Naval Ships Surveyor

RINA is currently recruiting for a Naval Ships Surveyor  to join its office in La Spezia, Italywithin the  Marine Special Ships Excellence Centre  Division.


Mission


A surveyor in a classification society plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety, compliance, and quality of ships and marine assets. The main responsibilities are aimed at verifying that vessels meet international and classification society standards. #LI-MC1


Key Accountabilities



• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to classification society rules, international regulations, and statutory requirements during surveys and inspections. Apply new regulations as they arise.


• Technical Expertise: Provide expert technical advice to clients, shipowners, and manufacturers on matters related to classification, design, construction, and maintenance.


• Stay abreast of the latest industry technologies, innovations, and advancements to ensure the


• application of cutting-edge knowledge in surveys.


• Problem- Solving: Act as a troubleshooter, addressing technical issues and challenges that may arise during surveys or during client interactions.


• Quality Assurance: Implement quality assurance measures in survey processes to uphold the highest standards of accuracy and reliability in inspection reports.


• Client Education: Educate clients on classification society processes, rules, and the importance of compliance for safety and operational efficiency.


• Documentation and Reporting: Use standardized templates for inspection reports, ensuring consistency, clarity and timeliness in reporting.


• Integrate digital tools for efficient documentation management and reporting.


• Collaboration and Teamwork: Collaborate with colleagues, both within the classification society and externally, to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices.


• Actively participate in team meetings and contribute to a collaborative work environment.


• Continuous Professional Development: Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current with evolving industry standards,technologies, and best practices.


• Pursue relevant certifications or qualifications to enhance expertise.


• Ethical Conduct: Uphold the highest ethical standards in all professional interactions, ensuring integrity, transparency, and fairness in survey processes.


Education

Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering

Qualifications


• In general, minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Junior Surveyor or minimum 5 years’ experience in the engineering or survey fields within the marine industry or other applicable industry to their specialization.
• Proficiency in the English language commensurate with the scope of classification, statutory certification, related services and, before assignment, with their future work.
• Ability to develop a working knowledge of RINA Rules, Guides, statutory regulations, and related
instructions, as well as the RINA Employee Safety Policy.
• Ability to understand engineering plans and have basic knowledge of shipbuilding practices and ship operations.
• Ability, in general, to perform either,
1) new building surveys:
− to assess the suitability of certified materials and products supplied for the new building,
− to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been built in compliance with rules and regulations by means of compulsory inspections, tests and trials,
− to issue Certificates, Reports, Records and Status in compliance with rules and regulations.
And/or:
2) ship in service surveys:
− to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been maintained in compliance with rules and
regulations by means of compulsory overall inspections, tests and trials,
− to identify the deficiencies to be rectified (if any) and assess whether immediate repair is necessary or a condition may be issued with an appropriate due date,
− to follow-up as required by rules and regulations any repair work or due to previous outstanding
conditions,
− to assess whether the deficiencies identified (if any) may be linked with potential failure of the Ship
Management System,
− to endorse Certificates, issue R