Team Lead Marine Engines | Shipyard and Drydocking | Powerplant | Mumbai

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Team Lead – Marine Engines to join a team specializing in marine engine maintenance, overhauling, repair, and power generation systems. The ideal candidate should have 9 to 20 years of relevant experience, with mandatory hands-on experience in shipyards and/or power plants. The candidate must possess strong technical expertise in 2-stroke and 4-stroke diesel engines, major engine overhauls, drydocking projects, and team leadership. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced marine engineering professional to lead critical engine maintenance and overhaul activities while ensuring operational efficiency, safety, and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute major maintenance, overhauling, troubleshooting, and repair activities for marine propulsion engines and auxiliary engines.
• Manage engine overhaul projects involving both 2-stroke slow-speed and 4-stroke medium- and high-speed diesel engines.
• Lead engine maintenance and repair activities during shipyard operations, drydockings, retrofits, and major ship repair projects within defined schedules.
• Handle engine maintenance and overhaul activities in land-based captive and thermal diesel power plants, including heavy, medium-speed, and slow-speed engine installations.
• Execute critical engine overhaul activities, including crankshaft replacement, alignment checks, crankshaft web deflection measurements, bedplate inspections, and line boring verification.
• Supervise bottom-end and top-end engine maintenance, including piston withdrawal, cylinder liner measurements and honing, crosshead bearing inspections, and main and connecting rod bearing clearance checks and renewal.
• Oversee auxiliary engine systems, including fuel pump calibration, fuel injector servicing, turbocharger overhauls, and governor and actuator adjustments.
• Diagnose engine breakdowns, identify root causes, and implement effective corrective and preventive maintenance measures.
• Lead and coordinate teams of marine engineers, fitters, technicians, and other technical personnel throughout maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Plan and allocate jobs, manage manpower and tools, monitor work progress, and ensure timely completion of maintenance activities within project schedules.
• Coordinate with shipyards, vessel personnel, service engineers, OEM representatives, and other technical stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of repair and overhaul work.
• Prepare detailed technical service reports, engine overhaul logs, crankshaft deflection records, root cause analysis (RCA) reports, and classification society survey documentation.
• Identify and prepare spare parts lists, OEM part numbers, material requirements, and bills of materials (BOMs) for major engine maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Assess machinery wear, component clearances, and replacement requirements to ensure accurate spare parts planning and inventory management.
• Ensure compliance with marine safety standards, risk assessments, environmental regulations, and applicable technical and operational procedures.
• Conduct quality checks and ensure proper completion of maintenance activities, technical inspections, and safety signoffs.

Key Requirements

• Must have 9 to 20 years of relevant experience in marine engines, diesel engine maintenance, overhauling, repair, or power generation.
• Mandatory shipyard and/or power plant experience, with practical exposure to major engine maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with both 2-stroke and 4-stroke diesel engines, including slow-speed, medium-speed, and high-speed engine systems.
• Proven experience in shipyard repairs, multiple drydocking, engine retrofits, and major overhaul projects.
• Practical experience with engine brands such as Wärtsilä, Niigata, MAN Energy Solutions, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Cummins, Caterpillar, Komatsu, and BMW Marine.
• Must have executed critical overhaul activities, particularly crankshaft replacement, crankshaft alignment and deflection checks, bedplate inspection, and related engine restoration work.
• Strong technical knowledge of piston withdrawal, cylinder liner measurement and honing, crosshead bearings, main bearings, connecting rod bearings, and bearing clearance inspections.
• Experience in auxiliary engine maintenance, fuel pump calibration, injector servicing, turbocharger overhauls, and governor and actuator settings.
• Proven ability to lead marine engineers, fitters, and technicians, manage job allocation, coordinate site activities, and deliver projects within strict deadlines.
• Experience preparing technical reports, overhaul documentation, RCA reports, crankshaft deflection records, and classification society survey paperwork.
• Hands-on experience in spare parts identification, OEM part number verification, inventory management, spare parts requisitions, and BOM preparation.
• Strong troubleshooting, technical problem-solving, planning, coordination, and team management skills.
• Good understanding of marine safety practices, risk assessments, environmental regulations