Refrigeration Engineer

gCaptain; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 106,933; Full time

Job summary

gCaptain is seeking a Refrigeration Engineer to support the Military Sealift Command aboard naval auxiliaries. Responsibilities include maintaining air conditioning and refrigeration systems, ensuring proper climate control, and adhering to EPA regulations. Candidates must hold a U.S. Passport, TWIC, and USCG Merchant Mariner’s Credential. A Federal EPA Universal Refrigerant Handling Certificate is also necessary. The role offers an average annual salary of $106,933 plus a bonus of $50,650.

Qualifications

• Must be a United States citizen aged 18 or older.
• Possess a valid U.S. Passport.
• Need a TWIC and/or DOD CAC card with sufficient remaining validity.

Responsibilities

• Monitor designated equipment for proper operation.
• Perform maintenance on refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
• Maintain documentation related to EPA regulations.

Skills

Refrigeration system maintenance

Air conditioning systems

Use of hand and power tools

Education

U.S. Passport

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC)

Tools

Vacuum pump

Halide leak detectors

Oxy-acetylene torch

Refrigerant recycling equipment

Job description

Average Annual Salary: $106,933 + $50,650 BONUS. View the current recruitment bonus memo.

This is the average annual salary not the base pay featured in the job opportunity announcement. All calculations include CIVMAR total take-home pay (including overtime, penalty, etc.).

The Refrigeration 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. MSC provides on-time logistics, strategic sealift, as well as specialized missions anywhere in the world, contested or uncontested environments.

The duties of the Refrigeration Engineer include, but are not limited to, the proper monitoring of his/her designated equipment for proper operation, maintenance and repair of all shipboard domestic refrigeration and air conditioning systems, standalone A/C package units, walk-in reefers, reach-in reefers, water fountains, refrigerant air dryer systems, air handling units, air filtration systems, and steam heating coils. He/she will be responsible to maintain proper climate control and air conditioning of ship’s habitable areas, and record and maintain proper documentation and inventory as designated by EPA and other regulatory bodies in relation to the maintenance, charging recycling, or charging procedures. He/she will be proficient in the use of hand tools, power tools, and refrigeration specific tools such as reclaiming/recycling/evacuating equipment, vacuum pump, halide leak detectors, dial-a-charge, oxy-acetylene torch or other brazing/soldering heat source, and tubing benders. He/she works under the supervision to the First Assistant Engineer, and performs other duties as assigned. Everything in this Position Description is considered to be an essential function of this position. Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Eligibility Requirements: Must be a United States citizen of at least 18 years of age and possess and maintain:

• U.S. Passport with a minimum of seven months remaining 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:

1. MMC endorsed as:

• Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) Refrigeration Engineer OR QMED Refrigeration Engineer/Electrician OR QMED Any Engine Rating (“Any” indicates Mariner holds all Five (5) unlicensed Engine Department ratings).
• STCW Certificate endorsed as: Rating Forming Part of an Engineering Watch (RFPEW). Able Seafarer Engine
• Licensing/Certification requirements: A Federal EPA “UNIVERSAL” Refrigerant Handling Certificate.