Maritime Assurance Lead

Serco Maritime is looking for a Maritime Assurance Lead with strong Health & Safety credentials and hands-on maritime experience. You’ll lead assurance activities across our DMS NG C2 & C4 Offshore/Inshore operations, ensuring compliance with internal and external requirments. This role involves regular travel to vessel locations, where you’ll conduct audits, engage with crews, and promote a proactive safety culture. If you’re passionate about operational safety and enjoy being out in the field, this is your next challenge

Main Accountabilities:

• Maritime assurance / Quality: Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of maritime assurance / quality to ensure compliance with international regulations, industry standards (such as SOLAS, ISM Code, MARPOL), contractual obligations and best practices in maritime operations.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Monitor and audit operational activities to ensure compliance with maritime laws and regulations. Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks, environmental impact, and vessel performance.
• Training & Development: Champion and support delivery of maritime assurance and company training programs for all maritime personnel, ensuring that they are up-to-date with industry regulations and required corporate training.
• Audit & Inspection: Coordinate and conduct internal and external audits of vessels and operations to ensure compliance with safety standards, risk management procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Incident Investigation: Lead investigations into accidents or safety-related incidents, identifying root causes, recommending corrective actions, and ensuring implementation of recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Reporting & Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of audits, inspections, risk assessments, and corrective actions. Prepare and present detailed reports on assurance activities to senior leadership and regulatory bodies.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with vessel crews, technical teams, external stakeholders (such as classification societies, flag state authorities), and regulatory agencies to drive continuous improvement in operational safety and assurance practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on evolving maritime regulations, emerging risks, and technological advancements in the maritime sector. Recommend and implement continuous improvement initiatives to elevate operational safety and assurance standards.
• Ability to support and guid best assurance practice across MOD and commercial regulated (Explosives Management / Diving / Recompression Chambers) standards.

What you’ll need to do the role:

• Able to achieve SC Clearance
• Thorough understanding of UK H&S regulations, COSWP, and Merchant Shipping Notices
• Flexible to travel to other Serco sites when required
• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in maritime operations or safety management, with at least 3-5 years in a senior maritime assurance or leadership role.
• In-depth knowledge of maritime integrated management systems (IMS), risk management practices, and regulatory frameworks (IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM Code).
• Proven experience in leading audits, inspections, and incident investigations in a maritime setting.
• Certified Lead Auditor 

What we offer:

• Competitive salary plus job need company car
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more
• A safe and supportive culture
• Interesting and enjoyable work
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
• Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities

https://careers.serco.com/gb/en/job/304082/Maritime-Assurance-Lead