Assistant Director, Nuyina Engineering Management

Description:

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is part of the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. As primary agency for Australia's Antarctic Program (AAP), the AAD is responsible for achieving the Australian Government's Antarctic goals.
These goals are to:

• maintain the Antarctic Treaty System and enhance Australia's influence within it
• protect the Antarctic environment
• understand the role of Antarctica in the global climate system
• undertake scientific work of practical, economic and national significance.

The AAD also has responsibility for administering the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
The Operations and Logistics Branch oversees our operations in Antarctica - supporting people in our year-round research stations and remote field bases. The branch oversees air and sea transport (and the contracts to manage Australia's icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina and Aviation capabilities) to transport expeditioners south and enable them to travel around Antarctica. We have staff with diverse skills, located primarily in Tasmania, in Antarctica and on Macquarie Island.
The AAD's Maritime Asset Management and Maritime Logistics sections jointly facilitate and administer the full scope of maritime activities for the AAD each season, encompassing:

• the provision of all shipping and watercraft capabilities for operations in the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and the Southern Ocean
• the planning, management and execution of voyages to deliver program outcomes as defined in each seasonal plan
• the recruitment, training and deployment of specialist voyage management and watercraft operation personnel
• the execution of responsibilities as 'vessel owner' for the RSV Nuyina on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, including through the management and monitoring of all activities undertaken by Serco Defence as contracted Ship Manager
• oversight of all vessel operation and lifecycle maintenance activities for the RSV Nuyina.

The key duties of the position include
The Assistant Director RSV Nuyina - Engineering will work within a small and dedicated team with significant responsibility for the management of Australia's icebreaker, RSV Nuyina. The Assistant Director RSV Nuyina - Engineering reports to the Director, Maritime Asset Management and would be expected to apply a well-developed knowledge and expertise across a range of engineering aspects in support of the ownership, including but not limited to:

• monitoring vessel engineering margins relating to weight, centre of gravity and electrical growth and lifecycle monitoring of the platform utilisation, accelerations, and fatigue life based on data from ship systems
• managing and reporting of defects arising during the latent defect periods and through the vessel life and making recommendations for remedying
• monitoring the ship manager's configuration management system to ensure that vessel's engineering configuration is appropriately captured through up-to-date technical documentation
• implementing and refining management plans, processes, procedures, and guidelines for the maritime asset management team in line with best commercial maritime industry practice.

The Assistant Director RSV Nuyina - Engineering will also:

• review and monitor daily voyage reporting from the ship's manager and from the ship's staff on conclusion of each voyage and season
• provide advice and reports to the Director, Maritime Asset Management in relation to the contracted vessel manager's performance of engineering activities, ship availability, ship performance and compliance with regulatory requirements
• as required, provide technical and engineering subject matter expertise in support of charter arrangements for commercial vessels, including reviewing pre-delivery inspection and incident reports and vessel operator technical / compliance documentation.