About This Role
This specialized maritime position supports vessel operations, maritime compliance, safety management, and fleet readiness. It is an opportunity for a qualified and experienced Operations Officer to contribute to safe and professional marine logistics services.
Responsibilities
- Support the Designated Person Ashore (DPA) in driving vessel compliance and HSE standards
- Monitor the Safety Management System (SMS), identify compliance gaps, and report the need for corrective action or improvements
- Monitor safety and pollution-prevention practices across the fleet
- Support vessel and office inspections, audits, and compliance reviews
- Assist in ensuring compliance with applicable health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures
- Ensure relevant documentation and records are available for vessel and office audits
- Maintain and review daily vessel reports, escalate operational issues, and follow up on required interventions
- Monitor fleet certificates, expiry dates, renewals, and outstanding compliance requirements
- Liaise with the Crewing Unit to ensure vessels are adequately manned in accordance with their Safe Manning Certificates
- Prepare operational reports, correspondence, and other documentation while maintaining accurate records and confidentiality
- Coordinate with relevant internal teams and external stakeholders to support safe, compliant, and efficient vessel operations
Requirements
- Relevant Deck Certificate of Competency (CoC)
- Demonstrated vessel and/or shipping operations experience
- Sound working knowledge of maritime operations, vessel safety, and compliance
- Strong reporting, documentation, and records-management skills
- Excellent planning, coordination, and organisational abilities
- Attention to detail and effective problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- High levels of confidentiality, accountability, and professionalism
- Good customer service orientation
- Strong commitment to safety, pollution prevention, and regulatory compliance
Nice to have:
- Degree in Nautical Science
Application Process
- Use "Operations Officer" as the subject of the mail
- Clearly highlight Deck CoC details, relevant vessel/shipping operations experience, and professional certifications in your CV
About the Company
Starzs Investments Company Limited is a wholly indigenous Marine Logistics Company incorporated in 1986 in Nigeria. It provides safe and professional marine logistics services to international and local oil companies, and has grown to be one of Nigeria
’s foremost 100% indigenous marine logistics service companies.