Director, Fleet Asset Management

Key Responsibilities

• Lead fleet-wide asset management strategy for maritime systems and vessel equipment, aligned with safety, regulatory, reliability, and performance goals.
• Team with the Director Technical Operations to jointly drive fleet reliability, maintenance excellence, and long-term asset performance across shipboard and shore-side teams.
• Provide governance oversight and set requirements for core maritime systems (PMS, inventory, procurement, fuel management, and dock planning), ensuring strong data standards and usability.
• Define and maintain vessel equipment criticality frameworks to drive risk-based maintenance, inventory, and investment decisions.
• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, including required skills, maintenance actions/intents, spares provisioning, and inventory optimization.
• Lead reliability initiatives such as root cause analysis, failure trend monitoring, and continuous improvement programs.
• Develop and govern fleet equipment standards, specifications, and approved vendor strategies to drive consistency and cost efficiency.
• Oversee fuel management, energy efficiency, and decarbonization programs supporting company sustainability objectives.
• Partner closely with Supply Chain on demand forecasting, sourcing, inventory controls, and spares optimization.
• Develop and guide multi-year maintenance and CAPEX plans in collaboration with Technical Operations, Shipboard teams, Finance, Compliance, Marine, Hotel Operations, and senior leadership.
• Support dry dock and wet dock planning, major refits, and lifecycle replacement programs.
• Drive process standardization and performance improvement across vessels and shore-side technical teams.
• Participate in, and support, fleet decisions related to vessel asset acquisition, new build and disposition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marine engineering, Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in maritime technical operations, fleet or asset management, or systems leadership.
• Experience in passenger ship operations and shipboard experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of maritime systems, maintenance methodologies, and regulatory/class requirements.
• Experience with planned maintenance system (PMS) platforms, inventory and procurement systems, fuel management solutions, and drydock planning software preferred.
• Background in asset lifecycle management, reliability engineering, and maintenance planning strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting fuel efficiency and decarbonization initiatives is preferred.
• Experience with data management and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is preferred.

Skills & Attributes

• Strategic, analytical leader with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent communicator able to translate technical concepts and important initiatives for senior leadership.
• Ability to work closely with Chief Maritime Officer as required.
• Strong project and change management capabilities.
• Highly organized, adaptable, and effective in a dynamic operational environment.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.