Technical Manager - Marine Equipment Verification

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Technical Manager - Marine Equipment Verification

Location: - [Athens, Greece; (Sofia/ Varna), Bulgaria; Madrid, Spain; (Liverpool/ Glasgow/ Newcastle/ Bristol), UK; Trieste, Italy; Gdansk, Poland; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (Mumbai/ Chennai), India; Hamburg, Germany

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking a key member for our governance and compliance team to ensure we provide a compliant service for the EU MED, UK MER, and similar equipment schemes. In this role, you will ensure that we meet our responsibilities as an accredited organization through efficient and effective service delivery.

This position offers a unique opportunity to enhance your expertise and grow into a world-leading technical authority in the field. You will act as the ultimate Technical Authority for the Schemes, offering guidance to colleagues and clients alike. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with our delivery, IT, and product development teams to ensure we have the best tools and processes in place to deliver value to both our clients and the organization.

Additionally, you will represent LR at senior levels across the industry, engaging with working groups, conferences, and regulatory bodies.

What We Offer You

• Competitive Salary
• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programmes.
  
  

 

The role

• Serve as the ultimate decision-maker for scheme certification, acting as the Technical Subject Matter Expert and escalation point for technical issues.
• Define and establish methods of delegation and technical competency requirements relevant to the scheme, delegating technical authority to service delivery personnel as needed for specific activities.
• Provide technical management of effective assurance processes, ensuring compliance with scheme requirements while maintaining efficient and consistent service delivery.
• Oversee and govern certification processes, including:
• Supporting internal and external audits and reviews.
• Managing the identification and elimination of conflicts of interest.
• Monitoring the quality and integrity of work performed under authorizations.
• Ensure the effectiveness of verification scheme procedures, tools, and processes by:
• Developing certification activities and requirements.
• Reviewing and evaluating the scheme’s overall effectiveness.
• Monitoring and communicating changes to certification schemes, both internal and external.
• Developing training requirements and overseeing the technical content of training materials.
• Represent LR externally to accreditation committees and industry associations, incorporating input from regulatory affairs regarding future legislation and ensuring updates to existing processes and tools.
• Commit to Continuous Professional Development, maintaining a high level of knowledge and discipline in relevant areas.
• Conduct all activities in accordance with internal procedures, accreditation schemes, legislation, and industry standards.
  
  

What You Bring

• A degree (or equivalent qualification) from a recognized tertiary institution in naval architecture, engineering, or physical science (minimum two-year program), or qualifications from a marine or nautical institution with relevant sea-going experience.
• In-depth knowledge of marine propulsion systems, including diesel engines, turbines, and electrical power generation.
• Extensive experience and expertise in regulations, standards, surveys, and assurance methods related to Marine Equipment certification and compliance.
• Proven knowledge and experience in adhering to EU and UK marine equipment regulations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences effectively.
• Membership in a relevant professional institution.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status.
  
  

About Us

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

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Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place.

Want to apply.

Here at Lloyd’s Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It’s ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works - the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don’t just talk about our differences, we celebrate them!

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you.

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy.

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd’s Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.
  
  

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