Marine Fleet Manager

A love for the sea and passion for fishing are the driving forces behind **I&J**, a leading fishing company and manufacturer of high quality chilled and frozen foods. Almost 110 years old, **I&J** is the trusted name in seafood, operating a modern and efficient trawler fleet, and continually investing in the training and development of experienced fishing crews, committed to fishing responsibly, with a long-term vision. **I&J** has achieved and maintained accreditation from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) since 2004. **I&J** is a globally respected supplier of high quality, chilled and frozen Cape Hake and a leading producer of farmed Cape Abalone. It is also one of AVI’s great South African brands. **I&J** is proudly South African and invests in, and empowers, the communities in which it operates.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a**Marine Fleet** Manager**at** I&J Trawlers Division, Waterfront, Cape Town.**The purpose of this role is to manage the deep-sea fishing fleet of I&J within company objectives, quota and safety requirements, ensuring optimal vessel availability, utilization, and performance through a process of continuous improvement

**Line Manager**: Head of Trawling

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:
**Operational Management**:

- Develops and implements short, medium and long-term plans within the parameters of the Company and Safety objectives to achieve optimal vessel availability, utilisation, and performance.
- Co-ordinates all functions regarding the fleet like shore operations, resources, marine, security and safety to ensure optimal integration of fleet systems and processes.
- Sets process output objectives for area of accountability in line with Company goals to execute the catch plan as to maximise profitability.
- Co-ordinates fleet operational systems and schedules to achieve safety, reliability and availability objectives by:

- Co-ordinating the fleet operational management programme to achieve optimal fleet availability.
- Reviewing engineering availability and service levels and to maintain and raise standards.
- Ensuring optimisation of fleet fishing equipment cost efficiency in respect of major replacements repairs and overhauls.
- Identifies scopes, justifies, and manages required capital projects, with Fleet Technical Manager.
- Forecasts increases / decreases to manpower requirements and deployment to achieve optimum utilisation of resource and productivity objectives.
- Co-ordinates and manages working cost budget for area of accountability.

**Fleet Management**
- Improves the effectiveness and efficiency of fleet processes and systems by:

- Identifying and implementing world class practices in fleet management.
Continuously examining the appropriateness of existing systems and processes against the possibility of improved efficiency benchmarked against world best practise.
- Analysing fleet catch trends and managing utilising all available resources to ensure optimal fleet utilization and direction to ensure optimum catch mix to maximize profit.
- Ensure that the fleet stays abreast with latest developments related to fishing gear and technology.

**Compliance and Safety**:

- Manages safety, loss control and good housekeeping programmes to achieve objectives by:

- Monitoring and checking correct interpretation and compliance of all subordinates with all statutory legislation, safety and security regulations and company policies and procedures.
- Ensuring that safety inspections, investigations and the implementation of corrective actions are carried out where necessary, to maintain and if necessary, raise standards.
- Plans, implements, manages, and controls projects to meet anticipated operational requirements.
- Plan and implements programs to reduce the DIFR (Disabling Injury Frequency Rate)
- Manages the company Safety Management System (SMS)

**Manages and controls human resources for optimum utilisation by**:

- Setting individual and team goals to support unit objectives.
- Directing subordinates to achieve individual and team objectives.
- Assessing subordinate performance and implementing corrective measures where necessary.
- Identifying the training and development needs of subordinates and implementing them.
- Developing and implementing career and succession plans to increase section and individual effectiveness.
- Support company EE and AA targets by appropriate recruitment and career development.

**Logistical Coordination**:

- Ensure effective succession planning and career development for fleet and safety staff.
- Determine and co-ordinate relevant training for marine and safety staff by keeping an up to date fleet needs analysis.
- Monitors training standards of marine and safety training by liaising with local and international training establishments, ensuring world class standards.
- Prepares internal and external marine and safety audit schedule and surveys and organises the execution thereof and follows up on findi