If you're passionate about the marine industry and ensuring our fleet sails smoothly, we want you to join our Marine Fleet team within the Queensland Police Service. We are looking for an experienced marine professional to help steer the strategic planning, compliance, and operational management of our waterborne fleet.

You'll be providing vital advice, managing key stakeholder relationships, and ensuring regulatory standards are met across the Queensland Water Police, Marine Rescue Queensland, and State Emergency Services fleet.

Job details

If you're passionate about the marine industry and ensuring our fleet sails smoothly, we want you to join our Marine Fleet team within the Queensland Police Service. We are looking for an experienced marine professional to help steer the strategic planning, compliance, and operational management of our waterborne fleet.

You'll be providing vital advice, managing key stakeholder relationships, and ensuring regulatory standards are met across the Queensland Water Police, Marine Rescue Queensland, and State Emergency Services fleet.

In this role, your expertise in marine fleet management, safety systems, and compliance will be essential in keeping us on course. Ready to navigate the waters of marine fleet operations? Apply now to chart your own voyage in this exciting, newly established role with the QPS.

Your Key Accountabilities:

The core capability requirements for this role are:

• Provide strategic, operational and technical advice and guidance to both internal and external stakeholders, committees and boards as required.
• Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders including the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Queensland Police Service's Water Police, Marine Rescue Queensland and State Emergency Services.
• Provide ongoing management support on the administration, operation and regulatory compliance requirements of the marine fleet including certification, safety, training, audit and inspection.
• Develop and manage a standardised approach to incident investigation and mitigation implementation across the three operating entities.
• Manage a strategic approach to the development of compliant Safety Management Systems suited to the particular entity and/or specific operations.
• Develop and manage systems that provide the required alignment to the NSCV, ISM Code and Marine Orders. ISO Standards including 9001, 14001, 45001 and 55000 are also a key consideration of the QPS.
• Prepare high level policy papers, submissions, briefs and reports on marine fleet related issues and initiatives.
• Work with the Director in the development and ongoing management of a rolling 10-year fleet plan.

Role Requirements:

Qualification

• Domestic commercial marine industry deck or engineering qualifications at a minimum of Master <24m and/or MED II

Technical/ Operational/ Educational experience

• Extensive experience in the domestic marine industry fleet in either technical or operational roles

Other

• An understanding of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in the regulation of Domestic Commercial Vessels

Job Ad Reference:  QLD/607645/24

Closing Date:  Friday, 3rd January 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 607645-24-Role Profile (Word, 4.52MB)
  
  
  607645-24-Applicant Guide non-Police - August 2023 (Word, 227KB)