Maritime Manager - Warrington in Norbury

Maritime Manager - Warrington

Maritime Manager

Location : Warrington

Reporting to : Head of Ship Management

About the role

The Maritime Manager provides senior leadership and operational oversight for the safe, compliant, and efficient maritime transport of nuclear materials across the NTS and PNTL frameworks.

As the operational lead for maritime activity, you will oversee fleet operations, strengthen and maintain the NTS Maritime Assurance Framework, and ensure that vessels, facilities, and contracted partners meet all regulatory, industry, and owner requirements.

This role requires a credible maritime professional who can operate confidently with internal and external stakeholdersincluding those with limited maritime or nuclear transport expertisewhile driving high standards of safety, assurance, and operational excellence.

What youll be doing

• Acting as deputy to the Head of Ship Management when required

• Owning and leading the maritime framework, ensuring operational standards, Owners Instructions, and assurance arrangements remain fit for purpose

• Providing daytoday operational oversight of the PNTL Ship Management contract

• Assuring that the ship manager maintains a safe, secure, and reliable operating regime and holds all required licences

• Acting as operational SME for all marine activities, including new builds and vessel design development

• Supporting tender processes for vessel technical management and nextgeneration nuclear carriers

• Providing operational assurance and oversight during new vessel builds

• Offering operational input to commercial and transport teams to optimise shipping interfaces and customer value

• Leading the environmental and sustainability plan within Ship Management

• Overseeing the ship managers identification and management of operational risks and mitigation plans

• Reviewing and monitoring the annual plan and budget for ship management activities

• Ensuring vessel physical protection arrangements align with approved security plans

• Sponsoring and governing key projects impacting PNTL operations

• Promoting NTS guiding culture principles of Freedom, Helpfulness and Drive
  

Training & development

• Opportunities for continued professional development in maritime assurance, nuclear transport, and leadership

• Support for relevant maritime and management qualifications

• Exposure to international stakeholders and complex operational environments
  

Who were looking for

Experience

• Senior maritime operational leadership within a highly regulated, safetycritical environment

• Experience leading and developing professional teams

• Proven track record in operational excellence and cultural change

• Experience overseeing compliance, assurance, and risk management

• Strong commercial and contract management experience

• Financial management of complex budgets

• Experience working with ship managers, regulators, and international partners

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of maritime operations, standards, and industry practices

• Knowledge of health, safety, security, environmental, and quality management systems

• Familiarity with marine regulatory frameworks and nuclear transport security requirements

• Understanding of shipterminal interfaces and maritime assurance frameworks (OCIMF SIRE, MTMSA, TMSA, audit programmes)

• Strategic awareness of fleet development, vessel design, and operational optimisation

Skills & behaviours

• Excellent leadership and teambuilding capability

• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and decisionmaking skills

• Ability to influence at all levels and build strong stakeholder relationships

• Highquality communication skills, both written and verbal

• Commercial awareness and strategic thinking

• Ability to operate independently and collaboratively

• Commitment to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement

• Embodies NTS cultural principles:

  • Freedom enabling people to perform

  • Helpfulness supporting colleagues and customers

  • Drive demonstrating confidence, curiosity, and innovation

Why NTS?

At NTS, our people are trusted to perform, supported to grow and encouraged to be curious and innovative. We create an environment where youre given thefreedom to do your job well, thesupport of a strong team, and the opportunity to help shape the future of safe and reliable rail operations.

The Kind of People Were Looking For

Were interested inwho you are, not just whats on your CV.

Youre likely to thrive at NTS if you:

• Takeownershipof your work and enjoy being trusted to deliver

• Arecollaborative, approachable and naturally supportive of others

• Care aboutdoing the right thing, in the right way

• Arecurious and motivatedto learn, improve and grow

• Communicate openly and act withintegrity and respect

• Are comfortable working in apurposedriven, safetycritical environment

You dont need to tick every box on day one we value potential, attitude and alignment with our culture just as much as experience.

Benefits

• 30 Days holidays plus 8 bank holidays

• Buy / Sell annual leave

• Health shield

• Nuclear Pension scheme

• Hybrid working

• Family friendly

The company

Wearethe leading global provider of safe,secureand reliable nuclear transport solutionsthatmake the world safer and more sustainable.As part of the UKs Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, we support the largest environmental restoration programme in Europe, and we use our specialist transport and logistics expertise to help customers and partners around the world solve their own complex challenges.