Longline Assistant Engineer

About the role

The Assistant Engineer/Deckhand position aboard Coastal Villages Longline vessels requires assistance in maintaining the vessels' engines, power systems, deck machinery, hydraulic, electrical, piping, plumbing, refrigeration, and sanitary systems. Responsibilities also include inspecting, repairing, and modifying lines and gear, operating hoisting equipment, ensuring a safe and clean environment, discarding cull items, and performing other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Assists in maintaining the functionality and safety of the vessel’s engines, power systems, deck machinery, electrical, hydraulic, piping, plumbing, refrigeration and sanitary systems
• Inspects, repairs and modifies lines and gear as directed by the Bosun
• Successfully passes Basic & Advanced Firefighting, 24 Hour HAZWOPER, Drills and other courses as per company policy and regulatory requirements
• Operates hoisting equipment (e.g. winches and cranes) to move fishing gear, cod ends, equipment and product and supplies during backload and offload
• Maintain a safe and clean working and living environment
• Discard cull (inferior or defective) items and foreign matter
• Aid in offloads of product, and load and unload supplies. May be required to pass crane operator certification
• Must be able to work and move safely on an uneven, slippery and moving surface around machinery
• Must be able to work 12-16 hour shifts, in adverse weather conditions
• Other duties as assigned
• Responsible for manning a lifeboat station during drills or in the event of an actual abandon ship maneuver, pass out survival suits and direct crew to safety

Requirements

• This position reports directly to the Chief Engineer of the Vessel
• Starting wage: Crewshare or Daily – Status: Non-Exempt – Semi-Annual
• Coastal Villages Region Fund has a zero tolerance Drug and Alcohol Policy and participates in the E-Verify Program

Qualifications

• Current USCG License with endorsements and other merchant mariner documentation is not required, but preferred

Skills

Good communication skills, self-motivation, and a positive attitude are important to ensure a high quality product and the safety of all crew members.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

Starting wage: Crewshare or Daily – Status: Non-Exempt – Semi-Annual

Schedule

Crew members must be capable of working consecutive, long and variable work shifts for extended periods of time. Shifts typically range from 12 to 16 hours per day with periodic breaks depending on work demands, production requirements, availability of fish, and travel schedules.

Physical Demands

• Crew members must be capable of working consecutive, long and variable work shifts for extended periods of time
• The work is strenuous and sometimes hazardous due to exposure to operating machinery, mechanical parts, fumes, chemicals, pressurized fluids, vibration and with the vessel operating under all types of weather conditions including extreme cold
• Both hands must be capable of grabbing, holding or gripping rope, rails, equipment and vessel structures for long periods of time
• Applicants must also be able to occasionally sit, kneel, crouch and crawl
• Applicants must be able to frequently lift 11-20 pounds from the floor to the waist and above the shoulders and occasionally lift 51-100 pounds in the same manner
• Applicants must be able to occasionally push, pull and carry 21-50 pounds and on a limited basis, 100 pounds
• Specific vision requirements for this position may require the applicant to determine shades, colors and shadows
• Applicants will be required to gain medical clearance for use of a tight fitting respirator

BASIC MENTAL FUNCTIONS

• Applicants must be able to perform basic math; add, subtract numbers between 1-100; multiply and divide by 10's and 100's
• Applicant must also be able to understand, read, speak and write in English
• Applicant needs the ability to perform these basic functions in stressful, noisy environments and in the adverse weather conditions as mentioned above