Senior Consultant Shipyard Technology & Operations

London, UK

£NEG

Our clients Maritime Division is renowned world wide for its industry expertise and are usually on the top of every client’s list especially for major port and harbour projects. They have people based all over the world on either long term or short term projects and their team is growing fast due to our continued success in gaining and retaining new and long term clients.

You will already have significant shipyard operating and management experience that you can draw on to advise clients in the industry at home or overseas. Working under the direction and, where necessary, supervision of the Principal Consultant, you will undertake and manage maritime projects, either alone or as part of an FMI team. Working with company procedures, your aim will be to contribute positively to the development of the Advisory Group and its targets and you will take responsibility for the projects under your control.

You will represent the company in front of clients (initially with some supervision) and will work to present credible solutions to clients’ problems and questions with due regard to accuracy, objectivity, risk and liability.

Key duties are as follows:-

• To pursue enquiries with the aim of enhancing the company’s business.

• To prepare proposals, budgets and bids in response to enquiries, with due regard to the financial performance of the Advisory Group and budget targets.

• To manage projects technically and financially and to manage project teams where required to do so.

• To prepare reports and information as required by company procedures.

• To conduct research, supervising others where necessary and to prepare reports and presentations for delivery to the client or internally.

• To make presentations to clients and elsewhere as the job dictates.

• To develop shipyard technology and operations solutions and applications to assist clients as required by project briefs.

• To apply First Marine’s proprietary shipyard benchmarking system.

• To specify, procure and supervise subcontracts.

• To develop techniques to promote the quality of shipyard technology solutions prepared by the Advisory Group.

• To support the clients teams in a proactive manner to promote the development of the company’s maritime businesses.

• To liaise with clients (internally and externally) to provide technical solutions and information.

• To review and check the work of others in accordance with the Quality Management System.

• To develop and extend the technical abilities of the First Marine Advisory Group.

• To advertise and publicise the work of the company through technical publications and papers.

Other Duties

Carry out any duties which your line manager may reasonably request within the broad parameters of your role.

Your qualifications and experience

Profile

• Track record of success in contributing to employers’ business.

• Excellent communication and report writing skills.

• Intellectually curious.

• Highly numerate and computer literate with good analytical skills.

• Experience of shipyards and the shipbuilding and repair processes, preferably in a management role.

• Excellent written and spoken English.

• Willingness to travel outside the United Kingdom.

Qualifications & Experience

• A degree in naval architecture or other marine engineering related discipline (essential)

• Chartered engineer (essential)

• Post-graduate experience in shipyard management and operations (essential)

• Experience of contract management (desirable)

• Experience of team management (desirable)

• Experience in consultancy (desirable)

• Membership of professional institution(s) (desirable)

Ref: 66960

Interested to apply please send your cv to:

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