Marine · Offshore · Technical coordination
Connecting people, engineering and project information to support vessel conversions, offshore works and demanding operational programmes.
FROM DESIGN TO ACCEPTANCEOur expertise
Marine and offshore projects depend on more than a sound design. They need clear responsibilities, coordinated teams and reliable evidence of completion.
JTEK brings a practical coordination approach shaped by rig docking, structural and machinery retrofits, operational systems and complex stakeholder assignments. We connect specialist input with the information needed to act.
Docking supervision, retrofit coordination and multidisciplinary interfaces.
Owner-side design review, selective inspection and milestone evidence, drawing on a multidisciplinary specialist network.
Workflows, reporting and usable project information that help teams stay aligned.
Vessel conversion assurance
Independent technical assurance shaped by shipowning, fleet management and conversion experience, structured around three owner decision points.
Coordinate specialist review against the agreed design basis, technical specification, classification requirements and applicable standards. Track comments and unresolved interfaces through defined acceptance gateways.
Plan selective, risk-based shipyard inspections. Review inspection and test plans, witness critical activities and check the evidence supporting non-conformance close-out.
Review technical completion evidence against agreed contractual milestone criteria. Provide acceptance recommendations, or certificates where expressly authorised, to support the owner's payment decisions.
Defined scope. Clear authority. Specialist appointments and certification authority are agreed for each engagement. Independent assurance complements the contractor's QA/QC and classification society functions. Offshore installation, hook-up and commissioning oversight can be scoped separately.
About JTEK Infra
JTEK Infra brings together marine operations, technical services and project coordination. Led by Taronish Khajotia, we draw on deep professional connections with specialist collaborators to assemble the expertise each assignment needs.
Marine operations · Project leadership · Specialist collaboration
Taronish brings more than 24 years of experience across marine and offshore services, oil and gas, construction and international infrastructure. His work combines executive responsibility for operating businesses with hands-on coordination of technical teams, commercial priorities and complex delivery challenges.
As co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of OMCI Shipmanagement, he led a marine services business spanning ship management, offshore support and rig-related assignments, with responsibility for a workforce of 50 employees and more than 650 contract seafarers. He subsequently founded Kolt Oilfield Services, developing subsea maintenance teams, jack-up rig crewing and simulator-based crane training.
Through JTEK Infra, established in 2015, Taronish has continued to support operational improvement, project recovery and strategic partnerships in Mumbai and London. His wider work includes construction operations and turnaround assignments at Brompton Cross Construction and international partnerships in financial services. This breadth brings a commercial and organisational perspective to technically demanding projects.
For marine conversion assignments, his role is to align the owner, specialist reviewers, shipyard and project stakeholders around a clear scope, timely decisions and documented evidence. Long-standing industry relationships allow him to bring experienced practitioners into the team across marine engineering, naval architecture, conversion design and shipyard assurance.
His education includes a Bachelor of Science & Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a postgraduate diploma in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Relevant experience
Experience across Taronish’s leadership roles and JTEK assignments, supported by the distinct specialist credentials described below.
Earlier leadership experience underpins JTEK’s approach; specialist collaborators bring additional conversion, engineering and shipyard credentials.
The assignmentLate-stage takeover of dry-dock supervision at a remote location, including vendor and materials logistics and job planning.
The approachEstablished workflows for rapid hiring and training, updated procedures and coordinated daily reporting across more than 50 departments and 1,000 people.
The assignmentMeasurement, analysis and design coordination for structures and machinery refits across ageing semi-submersible rigs.
The approachBrought together rig personnel, managers and designers to compare alternatives and select a design against time and cost constraints.
The assignmentDevelop a system for rig department heads to coordinate daily activities and simultaneous operations.
The approachCollated procedures, machinery locations, work permissions and job status, then cross-indexed the information to allocate appropriate user permissions.
The assignmentLed and coordinated operational, commercial, litigation and financial teams, prioritising activities as circumstances changed.
The approachIntegrated scheduling, invoicing, payments, payroll and project-management tools to support coordinated action.
The assignmentsSupported lifting consultancy for a six-building site following repeated accidents, and coordinated a high-specification crane simulation facility.
The approachSourced domain specialists, simulation providers and an OPITO-certified instructor; prepared detailed scenarios, training and assessor orientation.
OMCI Shipmanagement · 2011–2014As co-owner and CEO, Taronish led ship-management and marine-services operations and expanded the business into offshore support and rig-related work.
Relevant experienceExecutive oversight of 50 employees and more than 650 contract seafarers, commercial and operational coordination, stakeholder negotiations and business continuity in demanding circumstances.
Kolt Oilfield Services · 2014–2015Taronish founded the business to provide specialist personnel and training for offshore oil and gas operations, including subsea maintenance support and crews for two jack-up rigs.
Relevant experienceAssembled teams supporting blowout preventers on midwater and deep-water rigs, developed an API-compliant simulator-based crane training programme and coordinated specialist vendor relationships.
The portfolio includes JTEK assignments and clearly labelled earlier leadership roles. Conversion and shipyard credentials of specialist collaborators are described in the following sections.
Our specialist collaborators
Our network connects senior marine professionals with specialist engineering, survey and operational companies. Collaborating firms bring leadership with more than 30 years of experience in their respective fields. We bring these complementary disciplines together around one coordinated technical recommendation for the owner.
Senior collaborators include a Master Mariner with approximately 45 years across VLCCs, FSO/FPSO projects and offshore operations, including management of a tanker-to-FSO conversion at Dung Quat. A marine engineering advisor adds more than 20 years in gas fleet technical management, VLCC-to-FSO conversion supervision and Chinese shipyards.
Naval architects and structural engineers cover stability, vessel design, conversion feasibility, technical due diligence, hull strength, buckling, fatigue and steel renewal. Experience includes marine warranty work, class submissions, mooring foundations and remote structural support for major Chinese yards.
Engineering collaborators bring FSO/FPSO, MODU-to-MOPU and LNG-to-FSU conversion experience. Disciplines span cargo and ballast systems, utilities, HVAC, electrical power, controls and commissioning. Senior electrical experience includes more than 300 retrofit projects and electrical class submissions.
Site specialists bring tanker conversion, FPSO QA/QC, newbuilding and owner-representation experience, including work at Drydocks World Dubai, Xinya Zhoushan and Tuas. Inspection capability includes thickness gauging, welding QA/QC and NDT, with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT Level II credentials within the network.
Coatings expertise includes a FROSIO Level III and AMPP Senior Certified Coatings Inspector with 15 years across offshore, marine and industrial projects. Support covers surface preparation, environmental conditions, coating thickness, adhesion, holiday and salt testing, and inspection close-out records.
Specialist companies contribute spread-mooring analysis, FMEA support and review of anchor, riser, pipeline and cargo-transfer interfaces. Operational expertise spans tanker fleet management, SPM terminal support and offshore marine operations, with transportation, installation and commissioning support available under a separate scope.
These credentials describe our collaborating professionals and companies. Teams are selected for each assignment, subject to availability, conflict checks and formal appointment. Project-specific responsibilities and acceptance authority are agreed before mobilisation.
International shipyard relationships
Our leadership and specialist network bring established working relationships and project experience across international shipyards. This helps us coordinate technical queries, understand production constraints and maintain a clear interface between owner, engineering team, yard and class.
That experience spans newbuilding supervision from offshore support vessels to Suezmax tankers, dry-docking, upgrades and conversion work. Physical shipyard attendance and remote engineering support are identified separately in the experience shown here.
Shipyard references describe leadership or collaborator experience. They do not imply formal affiliation, endorsement or an exclusive arrangement with any yard.
| China | Guangzhou; Xinya ZhoushanNewbuilding supervision, conversion and inspection experienceYiu Lian Shekou; COSCO Zhoushan; NASCO ZhoushanRemote structural engineering support |
|---|---|
| Vietnam | Dung Quat ShipyardSenior tanker-to-FSO conversion leadership |
| UAE | Drydocks World DubaiFPSO conversion and QA/QC experience |
| Singapore | Sembcorp; Tuas shipyard assignmentsConversion engineering, production support and inspection |
| India | PipavavDry-docking, modifications, upgrades and technical oversight |
| South Korea | GeojeNewbuilding and yard-supervision experience |
The JTEK approach
Our founding principle remains simple: useful knowledge often already exists within an organisation. The task is to find it, organise it and put it to work.
Bring diverse teams around a shared agenda, clear responsibilities and agreed measures of progress.
Use a lean, iterative approach. Select tools around the work and the result the team needs.
Organise records, decisions and technical evidence so the right people can find and use them.
Establish what happens first, who owns the next step and how completion will be measured.
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Discuss your asset, the stage of the project and the decisions ahead. We'll use that context to define the coordination or assurance support required.
Taronish Khajotia
Managing Director
taronish@jtekinfra.com ↗UK: +44 7426 440785India: +91 98210 52812Discuss your project