Boskalis

Vessel Manager

Join Boskalis in Aberdeen as a Vessel Manager overseeing offshore vessel operations. Manage dive systems, budgets, and maintenance while ensuring compliance. Enjoy 34 days holiday, private medical insurance, and career growth opportunities in a dynamic energy transition environment.
Boskalis
Boskalis
Aberdeen, United Kingdom Hybrid Full time UTC+00:00

Boskalis

Company Overview

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.

Papendrecht, Netherlands

1910

Approximately 11,000 employees worldwide (source: linkedin.com). In 2024, Boskalis reported a revenue of USD 3,482,353,000 (source: boskalis.com).

What They Do

Boskalis is a global contractor in dredging and maritime services, focusing on various operations, but not primarily on renewable energy. The core activity of the company is dredging, which includes the construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, land reclamation, coastal protection, and bank protection (source: boskalis.com). Additionally, Boskalis offers a wide range of maritime services to the offshore energy sector, including the development, construction, transport, installation, inspection, maintenance, and decommissioning of oil and LNG import/export facilities, offshore platforms, pipelines, cables, and offshore wind farms (source: boskalis.com). The company also provides emergency response and salvage services through SMIT and terminal services via Smit Lamnalco (source: boskalis.com).

Projects & Track Record

Boskalis has an impressive track record of significant projects, including involvement in the Dutch Delta Works in 1953 and the construction of the Øresund Tunnel and Hong Kong International Airport in the 1990s (source: boskalis.com). More recently, the company has expanded its offshore activities through strategic acquisitions, such as Dockwise in 2013 and Fairmount Marine in 2014, and acquired the subsea services of Rever Offshore in 2021 (source: boskalis.com).

Recent Developments

Recently, Boskalis completed the acquisition of Smit Lamnalco in October 2024 and reported strong half-year results for 2025 in August 2025 (source: boskalis.com). In January 2025, a new subsea rock installation vessel of 45,500 MT was announced, further enhancing the company's technological capabilities (source: boskalis.com). In July 2025, a consortium of Boskalis-Allseas was selected for a major offshore natural gas pipeline project in Taiwan (source: boskalis.com).

Careers

Boskalis offers a wide range of career opportunities and employs approximately 11,000 experts worldwide (source: boskalis.com). The company places a strong emphasis on training and development, offering a variety of courses and training programs for both entry-level and experienced professionals (source: boskalis.com). Job seekers can find opportunities on the company’s dedicated careers site (source: boskalis.com).


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What do we promise?

  • Being part of the energy transition
  • Contributing to one of a kind projects
  • Creating new horizons, literally

What do we ask of you?

  • Accountability
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Strategic Thinking

How you can make your mark

Make your mark as Vessel Manager (Dive) for Boskalis Subsea Services located in Aberdeen and be the focal point for all aspects of vessel operations. As Vessel Manager you work closely together with both the vessel, on Marine and Dive maintenance, as well as our Operations department. You ensure proactive supplier management, cost control and delivering the operation of the vessel in line with approved budgets.

Your responsibilities as a Vessel Manager

  • Supervision of the technical operation of the Fleet as established by/with the Head of Assets.
  • Supervision on the technical operation of dive systems on board the assets.
  • Co-ordinate with the various departments to ensure compliance with Class, Flag State and management system requirements.
  • Co-ordination of repair and maintenance periods, dry docking and special projects.
  • Maintain a high quality working environment on board.
  • Alongside the Head of Assets ensure the quality of staff and crew, with supervision, development and coaching.
  • Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders within the business unit.
  • Oversee the preparation and management of vessel / project budgets.
  • Monitor and approve all budgeted vessel expenditures.
  • Monitor budget and input to monthly reporting on expenditure and forecasting with vessel finance team.

We offer

You can make your mark as a Vessel Manager if you have:

  • Experience on board offshore vessels, DP2 on Dive vessels or equivalent shore based experience.
  • A high level understanding of DP, Dive, Marine Operations and Class / Flag requirements
  • Competent Microsoft Office user
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to work using own initiative.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and to build effective working relationships

What you can expect

  • A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
  • Rewarding conditions: Besides a competitive salary, you will receive a holiday entitlement of 34 days, a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance and death in service benefit. There is also a range of flexible benefits you can take advantage of including the opportunity to buy additional holidays each year.
  • Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.

Extra information

  • Your team: you will join an existing team of Fleet management professionals. Working as part of the Assets division, you will report directly to the Head of Assets.
  • Where you will work: Your location will be our office in Aberdeen. We offer a hybrid working policy.
  • Full/part- time job: The position of Vessel Manager is full time, 35 hours per week.
  • Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it's clear we're a good match, we'll make you an offer - and look forward to welcoming you to the company.

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About the role

July 9, 2026

July 9, 2026

Full time

Hybrid

Company

Wind Energy, Hydropower, Bioenergy

Boskalis

boskalis.com

  •  Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Experience on board offshore vessels or equivalent shore-based experience.

UTC+00:00