Company Description
Petro Marine Offshore Projects Support Co. is an Egyptian marine services company operating a diverse fleet of offshore support vessels across the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Arabian Gulf. Our operations include offshore vessel chartering and management, anchor handling, towing and supply, diving and pipeline inspection support, dredging support, vessel repairs, and marine consultancy. Safety, compliance, operational readiness, and reliable service are central to our work.
Role Description
We are looking for a Crewing Officer to join our team in the 5th Settlement, New Cairo. The primary responsibility of this role is to recruit qualified and reliable officers and ratings for Petro Marine’s offshore vessels. The successful candidate will manage the recruitment process from sourcing and screening through selection, document verification, and onboarding, while maintaining a strong and readily available pool of seafarers for planned and urgent vessel requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Proactively source qualified officers and ratings through recruitment platforms, referrals, company databases, manning agencies, maritime academies, and industry networks.• Build and maintain an active database and talent pool of seafarers for current and future vacancies across Petro Marine’s fleet.• Review CVs and sea-service records, shortlist suitable candidates, and match their experience to vessel, rank, flag-state, client, and operational requirements.• Conduct initial interviews to assess candidates’ offshore experience, technical suitability, communication skills, availability, salary expectations, and overall fitness for the role.• Verify Certificates of Competency, STCW certificates, seaman’s books, medical fitness certificates, DP certificates where applicable, flag endorsements, training records, visas, and other joining documents.• Verify sea-service history, previous vessel types, references, and past performance before recommending candidates for final selection.• Coordinate technical and final interviews with Marine, Technical, Operations, and vessel management personnel.• Prepare candidate shortlists and clearly communicate recruitment recommendations to management.• Coordinate job offers, joining instructions, pre-employment requirements, and onboarding for selected seafarers.• Work closely with the Crewing and Operations teams to understand upcoming crew changes, relief requirements, new mobilisations, and urgent manpower shortages.• Maintain accurate records of candidate availability, rank, certificates, experience, expected salary, interview results, references, and previous appraisals.• Monitor the recruitment pipeline and provide regular reports on open vacancies, shortlisted candidates, interviews, selections, and pending joining requirements.• Develop and maintain relationships with reliable manning agencies, maritime training centres, and other recruitment sources.• Support urgent recruitment and replacement requirements to prevent delays to vessel operations.• Ensure recruitment practices comply with MLC 2006, STCW, flag-state requirements, client requirements, and company procedures.• Maintain the confidentiality and accuracy of all candidate and seafarer information.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Maritime Studies, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is preferred.• Minimum of 3 years of experience in marine crewing or seafarer recruitment.• Previous recruitment experience for offshore support vessels such as AHTS, PSV, DSV, crew boats, or DP vessels is essential.• Strong network within the Egyptian maritime labour market and the ability to source qualified seafarers quickly.• Good working knowledge of STCW, MLC 2006, Certificates of Competency, flag endorsements, safe-manning requirements, and seafarer documentation.• Strong CV-screening, interviewing, reference-checking, and candidate-assessment skills.• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office; experience with crewing, recruitment, or HR software is preferred.• Good command of written and spoken English and Arabic.• Strong communication, negotiation, organisation, attention to detail, and follow-up skills.• Ability to work accurately under pressure and respond to urgent recruitment requirements outside normal working hours when necessary.• Ability to commute to the 5th Settlement is required; nearby residents are preferred.