Maritime Training Manager in Southampton, United Kingdom

Job Description

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

The Role

Our Maritime Fleet Workforce team are looking to welcome a Maritime Training Manager to deliver the training strategy and maintain a Maritime and HESS (Health, Environment, Safety and Security) training programme to ensure compliance with International, National, and internal policies for Nautical, Technical, and HESS training.

Reducing the risk of human error through effective training of our personnel, this role ensures that training plans and activities support the requirements of the CUK fleet which aids and enables success.

You will

• Develop, maintain and deliver a Maritime Training Plan and financial forecast that delivers continuous improvement and meets the requirements of both CUK and ABG.

• Co-ordinate maritime expertise to ensure that the Maritime training portfolio is relevant, meets internal and external requirements and is delivered effectively.

• Manage and control the Maritime Training budget (c £2-3m), identifying risks and opportunities and understanding variance to forecast.

• In conjunction with the Fleet People Operations Training Compliance team, ensure CUK ships are staffed with appropriately qualified and competent personnel.

• Maintain oversight of the Maritime Training Curriculum – HESS, Deck and Technical – and ensure that any new internal or external training requirements are captured through the Training Governance process.

• Liaise directly with external authorities (Flag State) & internal auditors (RAAS) on issues and risks related to Maritime & HESS training

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK07 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with hybrid working in our Southampton office, a minimum of 3 days per week. Due to the nature of our training partnerships both within the UK and internationally, travel across these areas would occasionally be required.

About You

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

• Previous background in the cruise or Maritime sectors in a Deck or Technical role

• Ideally experienced working with Flag States with regard STCW requirements

• Excellent planning and project management skills, including budget management ideally within a training context

• Strong background in managing and maintaining quality standards and processes, including auditing and evaluation, ideally within a training background

• Experience of Learning Management Systems and blended learning

Being part of our team has its advantages…

We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

• A friendly welcome with help settling in

• Home and office-based hybrid working, working with 3 days per week in the office

• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers

• Extensive learning and development opportunities

• Annual bonus

• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme

• Employee-led networks

• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes

• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers

• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

• Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment

• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP

• Life Assurance

• Parental and adoption leave

• Employee Shares Plan

• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes

• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals

• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases, we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.

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About Us

Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.