Chief Engineer

Role Overview

• The Chief Engineer is the Technical Manager on board the vessel and Head of the Engine Department.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable Energy legislation and regulatory controls as well as Company’s Energy Management System requirements;
• Ensuring preventive maintenance and repairing machinery, avoiding delays on sea passage or during the turnaround of the vessel.
• Reporting directly to the Master and the Technical Manager any matters affecting Quality, Safety & Health, Environmental protection and Energy Efficiency;
• Ensuring close liaison and cooperation with all department heads to facilitate smooth and efficient vessel operations;
• Ensuring that the Planned Maintenance System (PMS) is updated and operated in compliance with Company’s requirements;
• Ensuring that Engine Officers and Crew are familiar with the Company's Management System;
• Motivating the Engine Officers and Crew in executing their duties according to the Company's Management System;
• Ensuring that a robust Safety & Health culture and Environmental and Energy Efficiency awareness is encouraged and maintained;
• Providing the Master with a positive report prior to each departure, that the vessel is ready to proceed to sea, with respect to the main and auxiliary machinery and the responsibilities of the Engineering Department;
• Ensuring close co-operation with the Staff Captain with particular regard to the safe loading of the vessel, stress and stability;
• Responsible for safe and efficient fuel oil, diesel oil and lube oil bunkering operations;
• Ordering spares and repairs (including dry-dock specifications) as required via the Technical Manager;
• Ensuring that activities are well planned, organized and safeguards established against all identified risks;
• Issuing appropriate orders and instructions in a clear and simple manner and verify that specified requirements are observed;
• Ensuring that corrective and preventive actions are implemented timely and effectively;
• Reviewing the Company’s Management System on a regular basis and reporting to the Master proposals for improvement.
• Ensuring the Engineering Department is in compliance with all applicable environmental legislation and regulatory controls as well as Company’s Environmental & Energy Management System;
• Ensuring that all engine room personnel have appropriate training on environmental & energy policies and procedures, including but not limited to training on the operation and use of pollution prevention equipment, bilge and ballast pumps, Incinerator, Sewage Treatment Plant and Oily Water Separator (OWS);
• Ensuring that all engine room personnel have appropriate training to make entries in the Oil Record Book, the Garbage Record Book, the Engine Room Bilge, Oil Residue and Sludge Tank Sounding Log or any other logs required by the Company environmental procedures, or any other maritime environmental protection and energy efficiency requirements;
• Ensuring that the Incinerator, the Oily Water Separator (incl. the Oil Content Meter) the Sewage Treatment Plant and any other pollution prevention equipment installed onboard are operational and tested in accordance with the relevant Machinery Space Operation Procedures.

Requirements

• Able to work 7 days a week for an extended period of time.
• While performing the essential functions of this job, all team members are required to stand; walk long distances on the ship; use hands to touch, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk, hear, taste and smell.
• All vessel positions require repetitive motion of bending, climbing, going up and down stairs and lifting up to 23 kilograms.
• This job requires specific vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• All team members must be physically able to participate in emergency lifesaving procedures and drills. All vessel positions require full use and range of arms and legs as well as full visual, verbal and hearing abilities to receive and give instructions in the event of an emergency including the lowering of lifeboats.
• Assist with zodiac landings, Marina days and Expeditions when required.
• Work within different temperature changes—indoors to outdoors.

Benefits

• Certification in accordance with the latest Qualification Requirements Matrix GOATT
• Completion of Familiarization (FAM) through onboard training in accordance with the Management System (MS)
• Able to pass basic safety course.