Ship Management Coordinator

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**The Opportunity**:
The Marine National Facility (MNF) provides a keystone element of the nation’s research infrastructure by providing the only blue-water research capability available for work in Australia’s vast marine estate.

Our research provides key information to government, industry and other stakeholders to support evidence-based decision-making focused on research challenges in fisheries management, geological resources, regional and global climate, coastal and offshore developments and marine operations.

The 94m Research Vessel, Investigator, undertakes multidisciplinary research in the oceans and seas around Australia. RV Investigator was commissioned in 2014-2015 and has a crew of 20. It can carry up to 40 scientists and technicians and has an autonomy at sea of 60 days, enabling research to be carried out in remote regions from the tropics to the ice-edge.

CSIRO’s Marine National Facility (MNF) is seeking an experienced and motivated **Ship Management Coordinator** as part of the Operations Group - Ship Management Program.

The Operations Group is responsible for ensuring the physical resources of the Marine National Facility including the vessel, ship based and containerised laboratories, and deployable and fixed scientific equipment and instruments, are maintained, enabled and ready to deliver successful and safe scientific voyages as scheduled.

As a Ship Management Coordinator, you will be responsible for overseeing effective and safe delivery of the Ship Management Contract and fostering and maintaining a collaborative relationship with the Ship Management Contractor, including vessel crew. Your role will be managing the connection between MNF and the Vessel Management Contractor on behalf of the MNF in an open and transparent manner in support of safe, effective, and efficient vessel operations.

Regular travel may be required dependent on the vessels port call schedule, and there may be an opportunity to go to sea as part of providing support more broadly in the MNF.

**Your duties will include**:

- Managing the effective and efficient delivery of the ship management contract to ensure:

- The MNF research vessel is operated and maintained to International and Australian standards, including overseeing compliance with statutory obligations and class requirements.
- A positive culture of collaboration is fostered and maintained between CSIRO and the Ship Management Contractor to deliver our shared goal of safe, world-class science delivery on RV Investigator.
- Monitoring vessel planned maintenance, storekeeping programs and general compliance, to ensure operational readiness and delivery of CSIRO’s priorities.
- Monitoring monthly accounts to ensure MNF gains maximum value for money, ensuring significant issues and variations are effectively and quickly resolved.
- Overseeing the development of port period, long maintenance period and dry-dock plans ensuring all parties' input and agreement, efficacy and safety.
- Ensuring risks are minimised for the various requirements of operations at sea and in ports around Australia.
- Providing timely and objective advice to the Operations Team and assisting with the planning and execution of safe and effective research voyages including:

- Contributing to the development of research voyage schedules.
- Co-ordinating and communicating across multiple parties in relation to the planning and management of scientific voyages.
- Working closely with the SMP Risk, Safety and Compliance team and Ship Management Contractor, ensuring a risk-based, integrated approach to safety planning, and response in accordance with the Health, Safety and Environment Framework.
- Working closely with Facilities team members and Ship Management Contractor, contributing to the planning of vessel modifications and installations in response to identified new science capabilities or reconfiguration of existing capabilities.
- Overseeing and managing the performance of external resources engaged by CSIRO to assist with the development and execution of project plans for vessel modifications and installations during the mid-life refit dry docking.
- Supporting the Operations Team and the Ship Management Program Director with evidence-based quality advice about ship-related matters.
- Coordinating the development and implementation of procedures and protocols to ensure clarity of responsibility and clear ownership between MNF and Ship Management Contractor.
- Representing MNF on relevant worki