Port Operations Supervisor

Job description / Role

Objectives: Kanoo Shipping is looking for a Port Operations Supervisor to be based in Dubai. We are looking for someone that has experience in overall accuracy, timeliness and safety of cargo loading and discharging operation for all appointed vessels. Must be experienced in the provision of efficient and proactive services to vessels and strong knowledge of the shipping in the UAE.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring overall supervision and arrangements required during loading and discharging cargo of all appointed vessels.
• In charge of the overall accuracy, timeliness and safety of cargo loading and discharging operation for all appointed vessels.
• Close coordination with concerned authorities/ parties for provision of berth, equipment, manpower and reports/ documentation requirements of the vessel.
• Responsible for ensuring effective implementation / compliance of Management Requirements as per Kanoo Shipping Operational / Quality / HSSE Procedures and Policies.
• Monitor suppliers to ensure Kanoo Shipping Operational/ Quality/ HSSE/ Accounting requirements are strictly complied at all times.
• Updates customers for equipment/other required arrangements.
• Ensure principal’s Key Performance Indicator targets for cargo loading and discharging are achieved.
• Coordination and clarifying with concerned parties/ principals/ vessel command for any issues or discrepancy in information that could affect accuracy, timeliness or safety of cargo operations.
• Analyze load/discharge plan based on the manifest and prepare summary.
• Ensure cargo are stowed/packed/lashed as per principal requirement / procedure.
• Prepare operational reports and send to all concerned parties, as required.
• Ensure all required checks according to the Quality Control Plan (includes safety) are complied prior to vessel operation.
• Represent Kanoo Shipping in all required pre and post operation meetings.
• Ensure top performance of manpower and all cargo are accounted for as per load/ discharge plan and all customer complaints/ safety breaches are reported to Operations Manager (West Coast)
• Execute corrective and preventive actions, as required.
• Compiles operational records and sends to documentation section for closing of vessel file.
• Carry out supplier performance re-evaluation and ensure all suppliers utilized are approved.
• Obtaining arrival and departure details of designated vessels and passing to communication center.
• Responsible for improvement of performance in carrying out responsibilities to achieve customer requirements.
• Support - Providing full support functions to cover Ras Al Khaimah Office Manager and or Shipping Clerk, as and when required.

Reporting to: Operations Manager – West Coast

Other interactions: Communication Center, Boarding Representatives, Port Authorities, Principals, QHSE Supervisor, Tally Clerk, Vessel Command

Subordinates: Tally Clerk

Requirements

• Prior experience in a Supervisory - Operational role in a Shipping company.
• Candidate must have full knowledge of shipping policies, rules and regulations.
• Must be safety conscious and have a thorough understanding of Quality & HSSE Management Systems.
• Excellent in supervision and team management experience.
• Competent in time management, analysis and planning.
• Good communication skills in speaking and writing in English.
• Proficient in: Office software utilities (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Must have experience with other operational software/ systems.

About the Company

Established in 1890, Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo (YBA Kanoo) started from a humble trading and shipping enterprise founded in Bahrain by Haji Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo. From Bahrain, the business spread to Saudi Arabia in the 1930s.

In 1967, Hamed Kanoo came from Saudi Arabia to the UAE to expand the family business. Having successfully established Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo (YBA Kanoo)'s operations in Khafji in the Kingdom, the company asked him to replicate the same in UAE too. With only 5 people including him, Hamed Kanoo managed to put-up The Kanoo Group as a trade name in the UAE Map. At present, The Kanoo Group operates in UAE and Oman. Mishal Hamed Kanoo serves as the Chairman, with over 1,200 employees working for its divisions.

The Kanoo family remained true to their early values. This adherence to ethics and beliefs made them an essential component of the regional business life.

One of the first industries that Kanoo excelled at was shipping. No one could have predicted that it would challenge the monopoly of long established British companies and goes on to become the largest regional shipping agency in the Middle East. Kanoo Shipping is one of the founders of S5 Agency World Ltd. and was the first Arab shipping agency in the region in 1911. At present, Kanoo Shipping operates in 20 countries and in all principal ports and offshore tanker loading terminals around the Arabian Peninsula, including Iraq. It handles 11,000 port calls every year which covers all ports in the Suez to India range.

The historic rise of Kanoo Travel has proven similarly impressive. The group's interest in travel started in 1937 when the company used to provide refueling facilities for Imperial Airline sea-planes en route to India and Australia. In 1947, Kanoo Travel became the first IATA agency in the Gulf and became the very first travel company in the Middle East to receive the ISO certification in 1997.

The Group's another success story began in mid-1960s. Kanoo Machinery used to supply construction and material handling equipment in the region. At that time, the UAE was just setting up its oil and gas industry and developing its infrastructure. By providing the government and private sectors with world-class equipment and services, Kanoo Machinery helped lay down the foundations of the vital sectors of UAE's economy.

Today for over 130 years, the company is amongst the most diversified and highly regarded business houses in the Gulf region and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar. It has unremittingly grown its realm of businesses into various industries in shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, property, energy (oil & gas, power, water) industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail, and commercial activities.