General Cargo Foreman Ports and Terminals at DP World Tanzania

Job Role Insights

  • Date posted

    2025-04-03

  • Closing date

    2025-04-16

  • Hiring location

    Dar es Salaam

  • Career level

    Middle

  • Qualification

    Bachelor Degree

  • Experience

    3 - 5 Years

  • Quantity

    1 person

  • Gender

    both

Job Description

Optimize the process flow of general Cargo/Bulk/RoRo Terminal and other goods between land and sea transport by increase efficiency and productivity.

Key Performance Areas:

  • Lead, motivate and activate constantly personnel under his supervision
  • Exchange information briefly
  • Participate in vessel’s berthing schedule and quay planning whenever business requires.
  • Set priorities in sequenced work by calamities and take decisions to stop and restart operations taking in consideration all safety norms
  • Lead the ship and related terminal operations (Cargo stowage – Cargo delivery, horizontal transport etc.)
  • Take regular rounds in quay to monitor the vessel operations.
  • Bear out and propagate terminal policy and gives form to it.
  • Ensure that all safety regulations are duly applied for all equipment.
  • Ensure all relevant data for cargo quantity moving through the gate is properly recorded
  • Supervise the handling of heavy lift or oversize cargoes in the container terminal
  • Maximize the usage of quay equipment to achieve maximum productivity in vessel and quay side operation.
  • Coordinate landside points of work when there is vessel in working operations.
  • Monitor and analyse the qualitative and quantitative values of productivity norms
  • Monitor the quality of work of personnel employed as well as the cost aspects thereof
  • Execute administrative duties such as:
  • Reporting
  • Ship operation Reports
  • Damage reporting and claims
  • Plan and maintain personnel availability
  • Presence justification of personnel
  • Organize the equipment needs for the operations in consultation with the technical department
  • Supervise the BGC Team permanent manning of the terminal
  • Draft, write, observe, and adapt the procedures
  • Identify stages in a typical performance management cycle including setting smart goals and the processes for monitoring performance effectively and providing constructive feedback.
  • Manage and improve the individual team and divisional performance to achieve organizational goals and strategies
  • Participate in managing labours supply to meet operational needs
  • Evaluate the employee under his supervision and develop their skills
  • Ensure safe position of cranes during berthing, sailing and extreme weather conditions
  • Ensure vessel position in wharf is according to the berth plan
  • Ensure all items in vessel inspection checklist before vessel starting.
  • Administrate vessel operations as per crane work program to ensure set production targets are met
  • Serve the clients to meet their satisfaction
  • Ensure All External trucks are serviced to the minimum time.
  • Ensure Trucks are positioned properly in quay.
  • Responsible to acquire and distribute all the documents to be used for discharge and load operations
  • Administrate optimal allocation of available resources to achieve set production targets
  • Supervise on board and on wharf vessel operations including lashing
  • Ensure confirmation to work procedures
  • Liaise with Superintendent for any problems encountered or changes required to crane program during loading and discharge.
  • Ensure safe handling of Cargos
  • Give instructions to Forman about work plan
  • Ensure that all cargo holds cleaned and sign on from chief officer after completion.
  • Generate and sign off accident and damage reports and report it to Superintendent.
  • Monitor and record BGC activities during the shift and transmit to Superintendent.
  • Monitor and record vessel productivity and delays
  • Adhere strictly to all work procedures. (SOP)
  • Handle any other task as allocated by GC & Bulk Superintendent
  • Able to Maintain external contacts with vessels chief officers, RSPA pilots, Outsource Companies, mooring men and truckers concerning all operational matters.

KPIs:

  • Safety: Zero damages /accidents in shift and follow up all activity according to safety rules
  • Traffic control in the BGC storage area and iron ore pellet terminal.
  • TTT
  • Free Pedestrians within the GC terminal, Reach level of Zero Pedestrian

Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor Educational Degree
  • Rigging and lifting certificate Preferred

Experience and Skills Required:

  • Work Experience in minimum 4 years and preferable 6 years in the terminal
  • Knowledge of Terminal Activities
  • Knowledge of Safety Procedures
  • familiar with rigging plan and lifting principles
  • Quality Control
  • Time Management
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Problem solving

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