HR / Crewing Manager for a global service provider in the industry of maintenance of marine and offshore assets world-wide

Are you an experienced HR or crewing professional? Do you have international project experience from a complex technical environment? And would you like to seize a unique opportunity to shape the future of a global niche company operating in USA, West Africa, EU and Brazil?

Then we have the perfect job for you in MSI!

 

The company

MSI is the result of a successful merge in 2021 between Danish TPO Group and Norwegian Marine Service International. Altogether, the company has more than 25 years’ experience in worldwide maintenance and repair of marine and offshore assets. The majority shareholder of MSI is Muelhan Group, a leading European contractor in Surface Protection and Industrial Services. 

MSI is on a fast growth journey, and MSI’s multi-skilled specialist teams are on-call around the globe for projects of any size. Since 1995, MSI has completed more than 400 projects. MSI has expanded its operations to become a major supplier of steel and coating repairs to the offshore oil and gas industry with a great potential to move into other sectors like Renewables. 

MSI has an exemplary safety record. Their continuous investment in rigorous health and safety training for their teams ensures safe and reliable operations in some of the most extreme and challenging working environments. The safety of people and client assets is MSI’s primary priority. MSI is ISO 9001 certified and operate offices in Norway (Oslo), Denmark (Copenhagen), Poland (Gdynia), Ghana (Accra) and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 
 
For MSI, Landau Headhunting is now looking for a Crewing Manager to ensure a solid and steady workforce planning and management, crew training and compliance with HSEQ rules and regulations. The role reports to the Managing Director of MSI Group and includes management responsibility of two Crew & Project Coordinators.
Ideally, you will be working from MSI’s office in either Denmark (Gentofte) or Poland (Gdynia).

 

Your main responsibilities

In this role, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Manage the crewing team, including full management responsibility of two Crew & Project Coordinators based in the Gdynia office. 
• Close corporation with the project teams of existing and new projects to ensure the availability of the right candidates for each project and the compliance with the owner’s requests.
• Negotiate terms / condition with external manpower companies and keep close contact with these. Prepare and implement KPI’s towards the external manpower companies.
• Coordinate with each Project Supervisor/Manager regarding crew change and travel plans and make sure the Crew & Project Coordinator has all information needed to arrange crew travel and visa/work permit details.
• Initiate and handle in cooperation with your team and Project Supervisor/Manager all personnel related corrective actions needed during projects. Replace crew members and initiate actions in case of non-conformance.
• Develop and implement the MSI Crew Academy including training programs with courses relevant to the work being carried out and to the future plans and needs of MSI. Ensure that proper records are kept for all training received. Select and place orders for external courses as required. Arrange periodic Supervisor Seminars and other meetings as required.
• Ensure that there is a system in place to disseminate lessons learned and other experiences gained from vessel to vessel.
• Ensure continuous development of the use of the crewing IT program “Omega”.
• Travel activity up to 30 days a year is to be expected.
   

Your professional and personal qualifications

Being the ideal candidate, we presume that you possess the following experience and qualifications:

• Experience from crew planning/management (HR).
• Experience with project management related to recruiting, selecting and coordinating crews for complex projects in various locations.
• Basic understanding of Project Management tools and techniques and a willingness to expand and add to these skills over time. 
• Cultural sensitivity and willingness to work with people from multiple countries with varied backgrounds, educations and religions including experience and interest in long-distance management of critical projects around the world. 
• Familiar with selection and development of skilled work force and acknowledgement of the importance of training programs for foremen, supervisors and new workers. Experience in conducting crew training. 
• Ability to investigate non-conformance and incident reports and to recommend and apply relevant corrective and preventive actions.
• Experienced with MS Office package (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint),  effective use of PDF files, Internet and e-mail. Ability to organize project documents in a relevant folder structure and possible 
• Experience with the crewing software OMEGA or similar will be an advantage.

At a personal level, we are searching for a structured person with a strong entrepreneurial drive and a fair amount of human insight and cross-cultural understanding. We expect you to have a curious and inquisitive mindset and a natural interest and eager to always look for better solutions. As a manager, you act in a visible and open way, communicating clearly and constructively. You are the kind of person who takes ownership, and you have a natural talent for motivating and empowering others to do the same.

Your educational background is not our primary focus. It is your professional experience that counts. The job requires that you are fluent in English, both spoken and written. Polish will be an advantage.

We are offering an attractive and challenging job in an industry, which is constantly on the move. Here is your chance to challenge your personal and professional skills in a highly ambitious and professional environment. The compensation will be in accordance with qualifications and responsibilities. 
Starting date: Soonest possible. 

Interested?

Please apply soonest possible (in English) by clicking the “Apply” button and thereby uploading your CV and application. For any additional information, please contact Mette Landau from Landau Headhunting by phone: +45 2190 2188.

Landau Headhunting will carry out the recruitment process. Therefore, all inquiries should be directed to Landau Headhunting. We will call in relevant candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to call in candidates prior to the application deadline. 



We are looking forward to hearing from you!

For more information about BATON Transport Group, please have a look at: www.msi.no