Vessel Planner at APM Terminals

At APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world. You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace.

APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish Maersk Group – a Global Fortune 500 company with about 89,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and manufacturing industries - Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Vessel Planner

Ref.: AT-275048
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Category: Terminal Operations/Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Commence operation, find alongside vessels in TOS (XPS) assure crane work list and quay commander set properly as crane deployment, refer berth and crane plan.
• Rearrange if any crane shuffle or redistribution workload required.
• Assure shift sheet created and set the targets per crane.
• Active vessel work queue to resume operation and monitor vessel dispatching.
• If vessel program or plan changes inform execution supervisors.
• Ensure all operational bay have been planned in line to achieve targeted performance.
• Ensure proper sequencing and yard picking movement.
• Routed MT to stow and dispatch with static unit.
• Readjust crane productivity targets in work shift as and when required.
• Predefine planned crane activity in system such as (Hatch lids move, OOG/Break Bulk handling, breaks, and crane repositioning).
• Identify opportunities and plan for dual cycle operation and twin lift.
• Coordinate ITV controller to increase or decrease number of trucks in carne according crane priority and performance.
• Follow-up with yard supervisors to manage ITV waiting at yard.
• Ensure no short landing or overloading upon completion of each bay.
• Ensure no stack weight exceeded or bad stowage in completed bays.
• Rearrange loading plan in real-time to redistribute jobs in yard.
• Rearrange crane program and containers plan base on yard equipment availability.
• Coordinate with vessel supervisor to prepare special gears well in advance if required.
• Cross check preplans and loaded containers upon completion of each bay operation and confirm that all containers are executed as planned, if not immediately report vessel supervisor, Planning superintendent and Shift Manager. Plan for rearrange according the plan and instruct execution for re-handling.
• Finalize vessel operation, confirm all discharging containers are landed in yard and loading container updated onboard.
• Ensure no floating slots/containers or multiple updates do not exist on loaded bays, if any confirm and correct the positions in real-time operation.
• If any short land and over landed, assure short land or overland reports prepare and acknowledged by chief mate same communicate to local agent by completing cargo operation.
• Update and communicate operational status with Planning superintendent, shift manager and Supervisors.
• Generate final plan with outbound EDI (DG List, Live reefer) 3-hour prior completion of vessel operation, and handover files with vessel supervisor to submit vessel master or chief mate, confirm that final plan and outbound EDI accepted by Chief.
• Strictly follow special stowage instruction and plan.
• Finalize vessel operation and avail all operational documents from Banks Man, confirm all documents are file in folder and submit vessel file to Senior planner.
• Generate outbound EDI and send to vessel agent/planner and vessel master.
• Handover all operational details to following shift and report to Planning superintendent.
• Refer and compliance with Planning SOP for planning procedures.
• Performs any other tasks assigned by superior.

Job Requirements
We are looking for:

• High School Diploma plus a College Degree in Logistics, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• Requires at least 2 or more years of previous experience as a vessel planner for a container terminal operation. Previous experience as a controller in a container terminal environment will be an advantage.
• Requires very good knowledge of container vessel stowage and stability criteria.
• Requires good knowledge of yard lay-out and operating techniques.
• Requires good knowledge of TOS vessel planning systems and its modules.
• Preferable if applicant has certificate in hazardous cargo handling.
• Has familiarity with the strict implementation of international standards of safe working practices within marine, stevedoring and terminal operations.

Critical Skills:

• Planning and organizational skills.
• Lean knowledge and leadership
• Time management

We Offer

• APM Terminals offers tremendous growth, career and leadership opportunities for those with the ambition, drive and dedication to become one of the best.
• An opportunity to be part of a high performance team that ensures APM Terminals is the most efficient, safe and profitable terminals in the region.
• Working with partners, shareholders, authorities and other stakeholders.

Application Closing Date
8th July, 2021.