Marine Inspector

RINA is currently recruiting for a Canada Marine Surveyor to join its office in Montreal within the Marine Division.

A 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.

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.

Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Junior Surveyor or minimum 5 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 to perform either new building surveys, ship in service surveys, Marine Management Systems audits, or testing activities and service suppliers/manufacturers certification.
• 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.

With over 6,000 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.