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Department for Transport, Bedford Place, City of Southampton
- Remote working
- Full time
- Temporary
Posted 1 day ago, 17 Jul
Job ref: 8542940ee09d46d9a4a085669aabfc26
Full Job Description
Would you like to make a difference to safety at sea?
Are you an experienced marine engineer?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to move onto the next step in their marine industry career and who has the passion to not only make a difference but seek solutions in order to make continuous improvements to safety at sea.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is responsible for investigating accidents and incidents involving UK vessels anywhere in the world.
If you have experience of leading a team to solve complex problems, delivering evidence-based output and have experience as a marine engineer in a senior role then you have the experience and knowledge we are looking for, and we invite you to apply for our Inspector of Marine Accidents (Engineer) role.
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 and 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 the MAIB, Based in Southampton, the MAIB is an independent organisation within the Department for Transport, responsible for investigating accidents and incidents involving UK vessels anywhere in the world, and any vessels within UK territorial waters. The sole aim of these investigations is improving the safety of life at sea and the avoidance of accidents in future. The branch is not responsible for apportioning blame or liability, nor does it enforce laws or carry out prosecutions.
The MAIB comprises 34 specialist and administrative staff. Inspectors are divided into four teams each headed by a principal inspector.
The successful applicant will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of inspectors responsible for investigating a wide range of marine casualties, wherever they occur worldwide, to determine their circumstances and causes.
Please visit the MAIB website to find out more about our organisation.
Transport accident investigation is a specialist role, and we will provide comprehensive external and in-house training in accident investigation, leading to a recognised qualification. On completion of this training your remit will include:
+ Deploying to accident sites as part of a team to support or lead investigations;
+ Interviewing witnesses and collecting a wide variety of evidence;
+ Completing detailed analysis in order to identify safety issues and draft recommendations;
+ Writing and contributing to investigation reports, safety bulletins and safety digests;
+ Presenting MAIB reports at inquests and fatal accident inquiries;
+ Providing in-house marine engineering expertise;
+ Representing the MAIB at industry working groups and other safety fora.
In addition to specialist training courses you will maintain currency with the latest maritime technical developments relevant to your role and represent the MAIB externally in these matters.
For further information on the role, please read the attached 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.
Special Features of the Role
Your commitment to deploy will be managed through a duty system whereby 4 duty teams rotate through a weekly cycle. During your duty week you will need to be available to travel to accident sites at 2 hours' notice. The following week (standby) you will be at 6 hours' notice to fill in for or assist the duty team if it is deployed. For weeks 3 and 4 of the cycle you will be expected to be contactable and available to deploy unless otherwise agreed. Duty rosters are published well in advance to enable you to plan ahead, and flexibility is possible to accommodate important family events and other commitments., Due to the nature of MAIB operations, you will be required to undertake physical activities such as working in disrupted environments, confined spaces and boarding vessels by pilot or shoreside ladders. You will also be exposed to situations, information, and material that may be potentially traumatic. We therefore advise candidates to consider these requirements before applying. Please note also, that we will require successful candidates to undergo an internal health check assessment before starting in post. Candidates will be given more information on this assessment closer to the time by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch within Department for Transport. Please see the attached document for further information.
Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements
This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.
The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation. During your duty week you will be expected to work in the office for the whole week unless deployed.
Licences
Full Drivers Licence which is valid in the UK, Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation.
The selection process for this role will be:
Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement
Stage 2: Assessment Day
You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.
Stage 1: Sift
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
Experience - you will be asked to provide a CV (unlimited wordcount) and personal statement (1250-word count). Please provide evidence of your Experience of the following:
+ Experience as a chief engineer and/or where relevant, experience as a senior engineer officer afloat and in a senior marine engineering role ashore.
+ Communicating complex issues in a way that was easy to understand, and how you influenced a beneficial outcome.
+ Using evidence and applying your expertise to analyse a complex issue, and using the knowledge gained to make effective decisions and deliver evidence based output.
+ Applying your empathetic skills to obtain the best possible information from people to subsequently communicate, a complicated or difficult message.
+ Actively built and maintained a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress or shared objectives.
The sift will take place week commencing 11th August 2025
Stage 2: Assessment Day
At this stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
+ Behaviours - (Delivering at Pace, Working Together, Communicating & Influencing and Making Effective Decisions)
+ Experience - (Criteria mentioned above)
+ Technical - (AIB Technical Competencies attached)
+ Strengths
The assessment day will compromise of various tests which are:
+ An Interview
+ A Written Test
+ An Interactive Exercise
The Assessments will take place on the 10th and 11th September 2025
The Assessment Day will be conducted online in person at our Southampton office office (First Floor, Spring Place, 105 Commercial Rd, Southampton SO15 1GH). Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You can find out more about our hiring process, how to apply, and application and interview guidance on our careers site (opens in a new window).
Please note that we will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change.
Further information on the selection process
Feedback on your application can only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
AI Tools and Platforms
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes., Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., + UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
+ Will have experience sailing as chief engineer or a senior engineer afloat as this is considered essential for this post
+ Will be highly motivated and assertive, inquisitive and a critical thinker.
+ Will need to be physically fit and capable of working in disrupted environments and must be able to work under pressure both as part of a team and independently.
+ You will require considerable diplomatic skills and be able to engage colleagues and external stakeholders in the discussion of new, unfamiliar or controversial concepts.
+ Will be expected to apply sound judgement and strong leadership skills, and to be empathetic when dealing with potentially traumatised accident victims, witnesses, and next of kin or others seriously affected by marine accidents.
+ Will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be capable of producing accurate and clear written reports to challenging deadlines, and have good presentation skills. You must also be computer literate., Merchant Navy STCW III/2 Unlimited Certificate of Competency and experience as a chief engineer and/or STCW III/2 Unlimited Certificate of Competency, experience as a senior engineer officer afloat and a minimum of 3-years' experience in a senior marine engineering role ashore., + Making Effective Decisions
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Working Together
+ Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Written Communication - (Accident Investigation Competence)
+ Applying Expertise & Technology - (Accident Investigation Competence)
Alongside your salary of £82,168, Department for Transport contributes £23,804 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
+ 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).
+ 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday.
+ Access to the staff discount portal.
+ Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
+ Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
+ 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
+ Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Find out more about the benefits of working at DfT and its agencies (opens in a new window).
Are you an experienced marine engineer?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to move onto the next step in their marine industry career and who has the passion to not only make a difference but seek solutions in order to make continuous improvements to safety at sea.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is responsible for investigating accidents and incidents involving UK vessels anywhere in the world.
If you have experience of leading a team to solve complex problems, delivering evidence-based output and have experience as a marine engineer in a senior role then you have the experience and knowledge we are looking for, and we invite you to apply for our Inspector of Marine Accidents (Engineer) role.
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 and 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 the MAIB, Based in Southampton, the MAIB is an independent organisation within the Department for Transport, responsible for investigating accidents and incidents involving UK vessels anywhere in the world, and any vessels within UK territorial waters. The sole aim of these investigations is improving the safety of life at sea and the avoidance of accidents in future. The branch is not responsible for apportioning blame or liability, nor does it enforce laws or carry out prosecutions.
The MAIB comprises 34 specialist and administrative staff. Inspectors are divided into four teams each headed by a principal inspector.
The successful applicant will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of inspectors responsible for investigating a wide range of marine casualties, wherever they occur worldwide, to determine their circumstances and causes.
Please visit the MAIB website to find out more about our organisation.
Transport accident investigation is a specialist role, and we will provide comprehensive external and in-house training in accident investigation, leading to a recognised qualification. On completion of this training your remit will include:
+ Deploying to accident sites as part of a team to support or lead investigations;
+ Interviewing witnesses and collecting a wide variety of evidence;
+ Completing detailed analysis in order to identify safety issues and draft recommendations;
+ Writing and contributing to investigation reports, safety bulletins and safety digests;
+ Presenting MAIB reports at inquests and fatal accident inquiries;
+ Providing in-house marine engineering expertise;
+ Representing the MAIB at industry working groups and other safety fora.
In addition to specialist training courses you will maintain currency with the latest maritime technical developments relevant to your role and represent the MAIB externally in these matters.
For further information on the role, please read the attached 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.
Special Features of the Role
Your commitment to deploy will be managed through a duty system whereby 4 duty teams rotate through a weekly cycle. During your duty week you will need to be available to travel to accident sites at 2 hours' notice. The following week (standby) you will be at 6 hours' notice to fill in for or assist the duty team if it is deployed. For weeks 3 and 4 of the cycle you will be expected to be contactable and available to deploy unless otherwise agreed. Duty rosters are published well in advance to enable you to plan ahead, and flexibility is possible to accommodate important family events and other commitments., Due to the nature of MAIB operations, you will be required to undertake physical activities such as working in disrupted environments, confined spaces and boarding vessels by pilot or shoreside ladders. You will also be exposed to situations, information, and material that may be potentially traumatic. We therefore advise candidates to consider these requirements before applying. Please note also, that we will require successful candidates to undergo an internal health check assessment before starting in post. Candidates will be given more information on this assessment closer to the time by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch within Department for Transport. Please see the attached document for further information.
Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements
This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.
The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation. During your duty week you will be expected to work in the office for the whole week unless deployed.
Licences
Full Drivers Licence which is valid in the UK, Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation.
The selection process for this role will be:
Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement
Stage 2: Assessment Day
You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.
Stage 1: Sift
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
Experience - you will be asked to provide a CV (unlimited wordcount) and personal statement (1250-word count). Please provide evidence of your Experience of the following:
+ Experience as a chief engineer and/or where relevant, experience as a senior engineer officer afloat and in a senior marine engineering role ashore.
+ Communicating complex issues in a way that was easy to understand, and how you influenced a beneficial outcome.
+ Using evidence and applying your expertise to analyse a complex issue, and using the knowledge gained to make effective decisions and deliver evidence based output.
+ Applying your empathetic skills to obtain the best possible information from people to subsequently communicate, a complicated or difficult message.
+ Actively built and maintained a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress or shared objectives.
The sift will take place week commencing 11th August 2025
Stage 2: Assessment Day
At this stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
+ Behaviours - (Delivering at Pace, Working Together, Communicating & Influencing and Making Effective Decisions)
+ Experience - (Criteria mentioned above)
+ Technical - (AIB Technical Competencies attached)
+ Strengths
The assessment day will compromise of various tests which are:
+ An Interview
+ A Written Test
+ An Interactive Exercise
The Assessments will take place on the 10th and 11th September 2025
The Assessment Day will be conducted online in person at our Southampton office office (First Floor, Spring Place, 105 Commercial Rd, Southampton SO15 1GH). Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You can find out more about our hiring process, how to apply, and application and interview guidance on our careers site (opens in a new window).
Please note that we will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change.
Further information on the selection process
Feedback on your application can only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
AI Tools and Platforms
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes., Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., + UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
+ Will have experience sailing as chief engineer or a senior engineer afloat as this is considered essential for this post
+ Will be highly motivated and assertive, inquisitive and a critical thinker.
+ Will need to be physically fit and capable of working in disrupted environments and must be able to work under pressure both as part of a team and independently.
+ You will require considerable diplomatic skills and be able to engage colleagues and external stakeholders in the discussion of new, unfamiliar or controversial concepts.
+ Will be expected to apply sound judgement and strong leadership skills, and to be empathetic when dealing with potentially traumatised accident victims, witnesses, and next of kin or others seriously affected by marine accidents.
+ Will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be capable of producing accurate and clear written reports to challenging deadlines, and have good presentation skills. You must also be computer literate., Merchant Navy STCW III/2 Unlimited Certificate of Competency and experience as a chief engineer and/or STCW III/2 Unlimited Certificate of Competency, experience as a senior engineer officer afloat and a minimum of 3-years' experience in a senior marine engineering role ashore., + Making Effective Decisions
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Working Together
+ Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Written Communication - (Accident Investigation Competence)
+ Applying Expertise & Technology - (Accident Investigation Competence)
Alongside your salary of £82,168, Department for Transport contributes £23,804 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
+ 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).
+ 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday.
+ Access to the staff discount portal.
+ Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
+ Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
+ 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
+ Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Find out more about the benefits of working at DfT and its agencies (opens in a new window).
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