Oiler

Golden Alaska, LLC.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A seafood processing company based in Seattle is seeking an Oiler to assist Engineers with maintaining and repairing equipment on the MV Golden Alaska. The role requires physical ability to work at sea for long hours and effective communication skills. Candidates must have basic knowledge of machinery and at least one year of experience with fishing vessels. This position entails demanding working conditions and requires commitment through busy fishing seasons.

Qualifications

• Must have basic knowledge of machine design, use, maintenance, and repair.
• 1+ years of experience in identifying and troubleshooting problems with fishing vessel engines/machinery preferred.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with other Engine Room crewmembers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment.
• Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when the vessel is underway.
• Maintain records of engineering department activities, including machine operations.
• Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems.
• Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean.
• Monitor the availability, use, or condition of pollution preventatives to ensure that international regulations are followed.
• Note and record gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs.
• Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean.
• Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required.

Skills

Basic knowledge of machine design, use, maintenance, and repair

1+ years of experience in fishing vessel engines/machinery

Effective communication with Engine Room crew

Job description

Maintain, clean, monitor, & repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment in the vessel.

Golden Alaska Seafoods operates the MV Golden Alaska, a 305’ mothership seafood processor that operates in the Bering Sea pollock fishery and Pacific Whiting fishery off the US West Coast.

The MV Golden Alaska has an open recruitment for a member of the Engine Department in the position of Oiler. Oilers serve as assistants to the 2nd Engineer, 1st Engineer, and Chief Engineer.

For most people, living and working aboard a processing ship is very different from any other situation you will likely encounter and brings challenges on a daily basis. At the height of A Season and B Season it takes the full efforts and resources of over 130 people to keep up with the steady supply of incoming fish and to maintain 24-hour production.

This means demanding, long hours for everyone, constant noise, cramped quarters with little or no privacy, fatigue, physical discomfort and boredom. Don’t come aboard the vessel with adventurous notions of life at sea. In reality, life at sea is often dull and uncomfortable. It certainly is not an experience for everyone.

Skill and Experience Required

• Must have basic knowledge of machine design, use, maintenance, and repair
• 1+ years of experience in identifying and troubleshooting problems with fishing vessel engines/machinery preferred
• Must be able to communicate effectively with other Engine Room crewmembers

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment, or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties
• Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when the vessel is underway, and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff
• Maintain records of engineering department activities, including machine operations
• Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems
• Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified
• Monitor the availability, use, or condition of pollution preventatives to ensure that international regulations are followed
• Note and record gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs
• Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean
• Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required

Physical Ability

• 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 pass a pre‑employment and random drug tests
• Ability to work at sea for extended periods of time

Work Schedule

12 hours 7 days a week for 3-5 months

If you are interested, have questions, or know someone who might be interested, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our HR Manager Joe Shaul: 703 798 0700

Golden Alaska Seafoods has adopted thorough and strenuous safety practices in response to the Covid-19 epidemic in order to ensure the wellbeing of our crew and our ability to complete our seasons.

Golden Alaska Seafoods, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age.

Golden Alaska Seafoods is a DRUG FREE company.