Marine Yachting Surveyor

A Marine Yachting 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.

Key Accountabilities

1. Regulatory Compliance:

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

2. 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.

3. Problem-Solving:

Act as a troubleshooter, addressing technical issues and challenges that may arise during surveys or during client interactions.

4. Quality Assurance:

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

5. Client Education:

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Ethical Conduct:

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

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Engineering

Qualifications

• In general, minimum 3 years’ experience working for a designing/consulting company or shipyard specifically engaged in the yachting industry.

• Proficiency in the English language commensurate with the scope of classification, statutory certification, related services and, before assignment, with their future work.

• Knowledge and skills on ships designing software such as AutoCAD, MaxSurf , Napa or others.

• 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 in the yachting industry.

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
• 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 - Capitalize 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.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy) national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.

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