Messina Marine Surveyor

Posting Date: 17 Apr 2025

City: Messina

Location:

Messina, IT, 98122

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Mediterranean and Africa Marine

Level of experience:

RINA is currently recruiting for a Messina Marine Surveyor to join its office in Messina, Italy within the Mediterranean and Africa Marine Division.

Mission

A Marine 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:
Ensuring strict adherence to classification society rules, international regulations, and statutory requirements is paramount in your role. It will be your responsibility to apply new regulations promptly and efficiently.
Technical Expertise:
Leverage your expert technical knowledge to provide valuable advice to clients, shipowners, and manufacturers. Stay updated on the latest industry technologies to apply cutting-edge advancements in your surveys.
Problem-Solving:
Act as a troubleshooter, addressing technical issues during surveys or client interactions, showcasing your problem-solving abilities.
Quality Assurance:
Implement rigorous quality assurance measures in survey processes to maintain the highest standards of accuracy and reliability in inspection reports.
Client Education:
Educate clients on classification society processes and the importance of compliance for safety and operational efficiency.
Documentation and Reporting:
Ensure consistent, clear, and timely reporting by using standardized templates for inspection reports and integrating digital tools for efficient documentation management.
Collaboration and Teamwork:
Collaborate with colleagues internally and externally, share knowledge and best practices, and actively contribute to a collaborative work environment.
Continuous Professional Development:
Engage in ongoing professional development to stay abreast of evolving industry standards, technologies, and best practices. Pursue relevant certifications to enhance your expertise.
Ethical Conduct:
Uphold the highest ethical standards in all professional interactions, ensuring integrity, transparency, and fairness throughout the survey processes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering

Qualifications

Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Junior Surveyor or 5 years' experience in engineering or survey fields within the marine industry.
Proficiency in the English language suitable for classification, statutory certification, and related services.
Ability to develop a working knowledge of RINA Rules, Guides, statutory regulations, and related instructions.
Understanding of engineering plans, shipbuilding practices, and ship operations.
Proficiency in performing various surveys including new building surveys, ship in service surveys, Marine Management Systems audits, and testing activities.
Knowledge of ships' engineering systems, machinery, computer programs related to the job, and technical interfaces required for group projects.

Competencies

MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization

With over 5,800 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

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