Houston Marine Surveyor

Posting Date: 9 Apr 2026

City: Houston

**Location:**Houston, TX, US, 77070

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: North America Marine

Level of experience: Intermediate

RINA is currently recruiting for a Houston Marine Surveyor to join its office in Houston within the North America Marine Division.

Mission

A surveyor in a classification society plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety, compliance, and quality of ships and marine assets.The main responsibilities are aimed at verifying that vessels meet international and classification society standards.

Key Accountabilities

1. Regulatory Compliance:
   Ensure strict adherence to classification society rules, international regulations, and statutory requirements during surveys and inspections. Apply new regulations as they arise.
2. Technical Expertise:
   Provide expert technical advice to clients, shipowners, and manufacturers on matters related to classification, design, construction, and maintenance.
   Stay abreast of the latest industry technologies, innovations, and advancements to ensure the
   application of cutting-edge knowledge in surveys.
3. Problem-Solving:
   Act as a troubleshooter, addressing technical issues and challenges that may arise during surveys or during client interactions.
4. Quality Assurance:
   Implement quality assurance measures in survey processes to uphold the highest standards of accuracy and reliability in inspection reports.
5. Client Education:
   Educate clients on classification society processes, rules, and the importance of compliance for safety and operational efficiency.
6. Documentation and Reporting:
   Use standardized templates for inspection reports, ensuring consistency, clarity and timeliness in reporting.
   Integrate digital tools for efficient documentation management and reporting.
7. Collaboration and Teamwork:
   Collaborate with colleagues, both within the classification society and externally, to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices.
   Actively participate in team meetings and contribute to a collaborative work environment.
8. Continuous Professional Development:
   Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current with evolving industry standards,technologies, and best practices.
   Pursue relevant certifications or qualifications to enhance expertise.
9. Ethical Conduct:
   Uphold the highest ethical standards in all professional interactions, ensuring integrity, transparency, and fairness in survey processes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Naval Engineering

Qualifications

• In general, minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Junior Surveyor or minimum 5 years’ experience in the engineering or survey fields within the marine industry or other applicable industry to their specialization.
• Proficiency in the English language commensurate with the scope of classification, statutory certification, related services and, before assignment, with their future work.
• Ability to develop a working knowledge of RINA Rules, Guides, statutory regulations, and related

instructions, as well as the RINA Employee Safety Policy.

• Ability to understand engineering plans and have basic knowledge of shipbuilding practices and ship operations.
• Ability, in general, to perform either,

1. new building surveys:

• to assess the suitability of certified materials and products supplied for the new building,
• to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been built in compliance with rules and regulations by means of compulsory inspections, tests and trials,
• to issue Certificates, Reports, Records and Status in compliance with rules and regulations.

And/or:
2) ship in service surveys:

• to assess that hull, machinery and equipment have been maintained in compliance with rules and

regulations by means of compulsory overall inspections, tests and trials,

• to identify the deficiencies to be rectified (if any) and assess whether immediate repair is necessary or a condition may be issued with an appropriate due date,
• to follow-up as required by rules and regulations any repair work or due to previous outstanding

conditions,

• to assess whether the deficiencies identified (if any) may be linked with potential failure of the Ship

Management System,

• to endorse Certificates, issue Reports and Status in compliance with rules and regulations.

And/or:
3) Marine Management Systems audits
And/or:
4) testing activities and service suppliers/manufacturers certification:

• to assess the suitability of certified materials and products in compliance with applicable rules
• to issue Certificates and prepare Reports and Status in compliance with procedures.
• Knowledge of ships' engineering systems and machinery.
• Knowledge of computer programs or software packages related to job responsibilities.
• Knowledge of related technical interfaces required for group project work.

Competencies

• WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
• PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.
• INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
• DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.
• FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.

RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

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