Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

General

• Monitor updates and propose improvements in safety, security, operational performance, offshore operations, and voyage efficiency; implement corrective actions arising from audits and incidents.
• Provide operational and commercial guidance to Masters, including voyage orders, port limitations, navigation risks, offshore project requirements, and security threats.
• Manage relationships with owners, charterers, offshore clients, project stakeholders, and contractors; address operational inquiries and complaints when required.
• Monitor navigational, cargo, and offshore project operations to ensure compliance with international regulations, client requirements, and company standards.
• Assist in identifying discrepancies in operational standards and advise on navigational, cargo, and offshore equipment performance.
• Ensure vessels maintain statutory certifications and compliance with Class, Flag State, Port State, and offshore industry-specific requirements.
• Identify and mitigate operational, security, and offshore project-related risks.
• Support Masters during vetting, audits, inspections, and client offshore audits; prepare responses and implement corrective actions.
• Liaise with P&I/Insurance on commercial disputes when required.
• Conduct appraisals and deliver training for seagoing staff during vessel visits; identify training needs and arrange briefings, including specialized offshore operational training.
• Provide support and oversight for offshore operations, renewable energy projects, platform supply, and other offshore service operations, ensuring compliance with client and industry requirements.

Marine Superintendent – Offshore

• Execute vessel manning plans by identifying, evaluating, and selecting qualified seafarers in line with flag state regulations and budget constraints
• Review and approve employment contracts to ensure compliance with legal and company standards
• Plan and implement crew rotations and end-of-contract procedures to maintain uninterrupted vessel operations
• Monitor current and future crew vacancies and support the development of annual manning plans and budgets
• Coordinate crew embarkation and disembarkation logistics, ensuring cost-effective and timely execution
• Liaise with flag state authorities to ensure regulatory compliance and maintain up-to-date documentation
• Communicate operational changes to vessel personnel and ensure access to relevant documentation
• Assess crew performance, identify training needs, and support the implementation of development plans in collaboration with training centers
• Optimize crew travel arrangements and monitor associated costs to ensure value-for-money services

Senior Fleet Personnel Officer

Executive Assistant

• Performs all the administrative tasks and provides the required support to department’s members for the efficient and well organised execution of recruitment plan.
• Prepares candidates’ required documentation, such as medical certificates, encodes medical data into the Crew PAL Personnel Management System, updates medical record etc., in order to assist the efficient pre-employment screening of seafarers.
• Prepares the required documentation according to the requirements of SMC requests, in order to enable the timely travelling of crew to vessels.
• Monitors the accurate execution of all travelling operations and informs the FPD Marine Officer for any potential discrepancies.
• Inserts all relevant data and records in the Crew PAL Personnel Management System and relevant databases, ensuring continuous coherence with crew changes.
• Provides guidance and assistance to assigned seafarer candidates whenever needed and assists with queries arising either for vessel personnel or other departments, contributing towards internal information sharing and coherence.
• Assists the proper and timely execution of embarkation and disembarkation of seafarers, preparing and providing all the documentation required from the SMCs.
• Keeps record of all necessary training courses per individual seafarer required by the SMCs and communicates accordingly with the participants to attend the course(s).
• Applies for Flag State Endorsement Timely and Accuracy; checks endorsement certificates; Flag documents trail tracking.
• Filing and record keeping of all Flag Applications.
• Communication with Flag Authorities and Clients on Flag Application Status.
• Issuance of Crewing Clothing and Safety Shoes to joiners, when/where applicable, as per Company standards.

Assistant Fleet Personnel Officer

Bookkeeper

• Handle vessel accounts and expedite payments
• Support audits and uphold accurate, trusted financial operations
• Manage accounting records and general ledger for SMC and assigned vessels
• Ensure timely settlement of accounts/payments for vessel operations
• Provide monthly accounting reconciliation of specific accounts
• Assist in internal and external audits by gathering and providing required information

Assistant Accounts Officer

Human Resources

• Lead and develop a department of approximately 28 employees, fostering a high-performance, accountable team culture built on mutual trust and respect
• Provide leadership for the department’s core functions, including crewing operations, recruitment, training, and personnel administration
• Ensure safe, compliant, and reliable crewing operations that meet client expectations, company standards, and regulatory requirements
• Drive workforce planning, succession development, and organisational effectiveness across the department
• Serve as a member of the BSMD Management Team, contributing to strategic decision-making and cross-departmental alignment

Fleet Personnel Manager

Engineer

• Check on the technical details on the reports, the layout and the critical information required to deliver optimal results to our customers.
• Give feedback and rating on the quality of the surveyors.
• Brief the surveyors on the areas which they shall focus and on any technical information that they need to be aware of.
• Assist with information and support, whether technical clarifications are required from the OPS team.

Technical Consultant – Master Mariner, Chief Engineer

Consultant

• Provide specialist technical expertise and advisory support to ship and shore teams.
• Diagnose, implement, and optimise technical solutions.
• Manage projects and support continuous improvement initiatives across the fleet.
• Review technical details on reports and provide feedback.
• Brief surveyors prior to attendances.
• Support OPS team with technical specific information.