Technical Assistant (m/f/d)

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Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management is a ship manager based in Hamburg, Germany, with entities in Rhoon, the Netherlands, and Singapore. We are proud to be entrusted with the management of container vessels, tanker, bulk carriers, multi-purpose and heavy-lift vessels. Our shareholders are the globally operating Wilhelmsen Group and MPC Capital AG. We offer our clients commercial asset and ship management.

At our branch office in Rhoon (Rotterdam area, The Netherlands) we are looking for a Technical Assistant (m/f/d).

Your responsibilities:

As part of our fleet team, your duties include:

• Providing technical assistance to Vessel Managers for a group of selected vessels
• Working closely with the Wilhelmsen procurement team for all requisitions, orders, and related logistics
• Coordinating and monitoring logistics of priority parts
• Coordinating and monitoring logistics of services requested on board, which includes all required documents and travel arrangements for service engineers, when required
• Monitoring of the parts and service overview list for all dry-docking orders
• Monitoring the required annual health inspections of the selected equipment on board of the vessels
• Being in charge of the overview and coordination of the general stock of the fleet vessels
• Updating regular weekly, monthly yearly reports of the vessels
• Overseeing the office archive of the vessel’s manuals and drawings.
• Coordinating and handling digital archiving of vessels reports and documents
• Archiving relevant e-mails in the technical team inboxes

Your profile:

• Preferably you have professional experience in ship management or related industry as a technical assistant or a similar role
• You have very good communication skills
• You enjoy working independently, are well-organized and a team player
• You have good knowledge of written and spoken English
• Expert knowledge of MS Office is essential
• EU working entitlement is essential

We offer:

• An open, modern and cooperative working atmosphere in a growing company
• An informal and open-minded culture
• Flexible working hours, partly also from home
• 26 vacation days
• Competitive salary and pension scheme

If you want to face new challenges with us, please upload your documents including salary expectations and earliest possible starting date on our website. We look forward to receiving your application.