Job Description
Job Description
ENGINE ROOM ASSISTANT
Tsawwassen
The opportunity
We are seeking a self-starter and a positive team player who provides essential vessel safety and operational expertise.
Reporting to the Chief Engineer Engine Room Assistants are responsible for:
Monitoring machinery including maintaining oil and water levels; checking temperatures and pressures of main and auxiliary engines, gear boxes, compressors and winches; ensuring operation of boilers; handling chemicals for testing; monitoring all pumps; relieving the watch; and doing icating in person and or by radio with ships’ officers and ticketing staffPerforming general housekeeping including cleaning of all shipboard machinery, bilges and spaces; prepping and painting machinery and engine room spaces; removing garbage; and polishing brass fixturesAssisting the Engineers with maintenance work including oil and filter changes, engine ad...