Third Assistant Engineer – Trainee NEW

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

managing critical machinery to keep the vessel running in austere, high-stakes environments, – 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

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