Your responsibilities As Senior Operations Manager at SAL Heavy Lift, you will play a vital role in ensuring the professional, cost-efficient and reliable execution of our vessel operations. From port calls to voyage monitoring, documentation, and close coordination with partners worldwide – you will accompany our heavy-lift fleet throughout its journeys and help maintain the high standards of SAL Heavy Lift. To ensure professional, cost efficient and reliable execution of vessel voyages under simultaneous verification of all agreed terms and conditions Arrange port calls in good manner Vessel performance monitoring Voyage / Port relevant documentation i.e. bills of lading Laytime calculation Invoicing as per charter party terms and conditions Port agency management / area management including possibility of traveling Active communication with other departments, overseas offices and external parties Your profile Completed education in commercial sea transportation Professional experience, ideally in the heavy-lift or breakbulk industry Strong teamwork skills; thrive in a diverse and multicultural environment Open-minded, proactive and enthusiastic personality High level of personal integrity and responsibility Service-oriented, structured, and responsive working style Strong organisational and communication skills Self-motivated, goal-oriented and dedicated to excellence Knowledge of C/P terms and conditions and their execution Fluent in English and German, spoken and written You don’t meet all the requirements but are ready to take responsibility and make an impact? We’d still love to hear from you. We offer A varied job in our Operations Team, a multifaceted daily work schedule and possibility to partly work from home Perspective of long-term career in an international shipping company Salary package according to qualifications (incl. company pension scheme and travel allowance for daily commute) 30 days of vacation plus an extra day off on your birthday Subsidised lunch in the bistro Fitness programme (EGYM Wellpass) Training courses and career planning Vibrant company culture and social events Would you like to be part of a company that truly moves big things? Then apply now and bring your strengths to the Harren Group. SAL Heavy Lift, a part of the Harren Group and a member of the JSI Alliance, is one of the world’s leading carriers specialised in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo. The JSI Alliance is owning and operating a versatile fleet of 65 advanced project cargo vessels with a lifting capacity of up to 3,000 t SWL. Our guiding principle is: If there is water, there is a way. Making the impossible possible, always finding a solution, going all the way. To strengthen the Operations Team in our Hamburg and/or Bremen office, we are looking for a Senior Operations Manager (m/f/d) starting on 01 January 2026. About us Founded in Bremen in 1989, the Harren Group focuses on the entire value chain around the vessel. The Group spans five operational divisions – Chartering, Engineering, Logistics, Ship Management and Renewable Energies. Harren is committed to carbon-neutral shipping and is working to convert the entire fleet. The goal is zero-emission shipping across the Group by 2035. The fleet under management currently consists of 65 units all key vessel types. The family-owned company operates 25 offices in 23 countries around the world, employing around 465 people ashore and more than 2,000 crew members on board its ships.