Marine Superintendent - Felixstowe

Svitzer is a leading global towage and marine services. Founded in 1833, Svitzer builds on almost 200 years of experience, and our powerful tugboats and experts in towage work tirelessly to keep goods flowing, businesses thriving, and communities connected.

Today, Svitzer is a leading global port and terminal infrastructure provider, serving approximately 2,000 customers across 37 countries through a fleet of 446 vessels, and with more than 4000 employees.

We are recruiting for a Marine Superintendent to support the delivery of safe, compliant and commercially effective towage operations for our operations in Felixstowe.

This is a pivotal operational role within the port management team. You will

provide marine expertise across vessels, crew and compliance, ensuring

operational continuity, safety standards and customer satisfaction are consistently met. In the absence of the Port Manager, you will act as the operational lead.

What you'll do:

• Support day-to-day marine operations to ensure vessels, equipment and personnel meet operational and safety requirements
• Drive operational efficiency in line with company operating standards, with strong focus on Health, Safety and Environment
• Provide regulatory oversight, ensuring marine crew certification and training meet national and company requirements
• Coordinate training and development of deck personnel
• Work with Technical Engineering teams on vessel transfers and crew familiarisation
• Maintain accurate crew records
• Process operational invoices and support commercial activities as required
• Deputise for the Port Manager when require

About You:

Seagoing background with shore-side marine experience or similar
Strong understanding of maritime rules, regulations, ISM Code and ISPS requirements
Knowledge of certification standards, document control and Manila amendments

Operationally credible and comfortable making decisions under pressure
Commercially aware with the ability to support local contract delivery
Strong administrative discipline and systems capability

Minimum 5 GCSE’s including Maths & English

Full UK driving licence

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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