Position Summary

We are seeking a retired naval officer with solid seamanship background and hands-on experience in shipboard evolutions to serve as a Seamanship Advisor throughout the bidding, design, construction, and acceptance of Naval ships. The candidate will participate during design reviews, construction oversight, and trials/acceptance activities, ensuring the vessel's layout, equipment, and systems are safe, efficient and comply with Naval regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Design Stage

• Do the estimates for all the seamanship gear and the other related outfitting items including the deck fittings during the bidding stage.
• Review ship design drawings and 3D models (deck layouts, mooring/anchoring arrangements, replenishment-at-sea (RAS) and fuelling-at-sea stations (FAS), boat handling/davit systems, towing arrangements, life-saving appliance stowage, and bridge/upper-deck sightlines) from an operational seamanship perspective.
• Advise designers on the ergonomics, spacing, and safety of working decks, capstans, winches, bollards, fairleads, chocks,



and associated deck fittings.
• Provide inputs on anchor and cable handling systems, replenishment gear, towing arrangements, and boat/craft launch-and-recovery systems.
• Highlight design deficiencies that could compromise crew safety or operational effectiveness during evolutions such as mooring, anchoring, RAS, boat operations, and man-overboard recovery.
• Participate in design reviews, and 3D model walkthroughs, representing the end-user/operator viewpoint.

New Construction and Ship Repair

• Be a part of the field design cell to support production and design
• Conduct periodic site visits to the shipyard to inspect ongoing construction/outfitting of seamanship-related equipment and spaces.
• Verify that installed equipment (winches, capstans, davits, fairleads, RAS rigs, towing gear, etc.) conform to the approved design and is suitable for intended evolutions.
• Liaise/ advise the production team,

📌 SEAMAN (Ponneri)
🏢 Larsen and Toubro
📍 Ponneri