Fleet Performance Specialist

Boost vessel performance, cut emissions, and build your career on a truly global stage! As Fleet Performance Specialist at Ultrabulk, you’ll turn data into real impact on our vessels, working closely with crews and shore teams to solve efficiency challenges and strengthen our commercial results. In this role, you’ll enjoy frequent international travel to vessels in port and a front-row seat to how your insights shape day-to-day operations.

Join our journey and contribute to our success

As Fleet Performance Specialist, you will contribute and be key to Ultrabulk’s ambition to reduce emissions and directly impact the bottom line through improved performance. Part of a small team in our Business Intelligence department, you will sit at the intersection of data and operations, troubleshooting efficiency issues and turning analysis into concrete actions that reduce emissions and drive value.

With more than 50% travel to vessels in port, you will follow up on initiatives, work closely with crews, and see the impact of your solutions first-hand.

Among other interesting tasks you will...

• Monitor and analyse vessel performance and efficiency across the fleet
• Translate shore-based performance findings into actionable initiatives on board
• Support implementation and follow-up of performance-improvement measures, including onboard visits and training
• Troubleshoot efficiency issues onboard in close cooperation with masters, chief engineers and technical teams
• Interpret complex operational and performance data to identify trends, deviations and improvement opportunities
• Bridge the gap between data, operational reality and commercial considerations when recommending actions
• Prepare clear presentations and reports for internal stakeholders on fleet efficiency and impact on emissions and cost

The ideal Fleet Performance Specialist is someone who is/has:

• Background as a naval architect, marine engineer, or similar marine/technical discipline (min. a bachelor’s degree with clear interest in fleet performance)
• 0–3 years of experience within fleet efficiency, vessel performance monitoring, or a closely related maritime/technical field
• Solid understanding of marine systems, vessel operations, and vessel reporting and performance data
• Strong data analysis skills, with the ability to analyse complex data sets, ability to weigh technical, operational and commercial aspects in your recommendations, and draw clear, practical conclusions
• Willingness and ability to travel more than 50% of the time to vessels and offices
• Strong presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to manage conflicting stakeholders and communicate in a diplomatic, balanced manner
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal

Not meeting every single requirement? At Ultrabulk, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't exactly match all the qualifications in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

What you might love about us

Ultrabulk is big enough to matter and small enough for one person to make a visible difference. With more than 30 nationalities across 10 locations, you will step into a genuinely international, informal and social environment: the kind where people enjoy working together, not just working next to each other. In Ultrabulk, we are convinced that an optimal working environment requires an exceptional social atmosphere across all departments. We believe that work should be fun and rewarding on a personal level. Our mission to be ‘a partner you can trust’ shines through in our way of being colleagues by caring for one another and, in unison, do our utmost to reach our goals for the business. We believe that flexibility is fundamental in ensuring a balanced life.

Could you be our next team member?

We would like you to start as soon as possible. For further information about the position, feel free to contact Head of Fleet Efficiency & Decarbonisation, Harshit Tripathi: (+45) 5023 2644 / harshit.tripathi@ultrabulk.com.

Ready to set sail on this exciting journey with us? Please submit your CV and application via the “apply” button as soon as possible. We review applications continuously and interview on an ongoing basis, and we will close the position once we have found the right match. Only applications uploaded digitally will be considered; we do not accept applications sent via e-mail. Your application will be treated with confidentiality, and our reply will be sent to the e‑mail address you registered in our system.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive recruitment experience for all candidates. If you have any specific needs, please let us know how we can assist.