Materials Shorebase Coordinator

About the role

The Materials Shorebase Coordinator coordinates materials, customs clearance, freight forwarding and logistics through the shorebase in Paramaribo. The role oversees the receipt, inspection, storage, tracking, staging and dispatch of materials and equipment to offshore installations, vessels, clients and other operational locations, ensuring shipments are safe, accurate, cost-effective and compliant with customs, import/export and dangerous-goods regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate receipt, inspection, storage, staging, movement and dispatch of materials and equipment, and verify them against purchase orders, delivery notes, packing lists and manifests.
• Maintain accurate manifests, loadout lists, cargo documents and inventory records, and assign materials to the correct project, vessel, cost centre or work order.
• Follow up on delayed or urgent items and report damaged, missing or incorrect supplies; coordinate returns, repairs, quarantine and disposal.
• Oversee daily shorebase activities such as vessel loadouts, backloads, deliveries and collections, and liaise with marine coordinators, vessel crews, warehouse staff, crane and forklift operators and transport providers.
• Develop daily material-movement and vessel-loadout plans, confirm that containers, baskets, tanks and lifting equipment are certified, and support safe loading and unloading.
• Take part in operational planning meetings, toolbox talks and shift handovers, and support urgent or emergency offshore logistics when needed.

Required profile

• Associate degree, diploma or technical qualification in logistics, supply chain, materials management, customs administration, business or operations management; a bachelor's degree is an asset.
• At least three years' experience in materials, warehousing, customs, freight forwarding, logistics or shorebase operations; oil and gas, marine, energy or industrial experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience coordinating offshore material movements, vessel loadouts, backloads, customs clearance and international freight is an asset.
• Valid driver's licence may be required.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of inventory and materials-management systems such as SAP, Kabal, Oracle or Maximo.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Outlook and Word.
• Knowledge of customs documentation, import/export procedures, inventory control and warehousing practices.
• Familiarity with dangerous goods, lifting operations and offshore cargo requirements is an asset.

What we offer

• A full-time position with an attractive salary package.
• Training of 12 days per year, including 6 of your choice.
• Weekly sports sessions, team-building events and monthly drinks.
• Covered sports activity and fruit, coffee and snacks provided.