ILS/Safety Support Manager
| Posting date: | 26 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £41,600 to £48,792 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National pay locations: Dover, Hull, Immingham, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth £41,600 - £44,5112 London pay locations: Croydon £45,600 - £48,792 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 364598/5 |
Summary
Border Force is a Law Enforcement arm of the Home Office. We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing immigration and customs regulations and working with the wider Home Office on counter terrorism, organised crime, modern slavery and trafficking. Learn more on the Border Force careers page.
Border Force Maritime Command (BFMC) is the UK’s only national maritime law enforcement body. Its fleet of five Cutters and six Coastal Patrol Vessels play an essential role in delivering the Government’s crime reduction and border protection objectives, alongside a range of wider maritime security goals. The current fleet is at or nearing the end of its design life and so funding was announced in Spending Review 21 to initiate a replacement programme.
The Maritime Capabilities Replacement Programme (MCRP) is a high profile, complex and demanding programme to deliver a new fleet of vessels securing the right capabilities which will remain fit for purpose over the vessels’ expected 20+ years lifespan, adapting to any future maritime security challenges. Delivering the programme rests critically on ensuring that we identify the correct product requirements and can align these with strategic outcomes and user needs. This goes beyond the procurement of the vessels themselves into the implications for wider business change, in Border Force maritime command and elsewhere, which is likely to be significant. The programme, at present in initiation, recently joined the Government’s Major Project Portfolio.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to be part of a dynamic and engaging team that plays a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the security of the UK border whilst also supporting the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda. As such, this role is particularly exciting and varied, suitable for someone who can pick up new content quickly and use their skills to deliver priority outcomes for the Maritime Capability Replacement Programme (MCRP).
The Transformation Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative, forward thinking and change positive Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and Safety Support Manager to support the Engineering Delivery Manager in delivery of this capability for the MCRP team and Border Force.
This is a complex programme that requires specialist expertise with extensive knowledge of the maritime sector and someone who can provide the insight and knowledge from experience of working on and supporting major maritime projects.
Working pattern
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location.
Responsibilities
Duties include but are not limited to:
• Acting as main point of contact and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all ILS activities, including logistics support, and overall supportability issues.
• Acting as the main point of expertise for maritime safety and risk management within the programme, including acting as custodian of the Safety Case to demonstrate the vessels are Safe to Operate.
• Maintaining the schedule of ILS events/milestones and coordinate logistics considerations with other projects in the programme, and with the end user.
• Further developing the ILS Requirements for the MCRP Manufacture Contract.
• Being part of the tender evaluation process, assessing the ILS and Safety and Environmental Management sections of the received bids.
• Creating, managing and updating ILS documentation including the ILS Plan and Supportability Case.
• Implementing industry standard ILS methodologies, tools and processes working closely and collaboratively with the end user.
• Leading the commissioning and delivery of the new vessel Safety Case for the programme and supporting the Chief Engineer in overseeing the Ship Life Extension Programme and the associated vessel safety cases.
• Supporting the MCRP Chief Engineer with the health, safety and environmental requirements, and of delivery of the Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS).
• Providing broader technical support to the programme working in a supporting role to the MCRP Chief Engineer.
Please note that there will be some requirement for candidates to travel and stay overnight throughout the UK for shipyard site visits and attendance at stakeholder and key delivery partner meetings.
Please also note that there is no shift working requirement, and therefore no AHW/AHA allowance available for this role.