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QMED / Apprentice Engineer

Harbor Docking and Towing
Charles, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/16/2026
Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Free food & snacks
  • Health insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Profit sharing
  • Training & development
  • Tuition assistance
  • Vision insurance


Role Objectives: The QMED will fill the role of deckhand while also working in the engine room. Will assist with all engine room operations to include making rounds, transfer evolutions, maintenance, and casualty response. Performs a variety of maintenance tasks to preserve the painted surface of the ship and to maintain line and ship equipment. Must hold government-issued certification and tanker-man certification when working aboard liquid-carrying vessels.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Sweep, mop, and wash down decks to remove oil, dirt, and debris
  • Break out, rig, overhaul, and store cargo-handling gear, stationary
  • rigging, and running gear
  • Load or unload materials from vessels
  • Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other
  • vessels, or to rig towing lines
  • Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings in order to look for
  • obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids such as
  • buoys and lighthouses
  • Assist with machinery maintenance
  • Assist with fuel transfers
  • Assist in emergency situations as required by captain, mate, or pilot
  • Operate, maintain, and repair ship equipment such as winches,
  • cranes, and derricks
  • Chip and clean rust spots on decks, superstructures, and sides of ships
  • Other duties and special projects as assigned


Skill Requirements:

  • Effectively communicate both orally and in writing
  • Ability to identify a problem/potential problem


Knowledge Requirements:

  • Basic Mechanical
  • Basic Electrical
  • Hand tool
  • Power tool
  • Equipment maintenance knowledge of boat and ship equipment and gear


Education:

  • High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)


Experience:

  • 1-2 years of related experience required
  • Ability to obtain a TWIC card required


Physical Requirements:

  • Worker will exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently and up to 20 pounds of force constantly.
  • Requires hearing, talking, grasping quickly, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, and crawling.
  • Worker is required to have the ability to see details at a distance and depth perception to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away, or to judge the distance between him/her and an object.
  • The worker is subject to environmental conditions with no protection from weather.
  • The worker is subject to noise, vibration, hazards, and is frequently in close quarters and small enclosed rooms and is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.

Salary.com Estimation for QMED / Apprentice Engineer in Charles, LA
$41,315 to $52,466
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