Third Assistant Engineer - Trainee

Military Sealift Command; Virginia; On-site; USD 71,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

gCaptain is advertising a Third Assistant Engineer (In Training) role with the Navy's Military Sealift Command. The incumbent will be a civil service mariner in developmental training, serving onboard naval auxiliaries and hybrid-manned ships worldwide.

Requirements include US citizenship, a valid TWIC or DOD CAC, and USCG MMC with appropriate endorsements. A Maritime Academy degree is preferred, with extensive sea-time required.

Qualifications

• Must be a United States Citizen and at least 18 years of age.
• Possess and maintain a TWIC and/or DOD CAC with 10+ months remaining.
• USCG Medical Certificate with no limitations and MMC with endorsements.
• Preferred: Maritime Academy degree or equivalent maritime education.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Third Assistant Engineer (in Training) on MSC vessels.
• Operate and maintain propulsion and auxiliary systems under supervision.
• Support marine engineering team during both peacetime and deployed operations.

Skills

US citizenship

18+ years old

Security awareness

Education

Maritime Academy degree preferred

Tools

TWIC

DOD CAC

USCG Medical Certificate

MMC endorsement (FH/EOOW etc)

Job description

Starting Salary: $70,504
Upon Credentialing: $208,790*
* Annual Average Salary

DUTIES

The Third Assistant Engineer (in Training) is a civil service mariner (CIVMAR) in a developmental training status, 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.

REQUIREMENTS

**MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: ** Must be a United States Citizen of at least 18 years of age. Possess and maintain a valid U.S. Passport with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date. Possess and maintain a Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC) and/or Department of Defense (DOD) Common Access Card with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date. United States Coast Guard (USCG) Medical Certificate without any Limitations/Restrictions, with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date. United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC), with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date with the following endorsement(s): Ordinary Seaman, Wiper, Stewards Department (FH) with a minimum of ten (10) months remaining of expiration date.

LICENSING AND/OR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Former or current U.S. Navy Surface Engineering Community Ratings E6 or senior at time of separation or application: Electrician’s Mate (EM), Engineman (EN), Damage Controlman (DC), Gas Turbine Systems Technician (GS or GSM), Hull Technician (HT), Machinery Repairman (MR) or Machinist Mate (MM); or other equivalent branches of the U.S. Military with the following:

• - Experience in operating, maintaining, and
• - Experience as a Marine Engineering Officer, Watercraft Engineer or Naval Engineering; and experience as a front-line supervisor, team lead, or work manager.

AND Five (5) years minimum shipboard experience and Qualified in all of the following:

• Engine Room Operator (or hull-specific equivalent)
• Maintenance Person
• Craftsman/Quality Assurance
• OR Commercial experience with QMED (Qualified Member of the Engineering Dept.) ratings in Oiler, Junior Engineer, Fireman/Watertender, Pumpman/Machinist, and Electrician/Refrigerating Engineer operating the propulsion and auxiliary machinery of a vessel, standing watch in the engine room, monitoring pressures and temperatures, recording readings in the logbook and assisting the licensed engineers, with the following:

• Minimum of 3 years of cumulative sea duty including EITHER 1,080 days of engine-room service, including 720 days as a QMED (note: 90 days of deck service on vessels of 100 GRT or more is creditable).
• Experience in performing repairs and overhauls on main engines and auxiliary machinery under the direction of the First Assistant Engineer.
• Experience in fabricating and performing precision repairs, not just replacing parts.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified as Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW) (any power plant) Experience with shipboard maintenance documentation and diagnostics Familiarity with MSC platforms or hybrid-manned engineering systems Degree from an accredited Maritime Academy, or equivalent maritime education