Saldanha Sales & Marketing (Pty) Ltd Current Job Opportunity – Apply Now!

Since 1905, we’ve been working hard to ensure families across South Africa have quality seafood products they can trust. From our humble beginnings in Saldanha Bay more than a decade ago to becoming a heavy-weight in the canned food industry, our family and community values have always remained at the core of how we do business.

 

 

 

 

Job Title: Fleet Technical Manager
Location: Saldanha
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Engineering, Manufacturing, Import & Export
Reference: WPFC – Fleet technical manager

Vacancy Details

West Point Fishing Corporation is a Small Pelagic Fishing company based in St. Helena Bay, and seeking the services of a Fishing Fleet Technical Manager. The company’s main activities include pelagic fishing, fleet and pelagic fishing rights management.

 

Key Job Outputs:

• Ensure that company maintenance philosophy, policies and procedures are implemented and maintained on fishing vessels.
• Documentation and adherence to prescribed Maintenance systems.
• Ensuring optimum vessel utilization in terms of maintenance support.
• Ensuring minimum downtime of vessels and equipment.
• Ensuring maintenance costs are within budget; no wastage by engineering staff.
• Identify training and development needs.
• Optimise vessel fuel consumption and lube oil usage.
• Assistance and support in learnership programs for new recruits.
• Ensuring the availability and accuracy of maintenance and technical data and information.
• Ensuring vessel overall technical performance, vessel availability and utilization.
• Controlling vessel maintenance cost.
• Conduct variance analysis – budget vs actual on monthly basis.
• Support role in planning and execution of vessel re-fit/refurbishment.
• Analyse and interpret trends.
• Recommend and implement innovations and modifications to improve efficiency of vessels.
• Ensure adherence to applicable legislation and regulations.
• Recording and confirmation of specifications.

 

Required Skills

• Flexible To Change: 4 to 5 years
• Team Player With Excellent Communication Skills: 4 to 5 years

 

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications and experience:

• BTech Engineering, Marine Engineering or similar qualification.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as Technical Manager or Marine Superintendent.
• Experience in fishing industry will be an advantage.
• Excellent computer skills.

 

Skills and Ability:

• Energetic
• Flexible
• Able to work under pressure and independently.
• Good communicator.
• Assertive, organised, and proactive.
• Team Player and service orientated.
• Delivers high output and deadline driven.

 

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Application Deadline: May 13 2024