Trainee Crewing and Travel Manager

Total Recruitment Group is working with an exciting client who is looking for a Trainee Crewing & Travel Manager to join their growing operations team.

This is a varied and rewarding position where you will coordinate the mobilisation of crew members working across a fleet of specialist work boats and vessels throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide destinations.

If you enjoy organising people, solving problems and working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same, this could be the perfect opportunity.
You will build trusted relationships with crew members, acting as a key point of contact throughout their assignments. Providing day to day support, listen with empathy and help to resolve concerns where possible.

Experience within travel coordination, logistics, airline operations or administration would be highly desirable, however, attitude over industry experience will be considered. Training for the role will be provided, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within marine operations.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll play a key role in ensuring our vessels are fully crewed and our personnel arrive safely and on time.

Your responsibilities will include:
Recruiting and coordinating crew members
Monitoring crew availability and identifying staffing gaps
Coordinating crew changes and vessel mobilisation
Liaising with recruitment agencies and external partners
Communicating daily with crew members, clients and operational teams
Responding quickly to changing operational priorities
Organising door to door domestic and international travel
Booking flights, accommodation and transport
Managing accurate travel compliance records for passports and visa documentation
Arranging PPE and on-boarding requirements
Updating information on our in-house crewing system

Our client is looking for someone who can demonstrate the following:

Friendly and approachable with a positive outlook. Someone who brings energy, enthusiasm and a genuine willingness to learn.
An excellent communicator, comfortable speaking with people from all backgrounds.
Highly organised, able to work at a fast pace, whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
Proactive and works collaboratively, with some level of autonomy
Calm under pressure when managing changing multiple priorities
A confident problem solver
Someone who takes ownership of their work
Confident in using IT systems and learning new software.
General travel knowledge.

Why Join our clients team?

Interesting and varied workload, no two days are the same
Opportunity to travel occasionally within the UK, Europe and Worldwide
Supportive, friendly team environment
Long-term career within a specialist and growing industry
Genuine career progression
Salary progression as your experience develops
Structured Training provided

Total Recruitment Group acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.