Counter Pollution and Salvage Officer
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £48,848 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £42,848 and up to £6,000 of additional allowances which includes: on call allowance of £3,000 and a Recruitment and Retention allowance of £3,000. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 411923/3 |
Summary
Do you have the ability to work in a fast moving environment?
Would you be able to provide advice and guidance under pressure?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.
Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at MCA.
We are looking to be joined by a motivated individual as a Counter Pollution and Salvage Officer within HM Coastguard operations. This is an amazing opportunity to take up a dynamic role, where no two days will be the same.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Responding to day-to-day maritime incidents, potential and actual oil pollution incidents through monitoring, or by activating counter pollution resources in accordance with the local/regional arrangements and the National Contingency Plan.
- Attendance on scene where circumstances dictate, to protect UK interests from threat of spilled oil and other hazardous noxious substances and represent the Agency in the Salvage Control Unit, Marine Response Centre or Operations Control Unit.
- Agency POC & liaison with the oil industry, ports/harbours/local authorities, response contractors, the Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Environment Agency in Northern Ireland, Natural England, NatureScot or Environment Agency in Northern Ireland, DEFRA, Marine Management Organisation, Marine Directorate and other environment groups.
- To provide day to day support to Regions, Ports/Harbours and Local Authorities on all aspects of pollution mitigation and contingency planning.
- Assist in the development of Hazardous and Noxious Substances response plans with Ports and Harbours under the Oil Pollution Response and Co-operation (OPRC) regulations.
- Conduct OPRC audits of ports, harbours and oil handling facilities to ensure compliance with the OPRC regulations and current legislation, initiating enforcement measures as appropriate.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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