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MasterScorpio · Riga
Master
RigaOn-site
AI Summary
Commands a vessel to ensure safe, efficient and environmentally responsible voyages, leading and mentoring officers and crew while managing risk, compliance and security.
About this role
Thank you for considering a career with us, and we look forward to welcoming you aboard! We are an equal-opportunity employer, welcoming qualified applicants from all backgrounds. Represented by the ITF, we adhere to ILO standards, ensuring fair practices and safe conditions. Please note that we follow a merit-based recruitment process and never charge fees for job offers.
Role Purpose: Ensure safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible vessel operations, prioritizing crew welfare and minimizing potential business and reputational risks.
Role Purpose: Ensure safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible vessel operations, prioritizing crew welfare and minimizing potential business and reputational risks.
Key Responsibilities
Execute voyages safely and effectively, ensuring compliance with all rules, regulations, and company policies.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
The Master must possess solid knowledge of company procedures, SOLAS, MARPOL, flag state regulations, and emergency response. Proficiency in navigation, cargo and ballast operations, bridge/GMDSS equipment use, risk assessment, and weather interpretation is essential, along with competence in external reporting, waste management, pollution control, and mooring operations. Strong leadership, communication, team coordination, and mentoring abilities are required, with a proactive approach to managing vessel risks and security. An openness to technological advancements and modern software is crucial.
Experience:
Demonstrates strong leadership behaviors, consistently mentoring and developing the technical and interpersonal skills of officers and crew. Has a proven ability to safely navigate through special areas and a wide range of weather and sea conditions. Demonstrates skill in achieving commercial objectives while maintaining high safety standards and compliance with environmental regulations. Consistently reliable in urgent situations, ensuring the vessel’s and crew’s safety and security with decisive and effective responses.
Experience:
Demonstrates strong leadership behaviors, consistently mentoring and developing the technical and interpersonal skills of officers and crew. Has a proven ability to safely navigate through special areas and a wide range of weather and sea conditions. Demonstrates skill in achieving commercial objectives while maintaining high safety standards and compliance with environmental regulations. Consistently reliable in urgent situations, ensuring the vessel’s and crew’s safety and security with decisive and effective responses.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Proper Rotation
- Career Growth
- Free WiFi Onboard
- Life & Health Insurance
- Mental Health Services
- Healthy Onboard Meals
- Digital Payment Solutions
- Crew Savings Plan
For more information on our benefits, please visit our Careers at Sea page: https://www.scorpiogroup.net/careers-at-sea/
Skills
Ballast OperationsCargo OperationsEmergency ResponseFlag State RegulationsGMDSSMARPOLMooring OperationsNavigationPollution ControlRisk AssessmentShip SecuritySolasWaste ManagementWeather Interpretation
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