Vetting Lead - chennai

JOB TITLE: Vetting Lead

Location : Chennai

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promoting A Strong ProActive Safety Culture

Ensure the Companys Safety Culture is promoted and maintained to the highest possible standards in all locations through;

Active engagement with all employees on HSSEQ and Vettingrelated issues

Participate in & provide input to HSSEQ and Vettingrelated meetings and inspections

Actively promote the application of all Company safe working practices

Implementing and promoting V.Groups Key Behaviours of Great Safety Leaders (accompanying this JD)

Vetting Leadership

Provide interface between BU Cluster and Group management on Vetting issues

Act as Vetting representative for client meetings authority liaison and external forums

Actively partake in shore and vesselbased safety meetings and Senior Leadership Engagement sessions to encourage constructive discussion and drive management engagement

Act as lead in providing specialist advice on all marine and operational matters actively promoting and supporting the development of effective professional working partnerships between Senior Officers onboard vessels and the ship management team ashore

Provide timely and accurate information to Clients on all marine and operational matters ensuring Vetting input to client reports

Actively collaborate with all BU Cluster teams and functions to ensure continual improvement in performance against relevant internal and external KPIs and objectives

Vetting Performance & Analysis

Deliver against all Group programs campaigns objectives and projects that support achievement of Vetting performance Group KPIs delivers additional local value and ensures continual improvement

Ensure BU Cluster performance data is proactively analysed and utilised to inform effective datadriven decisions to enhance performance

Identify trends within local performance and implement effective measures to correct or enhance as necessary

Where required ensure data submitted to Clients is effectively collated & submitted on time to accurately reflect relevant performance criteria

Compliance & Certification

Oversight of local compliance with Vettingrelated legislative operational clientdriven and internal standards to ensure;

Customer relations and satisfaction are continually maintained to ensure flawless service delivery

timely completion of all required audits and inspections and the retention of associated certification/licenses

relevant standards procedures and best practices are correctly implemented or adopted

minimal potential legislative operational and administrative nonconformity

all Vetting findings & actions are managed & effectively closed out within agreed timeframes

Conduct & Action of Vetting Inspections

Act as HSSEQ lead for external audits and internal assurance program incorporating commercial standards (TMSA DryBMS etc.)

Support the BU Cluster HSSEQ Manager for external audits and internal assurance program incorporating industry standards (ISM ISO ISPS etc.)

Undertaking reporting and managing actions arising from required inspection providing an oversight of;

o onboard safety and vessel management

o level of crews safety culture and safety awareness

o effectiveness of onboard VMS implementation and compliance with relevant external standards

o effectiveness of support afforded to the fleets from all BU Cluster functions and teams

o proactive awareness of onboard improvement opportunities and potential nonconformities

Incidents & Lessons Learnt

Support the BU Cluster HSSEQ Manager for BU Cluster investigations of Accidents Incidents & HiLo Near Misses where required

Support BU Cluster emergency response activities in actual and simulated emergency scenarios

Where required provide BU Cluster Vetting representation and involvement during clientled investigations

Liaise with Masters and Fleet Managers on P&I and Insurance claims when required

Ensure local production and publication of relevant Vettingrelated Bulletins and Alerts that will address findings highlight Lessons Learnt and deliver improvement opportunities

In conjunction with the above ensure publications are discussed with Group HSSEQ to ensure further distribution of such publications to other BU Clusters

Development & Evolution

Identify opportunities for growth & development of the Vetting function to ensure capabilities and means of delivery are continually improved

Monitor local industry & legislative developments to support Group HSSEQ in ensuring the Vetting program & operational aspects are evolved to meet future legislative operational and strategic demands

Where required assist in specific projects such as;

o management & maintenance of Vettingrelated ShipSure processes and ShipSure BI analytics and insight

o providing functionspecific input to internal development projects

o development and implementation of Vetting initiatives

Key Performance Indicators

Group and BU Cluster performance against published HSSEQ KPIs and metrics

Group and BU Cluster performance against industry assurance programs (e.g. TMSA OVMSA DryBMS etc.)

Group and BU performance against industry accreditation programs (e.g. ISM ISPS etc.)

Group and BU performance against industry inspection programs (e.g. PSC)

ESSENTIAL:

Qualifications and experience sailing as Marine Deck Officer or Engineer in relevant marine field

Experience of working with relevant industry Vetting standards and systems (TMSA OVMSA DryBMS etc.)

Experience of interfacing with clients and meeting their demands in relation to implementation and management of Vettingspecific aspects

Strong clear communication skills especially regarding maintenance of Vetting standards

Recognised Incident Investigator qualification

Experience of delivering against needs of various statutory external bodies; Class Flag etc.

Significant experience in engaging and collaborating with multinational / multicultural teams


DESIRABLE:

Good working knowledge of ISM and ISPS codes other standards (MLC MARPOL SOLAS ISO OHSAS etc.) & statutory regulations relating to vessel operations

Recognised Lead Incident Investigator qualification

Recognised academic or professional qualification in relevant field

Strong data analytical skills


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