First Assistant Engineer

About the role

The First Assistant Engineer is a civil service mariner (CIVMAR) employed by the Navy to serve the Military Sealift Command (MSC) onboard naval auxiliaries and hybrid-manned warships worldwide, in peace and war. MSC exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations, providing on-time logistics, strategic sealift, and specialized missions anywhere in the world, in contested or uncontested environments.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the proper operation, maintenance, and preservation of all engine department machinery and equipment.
• Responsible for the economical use of consumable supplies, stores, and spare parts; the cleanliness and proper condition of all spaces under the jurisdiction of the engine department; and the conduct and efficient performance of engine department personnel.
• Must be competent and skilled in the use of condition monitoring equipment, including basic interpretation and analysis of the raw test results.
• Must have a thorough understanding, be well versed, and be a proponent in the proper use of MSC’s approved preventive maintenance and machine history program (SAMM) and special programs (e.g., lube oil analysis, implementation and administration of MSC lockout/tag out program, water treatment, electrical safety, heat stress, sewage handling, refrigerant handling, and gas free engineering).
• Incumbent is required to be proficient in the performance of shipboard engineering, fire, and collision drills.
• Carries out instructions safely and efficiently, and takes the initiative to perform emergency duties without specific orders or instructions.
• Masters and Department heads may add to these duties to clarify specific shipboard tasks.
• Everything in this Position Description is considered to be an essential function of this position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a United States citizen of at least 18 years of age.
• Possess and maintain:
  • U.S. Passport with a minimum of seven months of expiration date.
  • Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and/or Department of Defense (DOD) Common Access Card (CAC) with a minimum of ten months remaining of expiration.
  • United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC), with a minimum of ten months remaining of expiration date.
• Position-specific requirements:
  • USCG license endorsed as: First Assistant Engineer or above – Steam, Gas Turbine, or Motor vessels of Unlimited Horsepower.
  • Standards of Training and Certification of Watchkeeping (STCW) with the following endorsements:
    • III-1, III-2, III-3, III-4 and III-5.
    • Assistant Engineer (or higher).
    • Proficiency in survival Craft & Rescue Boats Other than FRB (PSC).
  • Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) – Any Rating (Any indicates mariner holds all Unlicensed Engine Department Ratings).
  • Federal EPA Universal refrigerant handling certificate/card reflecting document number.
• Above credentials and endorsements must be valid for at least seven months.