Harvey Nash
Marine Risk Consultant
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Marine Risk Consultant
Location: Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth or Glasgow
Contract Length: 12 months
Day Rate: Up to £700 per day, Inside IR35
Working Pattern: Office/onshore based with frequent UK travel
Travel: Regular short-notice port visits across the UK
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Marine Risk Consultant to provide specialist marine safety expertise across our projects and marine operations.
Based primarily onshore/in the office, ideally from one of our four main locations — Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth or Glasgow — this is a highly mobile role requiring regular travel and short-notice visits to ports and project locations across the UK.
You will bring strong experience in the safe execution of marine survey and/or marine construction projects, with a proven understanding of marine risk management, project readiness and operational oversight.
Your expertise will support the review of marine project procedures and risk assessments, mobilisation readiness and the safe delivery of Contract Partner scopes.
What You'll Do
- Provide specialist marine safety advice and support to project and marine teams, helping ensure the safe implementation of SSENT standards and expectations.
- Build positive working relationships with internal project and marine teams, Contract Partners and other key stakeholders, both remotely and at project sites and ports.
- Review Contract Partner documentation to support safe and timely vessel mobilisation, as well as ongoing operational performance.
- Attend and actively contribute to Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRAs) and other risk reviews, providing marine safety expertise to identify hazards and reduce risk.
- Support project and marine teams with procedure reviews, mobilisation readiness and project oversight.
- Identify and report incidents, poor safety standards and unsafe behaviours across Contract Partner scopes to internal stakeholders, ensuring issues are addressed promptly and effectively.
- Provide practical, credible and constructive challenge where required to maintain high standards of marine safety.
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What You'll Bring
- You will have extensive practical safety experience within marine survey and/or marine construction operations, together with a strong understanding of the risks associated with complex marine activities.
- Extensive safety experience in marine survey and/or construction operations.
- Sound knowledge of UK standards and regulations relevant to marine survey and construction activities.
- Strong professional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage effectively at all levels.
- Detailed knowledge of risk assessment processes and their practical application to marine activities.
- A NEBOSH or equivalent safety qualification, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and expertise through relevant lived experience.
- A full UK driving licence, which is essential due to the level of travel and mobility required for the role.
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Contract Details
- Duration: 12 months
- Day Rate: Up to £700 per day
- IR35 Status: Inside IR35
- Location: Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth or Glasgow
- Travel: Frequent UK-wide travel, including regular short-notice port visits
- Working Arrangement: Primarily onshore/office based
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