support and guide the Manager of Nautical Operations.
• Analyze and oversee the effective management of recruitment, development, scheduling and career tracking of officers. Develop people strategies, procedures and tools for continuous improvement and efficiencies in close cooperation with applicable departments.
• Responsible for the effective application of officer’s career progression framework, ensuring transparency and accountability is maintained and policies and procedures are in place.
• Responsible for all training & licensing aspects of the brands nautical officers working in close cooperation with the Marine training team. Responsible for the training budget specifically pertaining to the Deck officers.
• Responsible for brand fleet wide navigational safety support, including but not limited to equipment, cyber security, and software. Liaise with Technical services and Ship Managers to ensure condition reports, repairs and upgrades are made on all Bridge Nautical Equipment. Work with vendors for support and acquisition of navigation systems.
• Keep up to date, explore and evaluate new software and technologies pertaining to fuel efficiency and voyage/route optimization. Work in close cooperation with the Energy Management group in all aspects of energy and fuel performance and compliance.  
• Work as an active member on the Navigation Task Force Group with respect to policy revision, suggestions, feedback and continuous improvement.
• Represent the fleet at various industry meetings regard to navigation and related safety issues.
• Brand liaison with the Global weather team, ensuring procedures, communication and systems are supporting the needs of the fleet.
• Ensure nautical and deck related matters and interests are represented during drydocks and modernization projects as well as function as the operational link to New Build ensuring operational learnings and experience is shared with the appropriate parties and considered.
• Identify opportunities for optimizing fleetwide standardization and processes in cooperation with the Global Safety & Standardization team and subsequent implementation of same.
• Work closely with the Maritime Safety Department supporting investigations of navigation related incidents/accidents and safety bulletins.
• Remain current with current and expected SOLAS, ILO and STCW regulations and initiate required actions for compliance as well as keeping open and continuous communication with Flag State, Class Authorities, and Port State in all navigation and related safety matters.
• Work as an active member on the Navigation Working Group (NWG) with respect to policy revision, suggestions, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Represent the fleet at various industry meetings regard to navigation and related safety issues.
• Expected to support the role of Fleet Captain in their absence.

 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

 

• Position requires a nautical education with minimum 8 years of service with a major shipping company as Deck Officer or equivalent Nautical shore side position.
• Unlimited Masters License preferred. Minimum requirement is a chief Officer license unlimited.
• A college degree or diploma in a nautical related field is preferred.
• Very strong computer skills and excellent knowledge of MS Office programs.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a cohesive team
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.