Marine Quality Assurance Specialist

**The role of MQA Specialist will be accountable for the following: - Ensuring all MQA activities conform, as a minimum, to the standard operating procedures and risk profile. Ensuring all MQA screenings are aligned with the KPI and SLA criteria specified in the MSP agreement. Delivering continuous improvement in the MQA function and service delivery.**: **Key Responsibilities**: - Perform vetting and clearance activities, including assessment, screening and clearance of oil, gas and chemical vessels and terminals. For restricted trade screening types. - Conduct evaluation of vessel and terminal operator audit / incident reports to determine their conformance with relevant standards/expectations and their suitability. - Conduct risk assessments of third-party marine assets. - Where these assets fail routine marine assurance assessments and where the business is unable to find suitable alternatives, make recommendations to MQA Superintendent management on risk mitigation factors. - Provide operational assurance for time-chartered vessels and ensure delivery of HSSE performance of the time-chartered fleet. Including requesting and review of MESQAC and D&A declarations. - Conduct vessel operator TMSA verification audits as support auditor to confirm they are aligned with self-declarations and comply with acceptance criteria. Produce audit reports and close out follow-up actions with the vessel operator. - Provide feedback to the Audit and Inspection team to support the development and promulgation of audit / inspection best practice with the objective of achieving global consistency of audit / inspection activity across employed and sub-contracted auditors / inspectors. - Contribute to identifying scope of current and future shipping and marine related activities, providing early marine advice to ensure compliance with marine quality requirements and procedures, including involvement in projects/peer group reviews and pre / post start up audits. - In conjunction with other regional offices, maintain data within the SmartQA system and other relevant sources in order to sustain accurate and contemporary information. - Provide vetting and clearance support and advice to Affiliate terminals, charterers, vessel operators, and other shipping and marine activities as requested. - Provide innovation and development to ensure continuous improvement of systems, processes, procedures, and capabilities to ensure ever increasing efficiency of the business model is continuously achieved. - Assist in produce management stewardship reports that detail KPI, business metrics and SLA performance. - May be asked from time to time to undertake other tasks that are relevant to the position. **Essential** - Class 2 OOW deck or engine CoC or - Marine degree-based qualification together with extensive industry experience as Naval architect / Classification surveyor etc. Lead Auditor or - Nationally recognised Barge Master licence. or - Class 3 OOW deck or engine CoC in conjunction with successful completion of structured training plan to progress from Marine Quality Assurance Specialist Assistant role. - Experience as Second Officer/ Third Engineer (>2yrs) seagoing experience in a qualified officer on tanker vessels. Or other relevant experience in shipping industry. or - Marine degree-based qualification together with extensive industry experience as Naval architect / Classification surveyor etc. or - Experience as Marine Quality Assurance Specialist Assistant leading risk assesments. - Knowledge of - OCIMF TMSA - OCIMF SIRE program - CDI & EBIS inspection programs - OCIMF Marine Terminal Baseline criteriaKnowledge of risk assessment techniques - Sound understanding of Classification, Flag State, IMO ISM/ISPS, SOLAS & MARPOL requirements. - Through Knowledge, skills and experience demonstrate high degree of business integrity in the impact of the industry issues. - Be an excellent communicator (both verbally and written) at all levels within the organisation. - Possess skills to engage successfully with all levels of management in third party companies within the marine industry. - Must have lead and worked within a team environment. - Recognise the commercial sensitivity of MQA information and accordingly exercise sound business integrity and practices. - Practice the highest levels of ethical business behaviour. Closing date: