Marine Compliance Manager

Peel Ports Group; Sheerness; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension (up to 10%)

Flexible benefits including salary-sac

Learning and personal development

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Peel Ports Group is seeking an experienced Marine Compliance Manager to support Medway marine operations, ensuring compliance with statutory duties and promoting a strong safety culture across the business.

You will lead compliance, assurance and governance activities, maintain the Marine Safety Management System, oversee audits and incident management, and drive continuous improvement with operational teams to achieve high standards of safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in marine compliance, safety management, auditing, assurance, or risk management.
• Strong understanding of the Port Marine Safety Code and harbour authority responsibilities.
• Ability to analyse information, identify root causes, and recommend practical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead marine compliance, assurance and governance across Medway operations.
• Ensure adherence to harbour duties, pilotage obligations, marine safety legislation and the Port Marine Safety Code.
• Maintain and improve the Marine Safety Management System.
• Oversee audits and compliance programmes, risk assessment and incident management.
• Provide practical compliance guidance and drive continuous improvement with operational teams.
• Promote safety culture, accountability and operational excellence.

Skills

Marine compliance

Safety management

Auditing

Assurance

Risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

Are you an experienced compliance professional with a passion for marine safety and governance? We are seeking a Marine Compliance Manager to support Medway marine operations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, driving continuous improvement, and promoting a strong safety culture across the business.

Your Role

In this role, you will lead marine compliance, assurance and governance activities across Medway operations, ensuring adherence to statutory harbour authority duties, pilotage obligations, marine safety legislation and the Port Marine Safety Code. You will maintain and continuously improve the Marine Safety Management System, oversee audits and compliance programmes, support risk assessment and incident management processes, and ensure licensing, training and competence records remain accurate and up to date. Working closely with marine leadership and operational teams, you will provide practical compliance guidance, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and promote a strong culture of safety, accountability and operational excellence.

What you’ll bring

You will bring experience in marine compliance, safety management, auditing, assurance, or risk management within a port, harbour, maritime, logistics, or similarly regulated environment. With a strong understanding of the Port Marine Safety Code, marine safety management systems, and harbour authority responsibilities, you will be confident in reviewing risk assessments, incident reports, audit findings, corrective actions, and compliance records to support effective governance and continuous improvement. Your ability to analyse information, identify trends and root causes, and recommend practical, proportionate solutions will ensure high standards of compliance and operational safety. Combined with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, you will be able to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear guidance, build effective working relationships, and work collaboratively with operational teams, regulators, auditors, and external partners to deliver positive outcomes. You will also bring strong organisational skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and a commitment to maintaining professional standards while managing competing priorities and confidential information.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonising our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required