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Head of Technical Support - Southampton

We have an exciting new vacancy at MAIB and are looking for someone to head up our Technical Support team.

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This vacancy is now closed.

Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

  • Developing the Technical Support section’s capabilities to keep pace with the adoption of new technologies in the maritime industry.

  • Providing expert advice on data recovery to internal and external stakeholders, and represent the UK as policy lead for Voyage Data Recorders at international meetings including the IMO, IEC and ISO working groups.

  • You will support and guide the work of the IT Manager, Database Manager and Technical Manager to ensure that all aspects of work are being managed to the highest standard achievable.

As one of the team responsible for forensic data recovery and analysis, you will:

  • Share on-call responsibilities with the three members of the Technical Team, ready to deploy at 2-hours’ notice, not more than 1 week in 4, to accident sites worldwide to carry out data recovery as part of the investigating team.

  • On site, support the lead investigator through the identification, forensic recovery and analysis of technical evidence relating to marine accidents, which could include imaging and cloning of memory and the use of forensic analysis tools to recover embedded, protected or deleted data.

For further information about this position and how to apply see Civil Service Jobs, Head of Technical Support, Ref: 52682.

Closing date: 22 June 2020.

Published 8 June 2020