The principal consultant serves as a technical consultant and project lead for maritime client engagements involving risk management, safety, and regulatory compliance. Supports project planning, execution, quality assurance, client communication, and preparation of technical reports and presentations to ensure timely, within-budget delivery. Provides guidance on maritime regulations, industry standards, hazard and risk assessments, compliance reviews, audits, and corrective actions for shipowners, operators, ports, offshore organizations, and related stakeholders. Also supports business development, proposal efforts, client relationship management, and promotion of ABS Group’s maritime consulting services.
What You Will Do:
What You Will Need:
Education and Experience
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience
- Must have an advanced degree or bachelor’s degree and equivalent experience
- Professional certifications required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of maritime regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and applicable industry standards.
- Knowledge of safety management systems, audit protocols, and incident investigation methods.
- Ability to evaluate operational and regulatory risk and develop effective mitigation strategies.
- Ability to interpret complex technical and regulatory requirements and apply them to maritime programs.
- Strong analytical skills in compliance review, gap assessment, and root cause evaluation.
- Ability to prepare clear technical findings, recommendations, and compliance documentation.
- Ability to advise clients on maritime safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance matters.
- Strong knowledge of maritime regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and applicable industry standards.
- Knowledge of safety management systems, audit protocols, and incident investigation methods.
- Ability to evaluate operational and regulatory risk and develop effective mitigation strategies.
- Ability to interpret complex technical and regulatory requirements and apply them to maritime programs.
- Strong analytical skills in compliance review, gap assessment, and root cause evaluation.
- Ability to prepare clear technical findings, recommendations, and compliance documentation.
- Ability to advise clients on maritime safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance matters.
- Ability to gain, retain, illustrate comprehension of learned technical knowledge, and transfer knowledge to other members of the team
- Ability to mentor/coach mid-level consultants and hone technical skills in others
- Ability to actively listen to the needs of our clients by receiving shared information, determining context of the information provided and generating probing questions to better understand, retaining the information for future access, engaging and collaborating with sales team on potential opportunities, and responding with solutions
- Openly accepts change is part business evolution to meet the needs of our clients, provides recommendations to enhance business, and drives change across the business unit.
- Possess a firm understanding of key performance indicators and their significance to the business and take action to drive results amongst the business unit.
- Ability to utilize established rapport and role as a subject matter expert with existing clients to facilitate development of new business through identifying and consistently generating new business opportunities
- Ability to coach others on development of customer intimacy and new opportunities
- Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver successful outcomes
- Must take responsibility for their actions, behaviors, decisions, and results and those of the team they lead
- Must seek feedback and utilize root cause analysis to improve performance
- Must understand business goals and hold self and team members accountable for keeping commitments and high standards
- Must be dependable and consistent
- Ability to demonstrate independent, objective, open-minded thinking with strong attention to detail and sound judgment
- Demonstrate a proficient level of time management skill
- Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System.
Salary:
$120k - $140k
Reporting Relationships:
Reports to a director or executive level position
