TECHNICAL SUPERINTENDENT MANAGEMENT

Every Company, depending on the number of vessels that belong to the own fleet, has a determined number of TS

Each TS will stay in touch with the other departments.

The purchasing department, for example,  is responsible to get all materials, spare parts and so on that have direct impact on the TS job

A lot of work requests needs spare parts as seals, little shafts for pumps or things that seems as marginal or insignificant but delay or stop totally a job. For that reason the TS must follow the vessel needs and the answer that the purchasing dept. is giving

Another important is the operation department, they manage the Company business affairs  and have the need to know if one all the vessels are full operative without delays. Together,  will coordinate a schedule repair as a dry dock or one of shorter time

The human resources department is important too. There are lot of modern vessels with the latest technology, but the crew, specially the officers, haven´t the professional ability to manage it. By the other way, the problem is the permanent changing of the crew.

Then, the TS must be in contact with all departments in order to have a safe ship with a trained crew.

He must control all due statutory certificates and equipment certificate, request quotations for the work request and visit the vessels that he assists each time they are in port. Once onboard, must have a discussion with the Master and the CE to know the needs of his vessel and the crew, what things to improve and take a walk around to see possible deficiencies that the crew didn’t see for being accustomed.

The TS must do inspections of the vessels that could be each month and one annually, checking all points of the vessel that assist:

BRIDGE (navigation, communications, issues)

ENGINE ROOM (main and auxiliary engines, air compressors, steering gear, boilers, emergency generator, bilges, alarms)

OTHERS (minimum spare parts, PMS, main deck, pipelines, manifold, cranes, anchoring system, fire pumps, pump room, extinguishers, cleaning at galley, cabins, bathrooms and officers eligibility