Marine Assurance Manager

Seapeak; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Seapeak seeks a Marine Assurance Manager in Glasgow to oversee marine operations, ensuring compliance with maritime standards. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as well as experience in managing vetting processes and building relationships with industry stakeholders. Join a leading company committed to operational excellence and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

36 days annual leave

Private health, dental, and travel cover

Annual bonus programme

Up to 9% employer pension contributions

Life assurance equivalent to four times your annual salary

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice electric vehicle car scheme

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Sailing experience on oil or gas tankers to a senior rank.
• Sound knowledge of maritime regulations, industry standards, and HSEQ.
• Comprehensive understanding of vetting processes, including OCIMF SIRE inspections.

Responsibilities

• Support fleet operations teams with daily operations about marine operations.
• Lead management of marine, security, and vetting processes.
• Monitor audit results and drive improvement plans.

Skills

Time Management

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

People Management

Education

Class 2 (unlimited) certificate of competency

Job description

Position: Marine Assurance Manager
Location: Glasgow
Department: Operations
Reports To: Manager, Marine Assurance

Position Summary

The Marine Assurance Manager role includes two main areas of responsibility:

• Supporting fleet operations teams in all aspects of the vessels’ daily operations relating to marine operations.
• Leading management and support functions for all Marine, Security, and Vetting processes.

Responsible for Navigational, Cargo and Mooring, Security, and Vetting standards with authority to implement controls and initiatives to drive and maintain fleet standards.

The role supports the fleet operations and requires active engagement with fleet personnel, ashore and afloat, corresponding customer contacts and industry bodies on an ongoing basis.

The role is customer facing managing direct relationships with vetting and assurance departments of some of the largest oil and gas companies, flag states, and other key industry bodies and demands strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to represent and manage the interests of the owners in both remote and face-to-face environments, at all times promoting the company brand, image, culture, and values.

Major Responsibilities

• Treat health, safety and environmentalcompliance as top priority.
• Act as Company Security Officer (CSO / DCSO) where appointed.
• Build and maintain the company’s Standards with all parties. Display and always promote company values and leadership behaviours.
• Establish and maintain constructive professional relationships with customer and oil major vetting and assurance teams, and flag states acting as the focal point for the company and attend key meetings and conferences as required.
• Act as a member of the emergency response team as marine subject matter expert.
• Work closely with fleet teams as the focal point for navigation, cargo, mooring, and safety aspects as well as providing support with all marine issues.
• Oversee STS operations, liaise with all parties, and attend STS operations where required.
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of time charter party requirements.
• Lead marine related tasks within the team including support during TMSA, internal/external audits, and inspections.
• Manage the process of navigation, cargo & ballast, mooring and bunker audits and undertake necessary analysis/trending to proactively identify and communicate areas of risk/leading indicators with fleet operations.
• Monitor and analyse audit and inspection results; develop, implement and lead plans/campaigns to drive improvement and operational excellence.
• Participate in, develop, deliver, and support training including for the Training Centre where required or requested.
• Perform MTMSAs, compatibility assessments, Due Diligence and Safe Port Assessments.
• Lead incident investigations for navigation, cargo & mooring incidents, and support HSEQ as required. Liaise with key stakeholders for follow up and close out of inspection reports in a timely manner.
• Visit vessels to provide guidance, instruction, and clarity to ship staff as appropriate.
• Management of the vetting process and classification of all vetting observations, trending/analysis and focus areas.
• Provide any other operational marine support as required.

People

• Work closely with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure operations are effectively and efficiently conducted in order to promote operational excellence.

Finance

• Demonstrate and drive cost leadership in marine projects and annual budgets.

Customer

• Respond effectively to customers on all marine and terminal compatibility matters to ensure consistent delivery of first-class service.
• Meet with customers to build professional relationships and promote company interests.

Requirements (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Sailing experience (preferably on oil or gas tankers) to a senior rank; minimum class 2 (unlimited) certificate of competency.
• Sound knowledge in international maritime regulations, industry standards, and HSEQ.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise critical work; work quickly and in high-pressure environments.
• Comprehensive understanding and experience in vetting including OCIMF SIRE inspection process, and other relevant industry processes, software, applications, and web pages.
• Adapt people-management, analytical, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to respond effectively to customers and to represent the company in external meetings/forums.
• Demonstrates teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Develop and promote continuous improvement initiatives and strategies.
• Experience and competence in completing marine investigations.

Benefits Package

• Hybrid working.Although you are welcome to work in our Finnieston office full time, you are able to work from home up to 2 days per week, after successfullycompleting the probationary period.
• 36 days’ annual leave inclusive of public holidays, raising to 41 with continued service.
• Private health, dental, and travel cover.
• Annual bonus programme.
• Additional annual bonus used to promote employee wellbeing.
• Up to 9% employer pension contributions.
• Life assurance equivalent to four times your annual salary.
• Enhanced family friendly and company sick leave/pay.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan scheme.
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle car scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Up to 3 additional days’ leave to promote Seapeak’s commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) – use these days for things such as volunteer work or to celebrate a significant life event or a religious/cultural holiday.

About Seapeak

Seapeak is one of the world’s largest independent owner-operators, with ownership interests in over 90 LNG, LPG, Ethane and multigas carriers, and an LNG regasification terminal. With investment from our sponsor, leading alternative investment firm, Stonepeak, there has been a positive repositioning for our company with focus on growth-based commercial diversification. Delivering on our goals to expand our fleet and diversify our portfolio, Seapeak has most recently acquired Evergas for $700 million, which primarily focuses its operations on the shipment of ethane – an even greener global fuel source.

Our business is important – we are powering the day-to-day lives of so many – and we are looking to build our Team to support our growth through acquisition and newbuild orders.

At Seapeak, we are committed to building successful careers and future leaders. Join us! For the chance to be empowered, to make decisions and be part of a supportive, high-achieving Team.

We set the standard for industry. We are solution driven, accountable for results and measured by success.

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