Ship Construction & Equipment Lead

If so, wed love to hear from you!

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the Kings birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to:

1. To contribute to, and where appropriate lead, the negotiation, development, implementation and management of regulation in order to maintain and further develop a safety-focused, consistent and proportionate regulatory framework for merchant ships in the UK, in particular where this relates to policies concerning ship construction and equipment, with a focus on, but not limited to Inland Waterways, SOLAS XIV (Polar Code), SOLAS XII (Bulk Carriers), SOLAS XV (Industrial Personnel), Inland Waterways, Load Line, Tonnage and Stability.
2. To provide a focal point for industry and colleagues on matters regarding UK policies covered by the ship construction and equipment team and maintain a positive and proactive role in liaison with MCA consultant surveyors, relevant Directorates and Branches within the MCA, DfT, and external stakeholders.
3. Participate in discussions and negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the UK representative for your areas of responsibility.
4. Develop and maintain an awareness of the national and international political and regulatory context of the subject area through discussion and liaison with key stakeholders, for example, internal and external government colleagues, industry, Non-Government Organisations, Red Ensign Group, other governments etc. Handling of technical questions, especially those related to policies covered by ship construction and equipment team raised both internally and externally, and provide advice to senior managers in the MCA, DfT, other government departments and Ministers.
5. Act as regulatory lead for relevant international and domestic regulations covered by Technical standards and to assist in other areas as assigned by line manager.
6. Work collaboratively across Technical Standards, MCA, and wider network of stakeholders to support the effective delivery of their own work and the work of the team.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile.Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Due to the technical subject matter, a Degree level education in a STEM based subject, evidence to demonstrate your research ability in a technical discipline or alternatively relevant experience in the marine regulatory or naval architecture environment would be useful.
• Ability to apply scientific and technical knowledge, drawing on your relevant experience.
• Experience of working within the maritime sector.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and proven ability to research and draft high quality documents.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in use of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and emails.

Additional Information

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 35 hours per week.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

Some travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. Therefore, this role is not open to applications from those who require sponsorship candidates must ensure they have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.