MCV Draftsman
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Create marine engineering and technical drawings using AutoCAD and Rhino to support maritime logistics operations.
Major Activities/Deliverables
• Review the projects technical requirement and determine the most optimal stowage and appropriate MCV from P&O Maritime Logistics Fleet.
• Prepare sea fastening and lashing arrangement drawings, structural steelwork drawings, and other project-specific fabrication details.
• Develop mooring, ramp, and berthing arrangement drawings, including simulations as per project needs.
• Prepare load-out and load-in sequence drawings aligned with operational requirements.
• Provide technical support to the commercial team for MCV deployment strategies and customized design requirements.
• Ensure compliance with P&O Maritime Logistics’ established procedures and technical guidelines.
• Create professional and standardized drawing templates for the P&O Maritime Logistics fleet.
• Assist technical engineers with drafting support as required.
• Support Business Units with engineering drawings related to vessel modifications,
• Assisting the line manager in any other technical related tasks whenever required.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Minimum Qualifications:
Diploma/Certification in Drafting or Marine Drafting.
Minimum Experience:
At least 3 years of experience in heavy lift and marine engineering drafting, or a related job.
Job-Specific Skills:
• Proficient in AutoCAD 2D drafting.
• Strong understanding of marine vessels, barges, and offshore units.
• Proficiency in Rhino software will be a plus.
• Practical knowledge of site operations, especially Ro-Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) operations, is an advantage.
• Experience in barge management and marine transportation is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
Tangible, measurable results must be obtained despite opposition or resistance to their accomplishment. There is pressure to meet deadlines in an environment laced with a wide variety of problems and unexpected interruptions.
The Job Profile requires a person who has driven, assertion and the ability to communicate with others in a logical manner. The incumbent should be prepared to meet opposition and resistance to ideas, and pressure others when deadlines have to be met.
The environment is full of variety and change, and the person fulfilling the role should be prepared to work within the broad parameters of the organization. A friendly approach and the ability to influence and persuade others are important to the function. The person should be a self-starter, competitive, imaginative, enthusiastic, self-confident, inspiring, logical, systematic and precise.
This position description provides a general guide as to the major accountabilities of this role. It should not be taken as a definitive list of duties that may be reasonably expected of the incumbent and may vary from time to time and include any tasks commensurate with the role and required by the Line Manager.
COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Interacts with all departments
Interacts with clients depending on the need of duties
P&OML’s “Our World, Our Future” Strategy is woven into everything we do. This strategy supports our priority areas of safety, security, wellbeing, ethics, community engagement, climate change, as well as our legacy focus on women, education, and water. The success of our sustainability program depends on the contribution of each and every employee bringing these values into their work. Your commitment is to join us in pioneering sustainable practices across the organization and setting new standards for excellence and impact.
How we rate this
MCV Draftsman at DP World rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
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- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where 2d drafting was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where marine engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where stowage was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where structural drawings was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Autocad in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: 2d Drafting, Marine Engineering, Stowage, Structural Drawings, and Autocad. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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