Maritime Safety Learning Lead

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AXA Health

Life Assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Discounted holidays and cruises

Boost Benefits scheme

Job summary

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in Ipswich seeks a Safety Learning Lead to strengthen organisational learning from incidents, audits, exercises, observations and operational experience across the fleet.

You will own the operation of the Safety Management System and provide SME support in incident investigation, human factors, learning systems and safety culture. This permanent, full-time role (35 hours/week, Mon–Fri) requires travel, strong analytical skills and the ability to drive learning across

Qualifications

• Senior maritime operational, safety or compliance management experience.
• Experience leading or supporting complex incident investigations.
• Experience developing and implementing organisational learning initiatives.
• Experience analysing safety performance data and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Strong knowledge of the ISM Code and Safety Management Systems.
• Knowledge of human factors and Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.
• Root cause analysis and investigation methodologies.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
• Ability to identify trends, emerging risks and organisational learning opportunities.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or support investigations into high level marine, occupational safety, environmental and security incidents.
• Review investigation reports for quality, consistency and effectiveness.
• Apply root cause, human factors and HOP principles.
• Facilitate learning reviews and post-incident workshops.
• Monitor completion of corrective and preventive actions and their effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain the safety learning framework.
• Identify trends from accidents, incidents, near misses, audits, inspections and observations.
• Own safety communications, including bulletins, alerts, best-practice notices and learning summaries.
• Deliver safety campaigns focused on key risks, positive behaviours and emerging hazards.
• Lead initiatives that support a fair, open and learning-focused safety culture.

Skills

Senior maritime ops

Incident investigations

Learning initiatives

Safety data analysis

ISM Code knowledge

HOP principles

Root cause analysis

Presentation & facilitation

Job description

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in Ipswich seeks a Safety Learning Lead to strengthen organisational learning from incidents, audits, exercises, observations and operational experience across the fleet.

You will own the operation of the Safety Management System and provide SME support in incident investigation, human factors, learning systems and safety culture. This permanent, full-time role (35 hours/week, Mon–Fri) requires travel, strong analytical skills and the ability to drive learning across