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**Position Overview**:
Provide day-to-day leadership for the waterside operations to achieve the targeted volume and productivity objectives while maintaining a safe working environment.
Responsible for managing the vessel, operations; ensuring safety, service and operating efficiencies are achieved.
Continues improvement for execution of operational processes and related activities.
leading the staffing of the Water Side Execution area and ensure proper training programs are in place and smoothly executed as required.
**Principal Accountabilities**
- Responsible for leading safe operational execution processes geared towards driving effectiveness in a highly technological environment incorporating current best practices in APMT
- Manage staff and labor to achieve established safety, productivity goals and volume targets.
- Manages motivates and instructs all water side operational team members and direct reports on the daily activities of the operations execution, setting priorities and structure tasks and goals
- Responsible for driving the implementation of skills matrix for critical positions in the execution department
- Leads, motivates and coaches operational team members and peers.
- Manage the implementation of the training curriculum for equipment operators (Shuttle carriers, STS) and closely monitor its execution with the training department
- Manage the implementation of the training curriculum for non-equipment operator Water Side positions (lashers, crane foremen, signalmen, etc.) and closely monitor its execution with the training department
- Assist in White Collar staff career development to ensure they perform at efficient and effective levels by monitoring performance and taking appropriate action in order they reach full potential




- Provides work and berth planning for the shifts based on vessel schedules and supervision for subordinates
- Work closely with the other functions to facilitate the alignment and integration of all operational processes
- Provide general support to other operations or non-operations as and when required
- Provide WS Shift Managers, WS Supervisors, Crane Foremen and Lashing Foremen with an effective organization and control of all terminal operations during designated shift periods to meet planned objectives.
- Ensures full utilization of labor and equipment, as required
- Liaise with the M&R; department to maximize equipment availability and effectiveness.
- It is responsible for efficient allocation of all shifts operational staff and the cost-effective utilization of equipment resources to match the operational requirements of the terminal.
- Ensure that recognized safe working practices are utilized for all terminal operations and maintain effective implementation of safety policies and procedures including integral initiatives, procedures and standards as required.
- Provide first line of response for emergency situations and incident managements.
- Acts as Safety Fatal Five Champion, supports pro-actively Safety Initiatives
- Provide terminal presence by maintaining significant visibility, checks all quay side activities continuously throughout shift and preparing operational reports as required by Head of Operations.




- Maintain continuous operations by ensuring all shift operational staff use the "hot seat" changeover at shift changeover times and for operator rest break changeovers.
- Contribute to "on the job" training of supervisory staff and undertake other duties within capabilities as required by senior management.
- Contribute to the improvement of existing methodologies, processes and measurements when executing duties on an ongoing basis
- Work in a high pace and complex work environment interacting continuously with teams, other functions, equipment control systems, external vendors, shipping lines, port authority etc.
- Key vessel focal point for Operations and Customer service
- Liaise with the Way Of Working and Transformation Team in order to continually review, identify and recommend improved operating procedures and systems where required
- Fully support and participate in Way Of Working, Transformation and Lean initiatives and projects
- Provides regular checks for current processes and initiates and supports performance improvement activities.
- Ability to work under pressure, anticipate potential problems and diagnoses, evaluate and resolve logístical problems as they happen to meet operational performance objectives and deadlines
- Requires strong leadership skills coupled with the ability to build a high performing team with the right combination of personalities
- Strong management skills, capable of handling multiple mission-critical tasks simultaneously and ability to meet deadlines and set goals
**Education**
- Requires a college degree in Operations Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline
- MBA preferred.
- Education level may be substituted for part experience requiremen

📌 Senior Water Side Execution Manager (Lázaro Cárdenas)
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📍 Lázaro Cárdenas