Salvage Engineer

Boskalis • Houston, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a salvage engineer, the world is your playground. You never know when or where a ship gets into trouble. That is why for a Salvage Engineer literally every day is different. It sounds like a cliché, but it is the reality. As a Salvage Engineer, you will have an adventurous job. When a ship is in distress, you will travel to the emergency scene with a multidisciplinary team. Once on-site, you work together with the team to repair the ship's plant and get the systems up and running again. It is vital to salvage the vessel as quickly as possible. As well as working on actual ship salvage operations.

Requirements

• A minimum degree in any field with experience sailing onboard ships.
• Worked for at least 5 years on modern (merchant) ships.
• You adapt easily to working with different teams and you are fully proficient in English.
• Of course, you are happy to work irregular hours and to spend longer periods of time abroad.
• Willingness to work on weekends and public holidays frequently, with OT and allowances compensated.

Nice To Haves

• Preferably experience with a range of different types of vessels and engine-room plants.

Responsibilities

• As part of the mobile team, provide support to the salvage master/project manager at site.
• When at base, assisting the technical manager and the operations manager in the selection of new salvage equipment and setting up the right maintenance procedures.
• Maintaining company owned salvage equipment.
• Sharing knowledge with other engineers about complex ship's systems.
• Advising the salvage inspector and superintendent about how to break into existing ship's systems in order to use them during the salvage operation.
• Producing reports about the actions taken to get systems operational again.

Benefits

• Career opportunities : We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities.
• Warm welcome : We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Smit Salvage!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees