Description
Role: Marine Engineer
Location: Portsmouth (other travel required – expenses paid)
IR35: Inside
Rate: £400/day MAX (Umbrella)
Duration: 194 working days (starting Jan 25)
Security Clearance: SC/DV (Will consider lapsed)
Responsibilities to include:
• Engineering Technical Superintendent for designated vessels.
• Arrange, facilitate and oversee maintenance and recertification periods, including visiting shipyards during maintenance periods to oversee quality of workmanship, completion of all contracted works and acceptance as required. This may involve periods working away from the home station.
• Maintain the material aspects and operational availability of the vessels in your charge to meet the requirements of the Maritime Control Centre.
• Ensure the vessels remain certified to all legislative requirements, including MCA Load Line certification or Workboat Code (Class 2).
• Liaise with the Border Force Maritime finance team and Home Office Commercial Directorate to ensure all related expenditure is compliant.
• Audit contract invoices against agreed and completed works before forward processing to the Vessel Management Senior Officer.
• Arrange and oversee all in year reactive maintenance and damage repairs.
• Liaise with the Maritime Control Centre regarding scheduling of all work on your vessels that may impacts on their operational availability.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring support to CPV crews on matters of an engineering nature.
• Identify engineering stores required for the CPV fleet to satisfy MB59 requests.
• Evaluate defect reports and take appropriate action.
• Undertake material assurance visits if required on an opportunity basis.
• Monitor vessel usage and machinery servicing requirements.
• Arrange storage for vessels surplus to operational requirement.
Essential skills and experience:
• Experience with setting up detailed requirements for work packages.
• Experience in managing major projects.
• Experience in financial control of suppliers.
• Experience in working in a close team sharing projects.
• Experience working with partners and stakeholders in the marine ship repair and maintenance industry.
Essential qualifications:
• STCW Engineering OOW or Deck OOW to STCW lll/2 or higher or equivalent i.e. HND Marine Engineering.
• Up to date STCW Safety Certification or equivalent.
• Full UK manual driving licence.
Desirable skills and experience:
• Have relevant maritime background and experience e.g. has worked in Maritime Command and aboard Border Force vessels or other related maritime operationally focused services.
• An understanding of the work of Border Force and the wider Home Office or similar organisations.
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT 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.
Armed Forces Covenant
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all 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 of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181