Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Engineer and the 1^st Engineer as necessary in the operating, maintaining and repairing of all vessel engineering systems and processes:
  • Diesel propulsion and electric generating systems
  • Deck hydraulic and pneumatic systems
  • Fuel and lubrication systems
  • Refrigeration plant
  • Sewage treatment
  • Water making/desalinization system
  • Vacuum sanitation system
  • Heating and ventilation systems
• Assist with all USCG manning, watch standing, and operating regulations
• Assist in monitoring of maintenance programs on all main systems and engineering systems
• Assist in maintaining ship fuel and discharge logs
• Assist in maintaining spare parts inventory
• Support all ASC policies and company philosophies
• Attend and participate in all company sponsored training programs as well as outside training in management or engineering related courses
• Maintain the vessel as Det Norske Veritas Class Society and regulatory society requirements

Skill and Experience Required

• Capable of assisting with all USCG manning, watch standing, and operating regulations
• Capable of assisting in monitoring of maintenance programs on all main systems and engineering systems
• Capable of assisting in maintaining ship fuel and discharge logs
• Capable of assisting in maintaining spare parts inventory
• Strictly supports all ASC policies and company philosophies
• Attends and participates in all company sponsored training programs as well as outside training in management or engineering related courses
• Maintains the vessel as Det Norske Veritas Class Society and regulatory society requirements
• QMED Required 

Physical Ability

• Ability to pass a pre-employment and random drug tests
• Must be capable of boarding and exiting a vessel without physical assistance by climbing up and down a gangplank or using a Jacob’s ladder
• Must climb or descend one or more set of steep stairs, or vertical ladders inside and outside the vessel in all weather conditions as extreme as 30 degrees below zero
• Ability to work in confined spaces

Work Schedule

12 hours or more per day for the duration of the trip, including loading and unloading.

Ability to work at sea for extended periods of time

Perform tie-up, shipyard and in-port work for required maintenance as directed by ASC management on a 12-hour per day schedule

$8,000 - $13,000 per trip (crew share value estimate)