Our Crewing business is fast paced, energetic and fun and we proudly support our Fleet department in operating 87 own ships with almost 3000 people employed on our units. Our passion is about seafarer, the numerous specialists who work on our ships and the future talents on sea who are passionate about developing their career offshore. Every one of those people deserve the very best Crewing service provided by individuals who genuinely care about doing a great job.

To make that happen, we need to employ and support great characters to deliver the full spectrum of crewing services and support our vision to have a pool of professional, competent, dedicated and loyal seafarers in future. To support our mission, you will take over the overall operational responsibility for your vessels, ensure effective day-to-day crewing operation, focus on long term planning of officers, arrange crew changes, visit your ships and support a good working environment and personal interaction between ship and shore.

Job responsibilities:

Adequate manning of your assigned ships in all relevant crew operation items, such as e.g.

Recruiting, planning and executing long term relief rotation and crew change arrangements

Checking and updating of seafarer’s documents for assigned vessels, applying for flag state documents, controlling of agency statements of account, applying for visa and updating information in our HR system

Assessing the performance of your crew and managing their career in close cooperation with your colleagues in Crewing / Fleet

Building up a close and personal relationship to your seafarers and their representatives

Ensuring a good dialogue with our Superintendents, Ship Operators and other relevant Oldendorff departments

Intensifying contact to our crewing offices / agencies who represent Oldendorff in the home countries of our seafarers

Establishing a close cooperation with our globally distributed port agents on travel arrangements (flight bookings / visa handling etc.) and other relevant topics

Ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and commercial requirements

Minimum 2 years of experience in the field of Crewing / HR or Shipping

You are recognized by others having a high sense of urgency, an eye on strategy and a structured mind-set

You show the ability to manage, drive and develop the assigned tasks pro-actively and hands-on

You are a good communicator with strong networking / interpersonal skills who follows an entrepreneurial approach

You are a motivated team player, who likes to take ownership of your assigned area

Your friends describe you as a service-oriented person with strong organizational skills

You are prepared to travel as required to attend seminars, visit vessels or maintain interoffice relations within our global network of crewing offices

You possess great social skills and you approach your work with professionalism and humour