Marine Surveyor - Equipment and Materials Certification

Bureau Veritas Marine, Inc. seeks Marine Surveyor to perform independent technical studies, surveys, and audits of marine equipment and materials at manufacturing premises and/or after installation onboard new buildings or vessels in operation to make a conformity assessment, in reference to safety and environmental compliance.

• Verify that marine equipment and materials conform to design and construction requirements, as well as regulatory and statutory requirements. Survey marine equipment and materials intended for hull, machinery, automation, electrical systems, and safety systems in order to verify compliance with ship classification rules and International Maritime Organization (IMO) Conventions.
• Verify that manufacturers obtain Material Mill Certificates and verify traceability of components.
• Obtain previous test records, check markings, and verify production traceability.
• Witness fabrication processes at random, and witness electrical tests, proof/break load tests, hydrostatic tests, and gas tests per established procedures.
• Review manufacturer documents and records.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, materials, and engineering management to implement and reinforce quality controls and processes.
• Produce and submit technical audit reports and surveys.
• Requires frequent travel around the United States to inspect marine equipment and materials at client manufacturing premises and onboard clients oceangoing vessels.

Requirements:

• Required: Bachelors degree in Naval Engineering, Naval Architecture, or a closely related field.
• Required: Two (2) years of experience in the marine industry, specifically in classification and certification surveys of oceangoing vessels and/or offshore floating units, and experience applying International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) standards.
• Requires familiarity with international maritime regulations.

BVN surveyor and auditor:

The BVN surveyor or auditor carries out the assigned BVN services within the scope of his qualification, takes technical decisions to attest compliance, requests advice to his BVN lead surveyor/manager on any questions he deems beyond his responsibilities or his technical capabilities, collects the necessary evidences of compliance, signs and issues the relevant BV documents (certificates, reports).

Other local tasks assigned by the BVN Manager:

Provide technical support to BVN activities, including coordination of field inspections and audits, whenever performed by non-exclusive surveyors and auditors;

Interface with HO/LPOs, whenever needed, usually related to specific job assignments;

Technical support to customers related to job assignments, with support of BVN Manager, as needed;

Review and approval of MTI Plans and/or Quality Plans for specific jobs, and for MODE I customers, usually linked to their MODE I audits;

Closing jobs including review of technical field reports/records, and issuance of final documents/certificates such as Certificates of Inspection, Intermediate Survey Reports, MED/UK Module F and G Certificates, 3.2 Certificates, Third Party Certificates, and Attestations;

Maintain the BVN/VPM Databases updated (VPM/Company Recognition/Welding);

Perform field surveyors/auditors monitoring, qualification surveys/audits, report monitoring of full time surveyors/auditors;

Use of BV computer tools to perform above tasks: Marine & Offshore Quality Documentation where applicable for BVN (MPGs);

BVN procedures and work instructions (PTEs and TTEs), especially PTE-0004 and MPG-16.

BVN local procedures;

MOVE, MyLearning, SuccessFactors/HRIS, SharePoint, etc;

Guidelines for use of BVN IT Tools, Qualif database, Quality database, VPM databases (VNB, MPA, Welding & Comp Recognition), Chronos, Veristar Equipment, etc