Assistant Port Engineer

Duties and responsibilities

• Reports to: The Assistant Port Engineer is responsible and accountable to the Port Engineer.
• Supervises: None
• Description of Duties:
  • The Assistant Port Engineer is a skilled Engineer and is responsible for fleet support in the operational readiness, maintenance, and regulatory compliance in a specific region
  • Accurate and timely data entry, filing, and retrieval of all account's payable documents.
  • Aid Port Engineer to ensure all vessel engineers are properly trained, qualified, and complies with a regulatory training and/or certification requirements.
  • Aid Port Engineer with the timely and cost-effective maintenance, repair, modifications, and refurbishment projects of existing fleet.
  • Aid Port Engineer with monitoring the contractor and/or shipyard during maintenance and repair projects.
  • Conducts on-site surveys of vessels and equipment to determine maintenance and repair needs.
  • Analyzes problems and interfaces with appropriate operations personnel.
• Minimum Requirements:
  • Two years as an engineer on tugboats and mechanical experience working on Detroit Diesel 71 Series, EMD, Fairbanks Morse, and Caterpillar engines.
  • Electrical system experience also required.
  • A High School Degree or equivalent is required.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
  • A Maritime Academy graduate is preferred.
  • USCG Merchant Mariner Credential and Transportation Worker Identification Card.
  • USCG license preferred.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Physical Requirements:
  • Ability to work in a sedentary office environment operating computers, telephones, radios and standard office equipment.
  • Capable of climbing ladders and safely embarking / disembarking moored vessels.
  • Adequate vision (i.e., absent any color blindness or impairment that cannot be corrected with prescription lenses).
  • Adequate hearing.
  • Capable of walking and standing on wet surfaces for extended periods of time.
  • Able to handle heavy lines and operate heavy machinery.
  • Able to hoist oneself up and over a 12-inch wide, 6-foot-high barrier.
  • Sufficient strength to:
    • Lift 100 lbs. from deck to waist level.
    • Lift 50 lbs. from deck to shoulder level.
    • Lift 35 lbs. from deck to overhead;
    • Pull (drag) 120 lbs. at least 20 feet.

Qualifications

• FSA Status: Professional Exemption
• This position description does not promise or imply that the functions listed are the only duties to be performed or that the position may not change or be eliminated.
• Employees are always expected to follow their supervisor’s instructions and to perform the tasks requested by their supervisors.

Benefits

• We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer.
• It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of McAllister Towing not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.