Equipment Officer
Location: Ideally in Marseille, but other locations can be considered
Contract Start Date: 1st of August
Application Deadline: 05th July 2024
SOS MEDITERRANEE is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives at sea. Founded in 2015, the initiative emerged as a response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean, and the lack of adequate state rescue capacity on the deadliest maritime migratory route in the world. Created by a group of European citizens, our maritime and humanitarian organization has three missions:
1. To rescue people in distress at sea
2. To protect and assist survivors on board our ship
3. To bear witness and raise awareness about the tragedy unfolding in the central
Mediterranean.
Today, SOS MEDITERRANEE is a network composed of four European entities (Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland) sharing the objective to support our rescue operations at sea. Search and Rescue (SAR) operations have been carried out since February 2016 in the Central Mediterranean off the Libyan coasts with the chartered ships Aquarius and Ocean Viking. To date, over 40,000 people have been rescued by SOS MEDITERRANEE.
Mission objectives:
Under the management of the Search and Rescue Manager, the Equipment officer participates to enable safe and effective operations by ensuring SOS MEDITERRANEE has the appropriate and functioning SAR equipment onboard.
Key responsibilities:
Define minimum standards in terms of equipment management to ensure risk are reduced in SAR activity
- In collaboration with the SAR team, define the list of the critical equipment “to be ready” for rescue
- Ensure that equipment is compliant with international standards and internal needs
- Update the critical equipment form with each equipment, defining the characteristics of the item, including standards requirements
- Assist the SAR manager in defining the equipment budget
Contribute to ensuring the functionality and review of the SAR equipment
- Define SOPs/standards in terms of review of equipment and equipment renewal
- Realize spot-check on the mandatory routine checks, and sensitize the SAR team about the importance of realizing routine checks
- Ensure the update and follow up of the maintenance status on Seahub (Planned Maintenance System – PMS)
- Regularly go to port calls to monitor the status and needs related to SAR equipment
- Coordinate the repair and maintenance of the equipment
- Coordinate with the logistics manager the visit of service providers when necessary
- Monitor the needs in terms of equipment through consolidated SAR technician debriefings
Ensure the supply and stock management of the SAR equipment
- Define and communicate minimum critical stock levels needed to operate for standard operation and degraded capacity operation (critical stock)
- Define safe reserve stock to mitigate risk of falling below required stock of critical items (Target stock)
- In collaboration with the logistics manager, define minimum standards for equipment inventory and ensure that inventories are done regularly
Support the equipment review during technical stops
- Gather needs for ship upgrades relating specifically to the SAR component
- Compiles needs into technical specifications and support the logistics manager in the communication with suppliers
- Go to technical stops to oversee the work done on equipment and and ensure the delivered work meets specification
- Ensure work reports are produced for the works executed during technical stops
Participate in the capacity building of the crew in the SAR equipment use and management
- Elaborate guidelines and user guide for each critical equipment use
- In collaboration with the L&D coordinator, improve the trainings module on equipment usage
- Ensure the dissemination of any equipment guidelines (user guide, manuals etc.) to the SAR team when requested
Qualifications and skills:
- At least highschool and vocational degree
- At least 1 year in an office-based position
- At least 1 year working at sea
- Experience with rescue boats and outboard engine
- Experience managing lifting system
- Experience in technical management
- Basic knowledge in RIBs, FRCs, PPE
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Logisitcs knowledge
- Sound decision-making and problem solving skills
- Good interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
- Self-motivated, enthustiastic, autonomous
- Able to be constructive and collaborative with colleagues
- Capacity to work under pressure and ability to cope with frequent change of plans
- Fluent in English and italian is a significant advantage
- Computer literate, at ease with MSc office tools
Conditions:
- Contract duration : 6 months, renewable
- Evenings and week-end work might be required and compensated according to the policy in place
- Europe-wide travel.
- Salary : From 2.400 € to 2.800€ gross per month
- Insurance taken in charge
- Food voucher
- Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract
Application process:
Interested candidates should submit a CV and a cover letter in English addressing their suitability for the role to recrutementsosmedfr@sosmediterranee.org by 5th July 2024. Please include « Equipment Officer» in the subject of your email.
Data collection:
Your personal data will be collected and stored for recruitment purposes. You have the right to access, rectify, erase, or limit data processing. For more information, contact SOS MEDITERRANEE – CS 20585 – 13294 Marseille Cedex 06 – France. rgpd.fr@sosmediterranee.org
