Refrigeration Engineer

Sealift Command; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Refrigeration Engineer position with Sealift Command places a CIVMAR aboard Naval auxiliaries and hybrid-manned ships worldwide. The role focuses on monitoring, maintaining, and repairing shipboard refrigeration and air conditioning systems, and maintaining regulatory documentation.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens 18+, and hold a TWIC and USCG MMC with sufficient validity. Position includes essential functions and related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• U.S. Regular Passport with min 10 months validity.
• TWIC with min 10 months validity.
• USCG MMC with min 10 months validity.
• MMC endorsed as QMED Refrigeration Engineer or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain shipboard refrigeration and a/c systems.
• Record and document maintenance per EPA and regulatory bodies.
• Operate refrigeration-specific tools and perform repairs as assigned.
• Work under supervision of the First Assistant Engineer.

Skills

Troubleshooting and repair

Climate control maintenance

Documentation and records

Safety and compliance

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Refrigeration tools

Vacuum pump

Leak detectors

Brazing/soldering equipment

Tubing benders

Job description

Announcement opens continuously from 10/01/2025, with periodic cut-offs.

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.).

DUTIES

A recruitment incentive is authorized for eligible selectees and requires a service agreement. Please visit: https://sealiftcommand.com/recruitment-bonus for details. Incentive is paid as a lump sum at the beginning of employment with the Command. VEOA candidates and Annuitants selected for employment are not eligible for recruitment incentives.

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. Regular Passport (also referred to as a tourist or blue passport) with minimum of ten (10) months of expiration date.
• Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) 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:MMC endorsed as:

• Qualified Member of the Engine Department (QMED) Refrigeration EngineerOR QMED Refrigeration Engineer/ElectricianOR 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