Marine Consultant

Job Title: Marine Consultant

Location: Aberdeen

Package: Competitive + car allowance + excellent benefits and rewards package including enhanced maternity/ paternity and sick pay

About Us

Established in 2010, Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore Ltd (BVS UK). has a large offshore operator and marine contractor client base. BVS provides high quality services in Dynamic Positioning Assurance & Consulting, Engineering Assurance & Consulting, Marine Warranty, Marine Assurance & Consulting and Project Assurance & Consulting. In 2016, BVS was acquired by Bureau Veritas, reaffirming our company’s ambition to strengthen our North Sea presence and to offer a wider service portfolio to the market.

About the Role

Joining our Marine Assurance team, this role will deliver marine consultancy services, acting as a technical expert as a consultant in an ad-hoc capacity or as part of a project specific role, preparing quotations and proposals, undertaking marine assurance surveys and document reviews and preparing technical documentation. The role is suitable for an inexperienced candidate, who would be trained on the job, before eventually transitioning to a more Client focused role having completed a suitable number of surveys/ inspections.

This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate who is looking to join a fast-growing global organisation. The selected candidate, alongside the administrative role, will be offered the opportunity to develop new skills and be formally trained to potentially become a future Senior Marine Consultant.

Candidate Specification:

• Based locally or within reasonable travelling distance (<4hrs) of the North East of Scotland.
• Formal OOW Deck (II/3 or II/1), OOWE Engine (III/1) qualification and/or Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering Degree (Meng/BEng) qualification preferred.
• Proficient in Office 365 applications. Professional level use of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint essential.
• Good oral and written communication skills essential.
• Good numeracy, customer care and keyboard skills essential.
• Experience of working in an office environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of administrative procedures.
• The candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
• IRCA approved internal auditor qualifications (ISO9001/14001) an advantage.
• Experience in marine, oil & gas and/or renewable energy sectors an advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Marine survey and document review within the areas of expertise
• To attend client office / site / offshore on client’s behalf to conduct surveys / inspection work in order to produce reports or augment desktop analysis
• Preparation and assistance in the preparation of proposals, bids and tenders
• Participation in an on call rota to cover out of hours Client requirements
• Willingness to complete out of hours inspections between 22.00hrs-07.00hrs during the week and at weekends (when on call) also an advantage.

Benefits include:

We offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

Core benefits include:

• Private medical
• Life assurance
• Professional membership subscription
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme and up to
• 2x paid volunteering days a year

Flexible benefits include:

• Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme
• Cycle to Work
• Tech scheme
• Travel insurance
• Dental insurance
• Gym and retail discounts
• option to buy and sell holiday
• Give As You Earn scheme