Senior Manager, Ship Maintenance - MUSV

Responsibilities

• Own all ABS interactions: annual, intermediate, special, and drydock surveys; condition assessments; and class certificate maintenance
• Develop external relationships to steer industry regulatory parties such as USCG
• Build and manage Saronic’s commercial repair yard and ship husbandry vendor network across key domestic and forward operating regions
• Negotiate and administer commercial repair contracts and MSAs with private-sector shipyards and specialty subcontractors
• Serve as primary technical point of contact with repair facilities; attend dock and sea trials on behalf of Saronic
• Develop repair specifications, work packages, and acceptance criteria grounded in ABS Rules and commercial practice
• Conduct vessel condition surveys and pre-docking assessments; provide findings and recommendations to steer our MRO organizational processes
• Establish a commercial-standard Planned Maintenance System (PMS) suited to Saronic’s ASV fleet
• Partner with internally to integrate MRO execution with Saronic’s customer facing teams to drive strategy, budget planning, and fleet readiness reporting
• Mentor staff on commercial survey processes, ABS documentation, and yard QA

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on commercial maritime MRO experience - technical superintendent, owner’s representative, or equivalent - with direct ABS survey and drydocking responsibility
• Working knowledge of ABS rules and survey process (annual, intermediate, special, drydock)
• Hands-on technical competence: hull structure, propulsion, electrical, auxiliary machinery, HVAC
• Commercial repair contract and MSA negotiation - private-sector, not FAR/DFAR
• Willingness to travel regularly to shipyards and work in industrial/outdoor environments
• Preferred qualifications include STCW Chief Engineer Officer certification or seagoing engineering officer background, experience with additional classification societies beyond ABS, familiarity with commercial CMMS platforms, exposure to autonomous or unmanned surface vehicles, or high-performance commercial craft