Fire & Safety Assistant Specialist

Job ID: 41609
Location: Toronto : Suite 402 : 5575 North  
Position Category: Design Appraisal
Position Type: Employee Regular

Fire & Safety Assistant Specialist

Lloyd’s Register

Location: Toronto, Canada.

What we’re looking for

The Fire & Safety Team within the LR Global Technical Support Office has a strong specialisation in design review for Type Approval and MED Certification of Lifesaving products for marine vessels and offshore facilities, which are Certified in accordance with Statutory Regulations, Flag State Requirements and Classification Rules and International Standards. The team is also responsible for approval of novel lifesaving appliances at the leading edge of technology

The Fire & Safety Team mainly carries out Type Approval, MED Certification, plan appraisal and consultancy in the areas of marine vessels and offshore facilities according to a range of statutory codes and rules, international standards etc. The work the Fire & Safety Team carries-out has helped cement LR’s position as one of the leading class society in the maritime industry.

The Fire & Safety Team also plays a leading role in the implementation of new IMO and IACS regulations and provides guidance and clarification to both LR colleagues and clients worldwide.

What we offer you

• 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  

The role

• Plan approval of Fire and Lifesaving arrangements to various statutory codes, international standards, and rules in a consistent and timely manner.
• Assistance and coordination of new rules and regulations relating to various novel products.
• Conducting occasional site visits at various shipyards, client sites, testing laboratories, or production facilities as required to successfully complete projects.
• Developing expert knowledge and experience of Fire and LSA arrangements and Canadian regulatory framework to risk-based project teams to ensure project outcomes are met.
• Assisting the business in the bid and win process for new projects by accurately estimating time requirements for a range of projects.
• Management and oversight of project schedules, financial tracking, contract risk management procedures and issues plus associated project documentation and supporting compliance with all legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Attendance at and preparation of reports as required for audits that are conducted by external bodies.
• Providing visible, pro-active HS&E leadership, ensuring that all LR Corporate and local HS&E policies and processes are followed, including any necessary client-specific requirements, in particular, ensuring that stated requirements for incident reporting, task risk assessment and safe methods of work are followed.
• Actively seeking to ensure client satisfaction and to generate new opportunities with our clients.

What you bring

• Engineering or Science degree
• Experience in or knowledge of Fire Safety Engineering
• Entry ‑ level to junior profile

Preferred but not required

• Working towards a professional engineering qualification

You are someone who

• Is keen to take accountability and ownership for delivering customer needs
• Is able to self-manage and prioritize tasks towards achieving goals
• Is effective at solving problems, trouble-shooting and making timely decisions
• Is flexible and eager to take initiatives
• Communicates in a structured way and has 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

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About us  

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of  

Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place. 

Want to apply.  

Here at Lloyd’s Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It’s ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works – the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don’t just talk about our differences, we celebrate them! 

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. 

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy. 

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at  View email address on jobs.lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd’s Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

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