Messina Marine Surveyor

Overview RINA is currently recruiting for a Messina Marine Surveyor to join its office in Messina within the Mediterranean and Africa Marine Division. A Junior 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 Regulatory Compliance: Diligently verify that all surveys comply with the latest classification society rules, international maritime regulations, and statutory requirements. Proactively adapt to evolving standards and ensure adherence across all inspections. Technical Expertise: Provide competent technical guidance to clients, shipowners, and manufacturers regarding classification, design, construction, and vessel maintenance. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and industry best practices to enhance survey accuracy and relevance. Problem-Solving: Identify, analyse, and resolve technical challenges encountered during inspections or in client consultations, delivering practical solutions to uphold safety and quality. Quality Assurance: Implement and support quality management protocols throughout the survey process, ensuring inspection reports are precise, reliable, and consistent. Client Engagement & Education: Communicate clearly with clients about classification society procedures, emphasizing the importance of compliance for vessel safety and operational efficiency. Foster strong professional relationships based on trust and transparency. Documentation & Reporting: Prepare thorough reports using established templates and digital tools, guaranteeing timely submission with clear and comprehensive documentation of findings and recommendations. Collaboration & Teamwork: Actively participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, exchanging knowledge and promoting best practices within RINA and with external stakeholders to support continuous improvement. Professional Development: Pursue continuous learning, certifications, and training initiatives to strengthen expertise and adapt to maritime industry advancements and regulatory changes. Ethical Standards: Maintain integrity, impartiality, and fairness in all survey activities, upholding RINA’s commitment to ethical conduct and fostering confidence in the inspection process. This role also involves considerable travel (approximately 50-75%) to perform on-site surveys and assessments, providing a dynamic work environment that combines fieldwork with analytical duties. Education Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering Qualifications In general, minimum 1/2 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, 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: 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 Reports and Status in compliance with rules and regulations. And/or: Marine Management Systems audits; testing activities and service suppliers/manufacturers certification: to assess the suitability of certified materials and products in compliance with applicable rules and to issue Certificates and prepare Reports and Status in compliance with procedures. Knowledge of ships' engineering systems and machinery. Knowledge of computer programs or software packages related to job responsibilities. Knowledge of related technical interfaces required for group project work. 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