Marine Compliance and Safety Manager

Vacancy - Marine Compliance and Safety Manager

Are you excited by the opportunity to step into a high-impact role where your marine expertise will directly influence safety, compliance, and operational excellence across two thriving ports?  Are you looking for the chance to develop your skills and expertise to support you in developing your career further?  We’re seeking a Marine Compliance and Safety Manager to join our marine management team based at the Port of Great Yarmouth but also covering the Port of Sheerness.

Your Role

In this role you will lead on ensuring compliance with statutory marine regulations across two vital ports. This is more than a compliance role – it’s an opportunity to lead change, engage with stakeholders, and shape the future of marine safety within our dynamic port operations.

You will be ensure adherence to all statutory marine safety regulations, working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop, implement and continuously improve our marine compliance and safety systems.  You will also play a key role in audits, incident reviews and statutory reporting.

What you'll bring

You will have:

• Marine experience, either afloat or ashore, with a strong understanding and experience of statutory marine legislation;
• A keen eye for detail and a methodical approach to work;
• A collaborative team player, confident in stakeholder engagement and influencing others;
• UK driving licence;
• Ideally, compliance or safety management experience, but training will be provided;
• NEBOSH/IOSH qualified or willing to work toward this.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Matched Contribution Pension up to 10%
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development 
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!