Maritime Response Technician

Our Vision: Preventing Harm. Saving Lives. Securing our Future

We play a key role in the guardianship of New Zealand waterways . We're bringing together our aroha, work and skills to achieve our outcomes of sustainable supply chains and sectors, safe people and operations, secure ports and ships, and clean seas and waterways.

Our values are about who we are as individuals and the behaviours we expect from each other at Maritime NZ.

Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing

Courage | Kia Māia - We are brave, capable and confident

Maritime New Zealand's Maritime Response team is based in Te Atatu, Auckland and has responsibility for the strategic, intelligence and planning functions for maritime incident readiness and response, in particular for marine oil spill readiness and response for Tier 1, 2 and 3 marine oil spills. This team of professionals is made up of a range of specialists, providing technical maintenance of oil spill equipment, coordinating and conducting training activities throughout New Zealand and playing a key role in any maritime incident response.

Te tūnga | The role

As a team we are responsible for the whole of life management of Maritime NZ's oil spill response assets and inventory, including our fleet of small workboats, as well as the establishment and maintenance of contractual arrangements for technical support during a maritime response. The Maritime Response Technician supports these functions through the preventative maintenance and inspection of equipment, vessels and vehicles held in Te Atatu and regional stores throughout the country.

We are looking for a technically experienced individual with relevant qualifications and practical experience in the automotive industry or working on / operating vessels in the maritime environment or working in emergency preparedness and response roles. Working knowledge of Maritime New Zealand's MOSS system, equipment maintenance and repair procedures required to operate safely and legally is a definite plus.

If you have experience of oil spill response and a good understanding of equipment used we would be happy to consider your application at the Senior Response Technician level.

Ideally you will have:

• Technical qualifications or certificates with a good working knowledge of equipment maintenance and repairs to recognized safety standards;
• Relevant maritime qualifications and experience ie. ( SRL, or similar ring-fenced ticket)
• Experience coordinating and facilitating training or educating groups or teams;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a range of different people;
• A good standard of fitness and ability to travel both domestically and internationally.

Maritime NZ recognises and respects te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with Māori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our values.

Upon joining us you'll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection and Life Insurance so check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here

Applications for this role close Wednesday 26 th June 2024.

To view a copy of our position description please click the apply button above.

This role is based in Te Atatu, Auckland . Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role. We are unable to accept applications via email. Please click the apply button to submit your application.

This is a full time, 37.5 hour per week permanent role. The appointing range for this role is $98,165 - $107,981, however if you have a depth of skills and experience we would consider you for a more Senior level role.

If you have any questions please e-mail Jo Attewell at [email protected]

Reference # 6009

Posted on 07 Jun 2024

Closes on 26 Jun 2024 17:00

Location(s) MPRS - Auckland

Expertise Other, Safety and Security services, Technical Advisory Services