Maersk Line Recruitment For Planning Superintendent

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Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer’s supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 70,000 people. With the simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement, and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere – all over the world.

Applications are invited to fill the position below:

Job Title: Planning Superintendent

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Job Requisition ID: R47268
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Job Summary

Under the guidance of the Shift Manager, this position will supervise the planning team, ensure subordinates perform their jobs efficiently and in a timely manner.
The Incumbent will lay emphasis on the operations of the vessel, yard and rail/gate, and will also ensure effective and timely coordination of the various activities which will contribute to the achievement of the targeted Terminal productivity.

Job Roles / Responsibilities

Manage, motivate and instruct planning team members
Structure tasks and goals, and establish efficient courses of action, set priorities, organize information and resources, efficiently execute daily tasks with considerations for high productivity through the effective allocation and utilization of tasks to planning staff. Always attend ongoing operations and be accessible via radio.
At the time of shift change/commencing operation check if hot-seat shift change has taken place in the Control room effectively and all POWs commence operation.
Monitor the deployment of equipment for coming hours and supervise rearranging equipment deployment and crane or containers plan if required.
Assure upcoming vessel plan and recourse plan, coordinate with berth planner and cargo controller if any amendment is required.
Ensure the vessel plan is approved/prepared considering stack weight, height limitation, special stow, IMDG segregation and another stowage conflict on berthed/upcoming vessels.
Closely monitor vessel, barge, rail, gate and landside operation, and troubleshoot as and when required by coordinating controllers.
Look for an opportunity to perform duel and twin operation and coordinate with planner to utilize it.
Assure IMDG segregation is maintained in yard/vessel according IMDG stacking standards.
Liaise with shipping lines for vessel plan and changes.
Maintains continuity of planning process by administrating records in shift log & ensures handing over to the incoming shift.
Communication and coordination with shipping lines.
Review all activities in time to time and to coordinate with controllers and planners to improve efficiency and performance.

Other Roles

Act in place of control room in charge in shift and to assist shift manager as and when required.
Reports malfunctioning of reefers to shipping lines and follow-up further requirements.
Ensures adherence to procedures during exceptions.
Assure deployments and utilization of gang and equipment.
Verify crane programs prepared by vessel planner and rearrange if required to improve performance or utilization of quay and yard equipment.
Verify yard allocations made by yard planner to ensure maximum use of yard space and equipment.
Monitor gate traffic and advice to rearrange allocations if required.
Maintain cleanliness of the office.
Guide and monitor Controllers’ and planners performance and activities intervene as and when required.
Monitor lookahead in TOS to prearrange
Reports system outage to System Administrator and in logbook.
Reports container leakage to shipping lines, documentation, customer service, billing and property/insurance controller.
Performs any other tasks assigned by the superior to improve terminal efficiency and performance.

Reporting and Scope

Direct reports:

Vessel Planner
Controllers
Yard Planner
The position reports to the Shift Manager functionally.
The scope of the position is primarily local/domestic.

Work/Business Contacts and Authority :
Internal:

Staff in Operations & Engineering at various levels
Nature of contact is primarily share
Port Authority (Harbour Master)
Nature of contact is primarily shared to achieve common objectives
Vessel master chief officer
Shipping lines/agent

Critical Knowledge and Experience

High School Diploma plus a College Degree in Logistics, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
3 years of previous experience in port execution operations or planning
5 years of previous leadership experience involving on the planning or administrative sector managing a large number of workers
Has familiarity with the strict implementation of the procedure, process, and best practices in planning command center, stevedoring and terminal operations.
Requires good interpersonal skills to interact across sections of the company’s departments, at all levels, and with customers.
Good knowledge of vessel & yard planning. Overall knowledge of the terminal operation
Requires good verbal and written communication skills in English and the local language.

Critical Skills:

Lean Knowledge
Problem Solver mindset
Motivation
Build Effective Teams
Conflict Management

Learning & Career Opportunities:
In this position the incumbent will have a variety of learning opportunities to increment and acquire skills and knowledge in the following areas:

Broad in-depth exposure to terminal operations & technical areas
The incumbent can decide to grow in multiple paths upwards, sideways, and downwards in the organization as but not limited to:
- Terminal Supervisor in other operational functions, Shift Manager, Planning Manager
- KPI and Target
- Number of Gate transactions and truck turnaround time
- The ratio of twin lift and dual cycling operation in shift
- Barge operation efficiency and moves in the shift.
- Shift vessel GMPH, BMPH & Moves
- Shift Yard equipment performance and idle time

Benefits

We offer you exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity-focused and award-winning talent development initiatives.
Energizing and pioneering, this is also an environment that keeps you motivated.
You’ll be joining a values-led, genuinely diverse, and talented team passionate about being there for employees and each other.
We strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and customers.
We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees. Our talent policies are recognized worldwide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.
We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job. We’re proud of that and we see it as a genuine source of strength for building high-performing teams.