QMED / Apprentice Engineer

Harbor Docking & Towing LLC

QMED / Apprentice Engineer

Lake Charles, LA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    401(k)

    401(k) matching

    Competitive salary

    Dental insurance

    Free food & snacks

    Health insurance

    Parental leave

    Profit sharing

    Training & development

    Tuition assistance

    Vision insurance

    Role Objectives: The QMED will fill the role of deckhand while also working in the engine room. Will assist with all engine room operations to include making rounds, transfer evolutions, maintenance, and casualty response. Performs a variety of maintenance tasks to preserve the painted surface of the ship and to maintain line and ship equipment. Must hold government-issued certification and tanker-man certification when working aboard liquid-carrying vessels.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Sweep, mop, and wash down decks to remove oil, dirt, and debris

    Break out, rig, overhaul, and store cargo-handling gear, stationary

    rigging, and running gear

    Load or unload materials from vessels

    Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other

    vessels, or to rig towing lines

    Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings in order to look for

    obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids such as

    buoys and lighthouses

    Assist with machinery maintenance

    Assist with fuel transfers

    Assist in emergency situations as required by captain, mate, or pilot

    Operate, maintain, and repair ship equipment such as winches,

    cranes, and derricks

    Chip and clean rust spots on decks, superstructures, and sides of ships

    Other duties and special projects as assigned

    Skill Requirements:

    Effectively communicate both orally and in writing

    Ability to identify a problem/potential problem

    Knowledge Requirements:

    Basic Mechanical

    Basic Electrical

    Hand tool

    Power tool

    Equipment maintenance knowledge of boat and ship equipment and gear

    Education:

    High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

    Experience:

    1-2 years of related experience required

    Ability to obtain a TWIC card required

    Physical Requirements:

    Worker will exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently and up to 20 pounds of force constantly.

    Requires hearing, talking, grasping quickly, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, and crawling.

    Worker is required to have the ability to see details at a distance and depth perception to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away, or to judge the distance between him/her and an object.

    The worker is subject to environmental conditions with no protection from weather.

    The worker is subject to noise, vibration, hazards, and is frequently in close quarters and small enclosed rooms and is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.