Junior Marine Engineer

Job Description

Junior Engineers assist the vessel’s Chief Engineer / 2nd Engineer and any other engineers who are on duty. The nature of the work takes place in the ship's hull, in the engine room. Junior Engineer will be supporting the operation of the main engines, the electrical generation, the steering mechanism, and the other major subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Authority
  
  

The Junior Engineer is responsible to the Second Engineer for normal maintenance duties and to the Chief Engineer for watch keeping duties.

• General responsibilities
  
  

The Junior Engineer reports to the Second Engineer and is responsible for the maintenance of machinery as assigned by the Second Engineer.

He shall assist the Second Engineer in maintaining the Engine Room as instructed.

• Specific responsibilities
  
  

ER Watchkeeping

He shall keep the 4/8 watch or alternatively any other watch as assigned by the Second Engineer.

While on watch, the Junior Engineer shall be under the direction of the senior engineer whose orders he shall carry out promptly and diligently.

In Transhipment operation

Aside of the ER routine, he will be part of the support engineering to the Chief Officer whenever ballast operations are undertaken in accordance with the schedule prepared by the CE.

ER Maintenance

He will assist the others engineers as instructed by the Second Engineer.

Bunkering

The Junior Engineer will be assigned duties relating to bunkering by the Chief Engineer.

Safety Equipment

As instructed by the Second Engineer, the Junior Engineer will carry out the safety equipment maintenance.

Duties on Joining

The Junior Engineer shall report to the Chief Engineer and to the Second Engineer upon joining a vessel, and shall discuss with the officer being relieved (if applicable) the condition of the machinery and equipment for which he is responsible.

He shall in the company of the officer being relieved inspect all the items for which he is responsible. He must report any deficiencies found to the Second Engineer.

Prior to Being Relieved

The Officer will prepare a detailed set of hand-over notes for those areas for which he has had responsibility, highlighting:

­-any equipment with problems, special operational requirements

• all outstanding jobs - for which he has responsibility
• any spares, for equipment he is responsible for, that require to be requisitioned.
  
  

The above handover notes should be sighted and signed by the Chief Engineer, and a copy filed on board on board for future reference.

Qualifications

Educational and Technical Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and holding COC as Engine Watchkeeping
  
  

Language Skills:

• Proficient in English
  
  

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 1-4 year experience as Engine apprentice / Cadet
  
  

Nature of Experience:

• Good interpersonal skills and able to work under pressure and execute assigned work well with others in a fast-paced working environment.