[Hiring] Senior Surveyor @Lloyds Register

Role Description

The Senior Surveyor in the Global Digital Survey Centre (Miami) delivers remote/digital surveys using advanced inspection technologies and proven remote techniques. The role captures, validates and analyses survey evidence to determine compliance of assets with LR Classification Rules and applicable statutory requirements.

In addition, the Senior Surveyor supports the Digital Survey Team Lead by monitoring workload and quality, coaching colleagues and contributing to overall team performance.

The Global Digital Survey Centre (Miami) primarily undertakes remote surveys for Passenger Cruise vessels and conducts urgent remote survey support for all vessel types worldwide during on-duty periods.

The Senior Surveyor should be experienced, proactive, passionate, and able to work under pressure and make tough decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver remote surveys using approved digital and remote techniques to assess the condition, compliance, and integrity of marine assets.
• Evaluate and interpret survey data to confirm compliance with applicable LR Rules, statutory regulations, and international standards, identifying risks and non-conformities.
• Produce accurate, high-quality survey reports, ensuring findings are clearly documented, recorded, and issued within agreed timeframes.
• Act as a senior technical resource for complex or non-routine surveys, providing expert judgement and guidance to surveyors and stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with technical specialists and colleagues to resolve technical issues and enhance survey methodologies and outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with shipowners, managers, flag administrations, and regulatory bodies to ensure clarity of survey scope, requirements, and conclusions.
• Plan and execute survey activities efficiently, balancing operational constraints, asset availability, and client expectations.
• Maintain competence and authorisations by remaining current with LR training, qualification requirements, regulatory developments, and emerging digital technologies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process optimisation, automation, and digitalisation of survey delivery.
• Support the Team Lead in coaching, mentoring, and developing surveyors, promoting technical excellence, consistency, and knowledge sharing across the team.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent from a tertiary organisation recognised by Lloyd’s Register within the relevant field of engineering or physical science (minimum of two years programme) or qualifications from a marine or nautical institution and relevant sea-going experience as a certificated ship’s officer.
• Strong professional experience in marine surveying, particularly with Passenger Cruise Vessels.
• Ability to work in accordance with professional codes of conduct and the LR Code of Ethics in IMS01.
• Ability to use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to optimise the application of existing and emerging technology.
• Ability to apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of engineering problems.
• Ability to provide technical and commercial leadership within the responsibilities assigned.
• Proficiency in the English language commensurate with the work.

Personal Attributes

• Keen to take accountability and ownership for delivering customer needs.
• Able to self-manage and prioritize tasks towards achieving goals.
• Effective at solving problems, troubleshooting, and making timely decisions.
• Flexible and eager to take initiatives.
• Communicates in a structured way and has the ability to present technical ideas in user-friendly language.
• Displays a team spirit, particularly in a multicultural environment.
• Responds positively to learning opportunities and is comfortable stepping out of own comfort zone.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values driven, and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programmes.
• Fulltime position.