Marine Technical Specialist

COVE
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Who is COVE?
Since its inception in 2018, COVE has dedicated itself to fostering collaboration among individuals, concepts, resources, and assets to drive solutions and sustainable advancement within Canada's marine sector. At the forefront of building a thriving network, COVE has played a pivotal role in cultivating a robust cluster of companies and cultivating a premier startup environment. Through strategic initiatives, COVE facilitates invaluable networking opportunities, fosters connections, and leads discussions within the global ocean technology community. Moreover, COVE spearheads programs aimed at nurturing talent, expediting the release of ocean technology products, and bolstering the success of emerging ventures by startups, scaleups, and SMEs. These initiatives, coupled with COVE's ability to harness diverse skills and expertise nationally within the marine ecosystem, serve as an enabler for overcoming industry challenges, driving economic growth, and delivering value to investors.

As COVE experiences rapid expansion, we are actively seeking to expand our team to further bolster our transformative influence on the marine sector. With a thriving community of over 60 companies onsite and a global network encompassing over 350 organizations engaged in marine technology, we stand poised to emerge as a premier global hub for industry-driven innovation. We recognize that our journey toward this goal hinges on the strength of our team—a group of individuals who collaborate, innovate, and continually strive for excellence. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey of discovery and advancement.

The Opportunity

The Marine Technical Specialist is responsible for supporting COVE's site and marine operations including the Stella Maris Testing Solution, Smart Atlantic buoys and other marine related projects on-shore and off-shore. The Marine Technical Specialist will provide innovative, proactive recommendations for continuous improvement and provide support to special projects ensuring a client focus with health and safety being a key priority.

What you will be doing:

• Providing verification, monitoring, and operational support for marine technical projects including Smart Atlantic Buoys, the Stella Maris Testing Platform, and COVE's ROV. This includes verifying sensors are functioning within expected parameters, acting as first point of contact to respond to technical and maintenance issues, providing technical support for clients, supervising project data acquisition, engaging potential new clients and supporting client demonstrations.
• Providing research and expertise as it relates to marine operations supporting technical proposals.
• Identifying and recommending equipment for technical workshops/operations. Assisting in the planning, procurement, operating practices and maintenance of on-shore and off-shore infrastructure inventory.
• Supporting marine side operations to register vessel visits and services, completing vessel safety and security checks, day-to-day communication with marine terminal users, and additional support services provided by COVE.
• Providing facilities related support including shipping and receiving, forklift operations, site events, and storm preparations.
• Contributing to new safe work practices and OHS documentation.
• Acting as Marine Facility Security Officer (MSFO) as required.
• Assisting in site surveys and site clean up, as required.
• Ability to complete on call shifts, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

• Minimum bachelor's degree or technical diploma in Ocean/Marine, Engineering, or related disciplines.
• 3-5 years' related experience.
• Demonstrated analytical and project management skills to meet program objectives and the ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Ability to be proactive in troubleshooting issues with sound judgement and decision-making skills.
• Experience with assets deployed offshore.
• Excellent communication skills including public speaking.
• Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledgeable, self-motivated, result-oriented, and able to build a plan and make things happen, while upholding honesty and integrity and without compromising attention to detail.
• Solid team player who enjoys interacting and building relationships with others.

Additional Assets:

• Ocean related diploma or degree
• MSFO Certification
• SOLIDWORKS Essential Certification
• Project Management Certification

Working at COVE

At our core, we are a team driven by our passion for empowering marine tech innovators, serving as unwavering advocates for every visionary who walks through our doors. Integrity, creativity, and diversity are not just values to us—they are the bedrock of our identity. We thrive within an integrated team environment, where collective efforts culminate in tangible results. Embracing diversity in our workforce is paramount for fostering genuine collaboration and fulfilling the impactful responsibilities we hold within our community. We cultivate a workplace culture that celebrates individual differences, ensuring that each person's unique talents and strengths are fully recognized, appreciated, and utilized. Operating within a hybrid and flexible work environment allows us to optimize the collective potential of our highly collaborative team, enabling us to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to learn and make an impact by working for a dynamic, growing company on meaningful projects that finds solutions to real-life problems.
• Vacation, personal days, and sick time
• Flexible work hours
• Team wide bonding activities and casual work environment
• Tech focused office location, convenient via transit and bike paths and free parking
• Employee wellbeing including full medical & dental benefits and a health spending account
• Group RRSP matching program & Income Insurance Plans
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Employee recognition program
• Employee referral program
• Competitive salary

Don't meet every single requirement? At COVE, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role, but your past experience does not align with every single qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We are committed to ensuring accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodation upon request.

We offer an excellent working environment where life balance is valued. Our people and their commitment to quality work is what drives our success. You can find out more information about COVE at www.coveocean.com . Salary for this position will be commensurate with experience, note that relocation costs are not supported.

To be considered for this position, please apply online by clicking “Apply”. The deadline for submission is 5:00 pm, April 29th, 2024. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.