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THIS IS A FULL TIME SEASONAL POSITION
POSITION SUMMARY:
Perform maintenance and repairs as directed by the Chief Engineer. Perform deck duties such as line handling, rigging of ship’s gangway, and loading of ship’s stores as directed by the Chief Mate. This is a training position to develop engineering and deck skills to allow the Assistant Engineer to gain the qualifications and experience to advance towards a Chief Engineer position.
MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDE:
Engineering - (60 %): Perform maintenance and repairs to vessel systems as directed by the Chief Engineer. Assist the Chief Engineer with the preventative maintenance system. Perform routine tasks in passenger and crew staterooms and various public spaces as directed by the Chief Engineer. Assist in bunkering of fuel and oil. Keep engineering spaces clean at all times.
Deck - (15%): Work with the deckhands as directed by the Chief Mate in line handling, rigging of ships gangway and loading of vessel stores.
Training - (20%): The Assistant Engineer spends time reviewing and learning vessel systems and operational procedures. The Assistant Engineer is required to demonstrate systems knowledge and understanding of systems operations. Specific skill training is derived partially from on-the-job interaction with the Chief Engineer. The Chief Engineer and Port Engineer will regularly evaluate the Assistant Engineer’s progress.
Safety (5 %): Maintain constant awareness for passengers’ safety. Vessel and crew safety is also very important. Knowing normal operating conditions of the vessel may aid in preventing a safety hazard. Cleaning up after oneself after finishing a work project is another aid in preventing safety hazards. Proper training such as marine firefighting training, CPR /First Aid, and basic skills of damage control are necessary. Important to take an active learning role during emergency drills to gain experience in solving future safety problems.
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Minimum education requires a high school diploma plus commercial, vocation or technical training of 12 months or less. Diesel mechanical knowledge is required with a corresponding certificate strong preferred.
· Minimum of 1-3 years in a diesel engineering capacity, preferably in a vessel setting.
· Communication skills require the ability to provide or obtain basic types of factual information or explanations.
· Writing skills require the ability to write text designed to communicate technical information.
· Quantitative skills require the ability to perform analyses involving ratios and percentages.
· Interpersonal skills require the ability to often deal with situations where satisfactory resolution of issues must be achieved.
· Overall knowledge and skills requires application to complex work processes and broadly defined practices relating to the tasks performed in a recognized discipline.
· Responsible for producing work output on an independent basis subject to supervisory direction and/or review. On routine or standardized work activities, responsible for choosing among a variety of well-established procedure, practices or processes.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Duties and responsibilities are generally performed in a Marine Operations setting, primarily onboard a vessel. Must be physically able to work a typical 12- hour workday of about 10-14 hours per day, seven days a week, for 6 weeks at a time. On any given day hours could be more or less. The 6-week work period is the normal, but not necessarily fixed onboard schedule, and it is followed by a 2 to 3 week period off the vessel. Environmental conditions generally include ambient inside temperature, ambient inside lighting, ambient to loud noise levels, all weather conditions, occasional use of required protective clothing and an irregular work schedule. Mobility demands generally include occasional sitting and occasional standing. Combination activities generally include handling of chemicals/chemical compounds such as cleaning agents. Sensory demands generally involve a computer terminal; telephone operation, microphone and PA systems.
Physical demands generally include frequent bending, reaching, twisting, kneeling, pulling/pushing, grasping, and the ability to climb a 7-foot vertical ladder and fit through a 28-inch wide hatch. Physical demands also include individual handling of one to several different sized objects totaling up to 50 pounds in weight. Handling includes: the dynamic and momentary strenuous lifting and lowering of objects between the ground/deck level and a height of about 4 to 6 feet; continuously repeating these movements about once per minute continuously for up to 20 minutes; repetitive turning and twisting of the body while holding these objects, and passing or receiving them between people as frequently as every 10 seconds; and repeatedly carrying objects of similar weight a distance of up to 100 feet every one to two minutes for as long as 20 minutes without stopping. Each of the above evolutions may be repeated several times in the course of handling ships stores. |
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