Job Overview
Salary: £38,000 to £58,000+ (€45,000 to €68,000+) depending on experience and role
Location: UK or Europe
Working arrangement: Hybrid or remote, depending on location, experience and business needs.
Department: Marine Services
Expected Travel: UK & Europe, with occasional international travel
About you (Qualifications)
We’re far more interested in finding the right person than someone who ticks every box. Ideally you’ll have current, practical experience within the design, construction, certification, survey or operation of recreational craft or other small vessels, typically up to 24 metres in length. You may have worked for a boat builder, design office, survey company, certification body, Flag Administration or coding authority. Equally, you may have gained your experience through commercial vessels, marine manufacturing or a related technical environment. Professional registration or chartership is encouraged but not essential. If you’re the right person, we’ll help develop your knowledge of the standards, our systems and our processes. Those qualities that matter most are curiosity, sound judgement, excellent written communication, strong report writing, good organisation, time management and the ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues. We seek practical engineers and surveyors who combine technical judgement with common sense, communicate clearly, and are not afraid to ask questions when uncertain.
The role
Depending on your experience and qualifications, your responsibilities may include:
- Technical assessments against the EU Recreational Craft Directive and equivalent UK regulations
- Factory inspections, sea trials and commissioning visits throughout the UK, Europe and internationally
- Working directly with boat builders, naval architects, designers and manufacturers
- Coordinating our worldwide network of Authorised Inspectors and reviewing their assessment work and contributing to their ongoing development and training
- Design reviews, engineering support and voluntary compliance assessments for products outside the scope of mandatory legislation
- Supporting the continued development, promotion and implementation of our CEproof and Rulefinder compliance software platforms
- Promoting and delivering technical training to clients and the wider marine industry
- Contributing to our collective effort with standards development and industry working groups
No two weeks are ever the same. One day you might be reviewing a novel foiling craft or stability assessment, the next carrying out sea trials, supporting a manufacturer with a new product, developing compliance software or contributing to future industry guidance.
What we offer
- Salary typically £38,000 to £58,000+, €45,000 to €68,000+ depending on experience and the role ultimately created. An exceptional candidate capable of taking on a broader leadership role would be considered outside this range.
- Company profit share scheme
- Employer pension contribution
- Flexible and Hybrid working
- Continuous professional development opportunities and ongoing support from senior leadership
- Opportunities to influence both the future direction of HPiVS and the wider marine industry
Location and working arrangements
Our head office is in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, with additional offices in Ireland and, shortly, Italy. Applicants may be based in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, provided they have the unrestricted right to live, work and travel within both the UK and Europe. During your initial training and induction, we expect you to spend at least three days each week working alongside the team, around client visits and inspections. Building relationships, sharing knowledge and learning from one another is crucial to the success of our business. After that, we’ll agree on a working arrangement that makes sense for both you and the business. If you’re based in an area where you’re regularly supporting clients or projects, it makes little sense to ask you to commute unnecessarily. Our approach is based on trust, common sense and delivering a great service to our clients while working as a team, not presenteeism.
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