Shipping Operator Vessel Operations

Package Description:

Great benefits such as:
• Bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague – and their dependents – unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatment
• Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
• Online savings- major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more!


About Our Opportunity:

Based at our Warrington Head Office location we are looking to recruit a Vessel Operator to support our shipping team.
The main function of the role is the day to day operation of vessels chartered by EMR, working closely with the Vessel Operations Manager, Chartering Department, Ships’ Masters, Agents and vessel Owners in order to ensure the performance of safe, profitable and efficient voyages.
The shipment of scrap must be monitored from origin to destination, ensuring it complies fully with the terms of the receiver contract and vessel charter party. Any arising issues whilst vessel is under charter must be dealt with proactively and addressed in the most professional and timely manner using a high level of problem solving and organisation skills.
As a family run business with several acquisitions the company has rapidly grown to become a global market leader in recycling and continues to grow with a powerful vision to be the best employing over 3,000 people and operating at over 150 locations worldwide.

What you will be doing:
• Liaise with vessel owners, ship’s captain, port agents and surveyors throughout course of voyage, to ensure operations run smoothly.
• Ensure the prompt payment of expenses (hire/ freight payments, DA’s etc.) during vessel’s charter.
• Calculating necessary bunker requirement for a vessels.
• Distribute ships schedules in a punctual and accurate manner to senior management.
• Ensuring systems are updated daily, entering received information in to IMOS “live” as it is received from various parties.
• Completing multiple documents to facilitate smooth operation of vessel (e.g. LOI’s, LOP’s).
• Laytime calculations
• Study the relevant recap, charter party and port rotation to ensure info can be easily recalled.
• Provide clear and precise voyage instructions to ship’s captain prior to commencement of the voyage.
• Inform vessel owners, ship’s captain and agents of information related to voyage, vessel and ports.
• Achieve best results in settlement of damages.

About you:

Experience
• Relevant shipping background is of benefit.
• Experience in dry bulk shipping
Qualifications
• Degree in shipping or shipping related subject.
• Other recognised industry qualifications e.g. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Skills
• Reliability, organisation, problem solving.
• Ability to work under time constraint/ pressure.
• Communication and team work skills.
• Ability to communicate with non English speakers.
• Composure
• Negotiation skills.


Who We Are:
European Metal Recycling is a global leader in sustainable materials with physical operations in the UK, USA, Germany and the Netherlands. Our core business is the recycling of metal and plastics from a range of public, commercial and industrial waste streams. Our recycling activities generate around 10 million tonnes of sustainable materials every year, saving over 10 million tonnes of CO2.
Our mission is to have great people serving our customers with dependable recycling solutions. EMR is still privately owned, with family values at its core. It’s a place where we care about our people, our customers, our workplace and our communities. We offer diverse and exciting career opportunities where individuals can make a difference and are recognised and rewarded for their hard work.
Find out more about us at www.emrgroup.com

It goes without saying that you will need the correct licences or certificates for a variety of our roles.
However, at EMR we value the way we do things as much as the delivery. We call our expectations our Behaviours. They align with our Values of We Care and We Do, and they apply across all levels and roles in the business.

​We Care
- Integrity – you are Respectful and Honest
- Trust – you are Collaborative and Genuine

We Do
- Accountable – you are Determined and Responsible
- Innovative – you have a Growth Mind-set and you are Progressive


The EMR Way - Our Behaviours will achieve success as One Team.
If you embody our Behaviours, we want to hear from you!

Recruitment Agencies
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) and do not accept speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs, whether related to a specific position or submitted speculatively, will not be considered.