Deputy Harbour Master

NASH Maritime Ltd; Leiston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Access to mental health first aiders

Comprehensive income protection

Flexible working options

Job summary

A maritime services company in Leiston is looking for a Deputy Harbour Master to manage marine operations at Sizewell C. This role involves overseeing daily activities, ensuring compliance, and engaging with stakeholders for safety and operational efficiency. Candidates should have marine operational experience, strong navigation safety management skills, and a commitment to health and safety practices. This position offers development opportunities to transition into a full Harbour Master role within 2-3 years.

Qualifications

• Experience at Assistant Harbour Master level or equivalent.
• Willingness to work towards UK Harbour Master Certificate.
• Practical vessel operating experience.
• Practical vessel operating experience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A solution-focused approach with proven marine management capability.
• Diploma for Harbour Masters (Lloyd’s Maritime Academy or similar).
• Strong IT proficiency, including MS Office and marine systems.
• A commitment to health, safety and environmental best practice.
• Nice-to-have: UK Harbour Master Certificate (or willingness to work towards).
• Nice-to-have: Oil Spill Response 4P qualification.
• Nice-to-have: IOSH Managing Safely.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations at the harbour.
• Manage marine works applications and maintain navigational safety.
• Deputise for the Harbour Master when necessary.
• Practical vessel operating experience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A solution-focused approach with proven marine management capability.
• Diploma for Harbour Masters (Lloyd’s Maritime Academy or similar).
• Strong IT proficiency, including MS Office and marine systems.
• A commitment to health, safety and environmental best practice.

Skills

Proven marine operational experience

Strong understanding of harbour and port navigation safety management

Stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Strong IT proficiency

Stakeholder engagement

Safety leadership

Harbour master diploma

IT proficiency

HSE best practices

UK Harbour Master cert (nice-to-have)

Oil Spill Response 4P

IOSH Managing Safely

Education

Diploma for Harbour Masters (Lloyd’s Maritime Academy or similar)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced maritime professional ready to take on a pivotal leadership role in one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects? Do you thrive in complex, safety-critical environments where your decisions truly make a difference? Looking for an opportunity to combine your operational expertise with long-term career development towards full Harbour Master responsibilities?

We’re looking for a Deputy Harbour Master to join NASH Maritime, supporting our client Sizewell C Ltd in managing marine operations for the Sizewell C Harbour Authority. This role will see you play a key part in ensuring safe, compliant and efficient marine activity within a nationally important harbour environment.

Working closely with the Sizewell C Harbour Master, you’ll oversee day-to-day operations, manage marine works applications, maintain navigational safety, and engage with contractors, regulators and stakeholders. You’ll also deputise for the Harbour Master, holding delegated powers in respect of navigation safety and harbour operations.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a marine professional looking to grow into a full Harbour Master role within 2–3 years, while contributing to the success of one of the UK’s largest energy infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Proven marine operational experience, ideally at Assistant Harbour Master level or equivalent
• Strong understanding of harbour and port navigation safety management
• Working knowledge of the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code (PMSC)
• Practical vessel operating experience
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• A solution-focused approach with proven marine management capability
• Diploma for Harbour Masters (Lloyd’s Maritime Academy or similar)
• Strong IT proficiency, including MS Office and marine systems
• A commitment to health, safety and environmental best practice

Nice to have

• UK Harbour Master Certificate (or willingness to work towards this)
• Oil Spill Response 4P qualification
• Safety leadership training (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely)

At NASH Maritime, we empower the marine sector to build a safer, more sustainable future. As specialists in shipping, navigation and maritime risk, we combine deep technical expertise with a commitment to innovation and collaboration.

You’ll be based at Sizewell C Offices at Orwell Logistics Park in Ipswich, working closely with both NASH Maritime and Sizewell C teams — gaining experience across operations, risk, safety, and stakeholder management in a dynamic environment.

Join us and help shape a sustainable, accident-free maritime future. For more information go to: https://harbour.sizewellc.com/

You will be offered the chance to work on a variety of projects; many of our employees have worked on projects that have been of personal interest to them. We match this with a commitment to continuous development and learning to support your career. We also offer benefits to look after you, from private medical insurance for all employees, access to mental health first aiders and comprehensive income protection if you cannot work. We also offer superb flexible working options, balancing work with your life.

Next steps

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area – we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

If you think you have what it takes to join our fast-growing business, then please apply immediately on our website. All we need some basic information and your CV, we will review all applications quickly and will respond to all applications.