Maritime Engineering Technical Superintendent x3

On behalf of The Home Office, we are looking for Maritime Engineering Technical Superintendents x3 (Inside IR35) for 6 month contracts based onsite, requiring 5 days a week at Portchester, Murrills Industrial Estate. Please note these roles may also require occasional overnight stays and ad hoc travel to docks and marine sites; expenses will be paid.

The Home Office covers three systems: Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Borders, and Immigration and Citizenship. These systems work collaboratively to deliver our cross-cutting priorities while providing increasingly efficient and secure services for the public. These are difficult areas that can rapidly change in the global environment we work in, making us one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.

CTC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role; as a minimum, you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks. Due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ), preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

As a Maritime Engineering Technical Superintendent, your main responsibilities will be:

• Provide an overview of vessel operational performance and forward look of vessel maintenance planning, escalating issues to senior managers and presenting solutions.
• Provide technical direction to maintain overall compliance within statutory Class and Flag State rules, rectify defects, and identify fleet-wide performance issues and continuous improvements across all platforms.
• Keep abreast of Regulatory Code changes and evaluate their impact, liaising with operators' superintendents regarding compliance issues as appropriate.
• Act as the single point of contact for all Vessel Managers (Commanders/Chief Engineers/OiCs) across platforms to monitor vessel usage and machinery servicing requirements both planned and unplanned.
• Direct and advise Chief Engineers on appropriate action to take when vessels encounter issues, using expert knowledge to identify likely causes and advise on any investigative work.
• Responsible for maximising vessel availability by managing, monitoring, and advising on vessel usage.
• Liaise with and manage relationships with suppliers, including the delivery of work which meets HO Commercial compliance rules for all planned, unplanned maintenance and defect rectification works across platforms.
• Oversee drafting of technical requirements and specifications for inclusion into contracts of the annual maintenance periods of all platforms.
• Apply technical expertise acquired through experience and training to identify remedies to issues which Chief Engineers on vessels have been unable to solve.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of working in an engineering capacity, with or on maritime vessels (ideally different vessels).
• Strong experience and working knowledge of Class, Flag, IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL, the ISM Code, and ISO requirements.
• Experience of undertaking project management.
• Experience in procurement processes.
• Maritime engineering knowledge of patrol vessels up to 50 m.
• Strong Management and Leadership experience and experience supporting and developing engineering teams.

Qualifications:

• Any marine/maritime engineering qualification, which can include the following: STCW, Certificate of competency, or holds a degree in marine/maritime engineering.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident:

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Home Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process, which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant:

The Home Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process, which may include holding active security clearance.