Area Manager

About the role

This position is responsible for coordinating the work of staff surveyors, performing marine surveys, ensuring timely client communication, producing technical reports, and assisting with company policy formulation and budget preparation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate staff surveyors’ workload, assignments, cross-training, and time off.
• Perform marine surveys as needed.
• Ensure timely flow of information to/from clients, including assignment acknowledgments and preliminary advice after fieldwork.
• Produce and submit concise, technical, and grammatically correct final survey reports using appropriate templates and company procedures.
• Participate in formulating company policies and developing long-range goals and objectives.
• Assist management in developing business volume assumptions under current and alternative strategies.
• Handle customer complaints and adjust invoices as required.
• Promote company services through client visits and industry activities.
• Supervise ongoing training for staff surveyors, including monthly safety meetings.
• Represent surveyors’ interests to upper management regarding time utilization, training, safety, compensation, benefits, and morale.
• Assist the President in preparing the annual budget.
• Pursue personal development through training.
• Ensure proper PPE is maintained and worn; maintain equipment calibration records per Quality and Environmental Procedures.
• Obtain and maintain credentials for terminal, dock, and job site access; maintain required records.

Required Education & Experience

• Degree in a related field plus five (5) years of experience, or
• Seagoing experience to Chief Officer level, or
• Ten (10) years of experience in a similar position.
• Membership in NAMS Global or a similar organization dedicated to professionalism, ethics, and continuing education within the marine industry.
• Outstanding reporting and technical writing skills.
• Current valid driver’s license.
• Current valid Transportation Worker’s Identification Credential (TWIC).

Working Conditions

• Open-air conditions including noise, heat, cold, wet, and dusty environments.
• Required to wear hearing, eye, and head protection and proper PPE.
• Some climbing (40’ or higher, some unprotected), bending, stooping, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Work involves hot and sometimes hazardous materials.
• Work on marine vessels, docks, warehouses, yards, or shipyard settings; walking over uneven surfaces.
• Enter round manholes with inside diameters of 18” and other confined spaces.
• Traverse gangways, ladders, and scaffolding at varying heights.
• Examine cargo, including photographing and accessing difficult areas.
• Available/on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Necessary Equipment Operation

• Audio gauge equipment
• Tank Safe for Entry Monitor
• Life Vest
• Temperature Probes
• Ullage Tapes
• Pitot Tube
• Computer/tablet

Special Skills

• Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• High performance and strong team player.
• Ability to motivate surveyor/sampler workforce.
• Commitment to company values, policies, and safety program.
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.