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Senior Surveyor - Flag State Control

Australian Maritime Safety Authority · Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Fremantle WA, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW

Hiring organisation
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Location
Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Fremantle WA, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW
Employment
Permanent
Salary
$154,955–$179,636
Posted
31 July 2026
Closing date
13 August 2026
Source checked
31 July 2026

About this role

Senior Surveyor Flag State Control $154,955 - $179,636 + 15.4% super AMSA Level 7 Any AMSA Office Ongoing About AMSA - Work with Purpose Safe Seas. Clean Seas. Saving Lives. At the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), every role contributes to our mission of ensuring safe vessel operations, combating marine pollution, and rescuing people in distress. As Australia's national maritime regulator, we coordinate national maritime and aviation search and rescue services, protect Australia's marine environment, and support a safe and resilient maritime industry. Our work is made possible by the expertise of our people across corporate, specialist, digital and operational functions, working together to deliver services nationwide. With around 500 employees across Australia, AMSA offers meaningful careers in a complex, highly regulated environment where your work has national impact. Learn more at amsa.gov.au. About the Role As the Senior Surveyor - Flag State Control, you'll play a key role in supporting the safety, compliance and certification of Australian-flagged vessels. Reporting to the Principal Marine Surveyor - Flag State, you'll provide specialist technical advice on ship safety, survey and certification matters, contributing to the delivery of Australia's Flag State obligations under domestic and international maritime frameworks. Working closely with internal stakeholders, Recognised Organisations and industry representatives, you'll support regulatory decision-making, certification activities and the ongoing development of maritime safety policy and guidance. In this role you will: • Provide specialist technical advice on Flag State inspection, survey and certification activities. • Assess applications and contribute to decisions relating to statutory certification, approvals, exemptions, equivalences, waivers and other regulatory instruments for Australian-flagged vessels. • Support compliance and enforcement activities associated with Australia's Flag State obligations. • Coordinate and participate in audits of Recognised Organisations and contribute to AMSA's oversight of approved issuing bodies. • Contribute to the development and review of ship safety policies, procedures, guidance material and legislative instruments. • Prepare briefs, reports and technical advice for internal and external stakeholders. • Represent AMSA at technical meetings, industry forums and stakeholder engagements where required. • Monitor developments across the maritime sector and contribute to the implementation of international and domestic regulatory requirements. •

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