Specialist Inspector - Marine Engineering

Aberdeen, Ashford (Kent), Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Chelmsford, Crewe, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, Milton Keynes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxted, Plymouth, Sheffield, Wrexham, York (with regular travel to Aberdeen)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives  of our key operational arms is the Energy Division (ED), which regulates Great Britain’s onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, pipelines, mines, diving, and renewables sectors. We are now looking for a marine engineer to retrain as a Specialist Inspector and join our Energy Division on a full-time, permanent basis at our locations across the country.

This role will involve regular travel to Aberdeen and travelling to offshore installations.

• Salary of £73,335 – £77,003
• Offshore market supplement up to £10,000 (non‑pensionable and non‑consolidated) subject to review annually in HSE’s October pay offer
• Relocation allowance up to £15,000 for eligible candidates
• Competitive Civil Service pension scheme with employer contributions of over 28.97%
• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 30 after five years, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Family‑friendly policies and working hours to support work‑life balance
• Parental leave benefits
• Access to a range of benefits, including Cycle to Work Scheme, E‑Gift Cards, and vouchers via Edenred

• Undertake inspections of offshore energy and marine installations, helping to ensure hazardous activities are managed safely.
• Support onshore and offshore inspections and contribute to investigations following incidents or complaints.
• Support enforcement decisions and technical reporting, and provide expert evidence where required.
• Provide practical health and safety advice within HSE and to industry.
• Engage with industry groups and standards bodies to help raise offshore safety standards.

• Experience in one or more areas involving design, construction, integrity management, and operations of floating offshore installations (FPSOs/FSUs, Jackup rigs and Semi‑submersibles), support vessels, and their marine plant and equipment.
• An understanding of relevant codes & standards from International Standards Organisation (ISO), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), American Petroleum Institute (API) and Classification Societies.
• Expert level knowledge on the operation of marine systems, including power generation and power management onboard trading oil tankers, shuttle tankers, dynamically positioned mobile offshore units or diving support vessels.
• Knowledge and understanding of design principles and safety levels involved in the design of various marine systems for floating offshore installations.
• Knowledge and understanding of major accident hazards and control measures for floating offshore installations and mobile offshore units.
• Familiarity with basic principles of risk management and risk assessment tools.
• Operational knowledge and experience to identify risk gaps and underlying issues.
• Chartered Engineer status with corporate membership of an appropriate professional institution (IMarEST or RINA), or have the qualifications to be able to achieve chartered status.
• A marine engineering qualification with a STCW Certificate of Competency as a Chief Engineer unlimited or a degree in Marine Engineering or equivalent qualifications with demonstrable experience as a marine engineer.

Closing date for this role is 5th January 2026.

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The Health and Safety Executive seeks a Sepcialist Inspector - Marine Engineering