Principal Marine Surveyor - Stability

Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems? Do you have experience of stability assessment or plan approval? Have you worked in a maritime or regulatory environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) plays a vital role in delivering the UK Government’s maritime safety policies, helping to protect lives, ships, and the marine environment. The Statutory Services Delivery Team (SSDT), part of the UK Technical Maritime Services Directorate (UKTMS), supports the Government’s Maritime Strategy for “Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas.” Through surveys, inspections, approvals and certification activities, the team helps ensure high standards of maritime safety and environmental protection.

Working within the Survey and Inspection Network, you will join a team of experienced surveyors and business support professionals committed to delivering a high‑quality service to customers and stakeholders across the maritime industry. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 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 and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work‑life balance.

As Principal Marine Surveyor - Stability, you will lead and coordinate stability approval activities across the Survey and Inspection Network, acting as the key expert for stability matters. You will work closely with surveyors and business support teams to deliver a consistent, efficient service, drive continuous improvement, and ensure stability processes and procedures remain effective, up to date, and aligned to MCA business objectives.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Undertake stability approval tasks and plan approval tasks, for the most complex cases, to ensure compliance with UK and international requirements.
• Oversee the coordination of stability approval activities across the Survey and Inspection Network.
• Act as subject matter expert (SME) for stability matters across UKTMS, providing authoritative technical advice.
• Line manage designated surveyors, including conducting Performance Management Reviews (PMRs), objective setting, and development planning.
• Mentor, coach and provide training to surveyors to maintain capability, competence, and performance in line with MCA’s Technical Training framework.
• Develop, review, and update technical standards, policies, and procedures based on operational experience and industry feedback.
• Share best practice across SSDT and UKTMS.
• Maintain and assure the effectiveness of tools, guidance, and methodologies used in stability approval tasks.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

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.

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