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Benefits you receive when working with Savage:

  • Travel assistance to & from vessel paid for by employer
  • A culture that appreciates team members
  • Profit Sharing
  • Excellent Benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with match
  • Opportunity for growth
  • A commitment to helping our team members do things that they never dreamed possible
Responsibilities / Job Duties:
  • Perform watch standing duties to include lookout, security rounds, sanitation, cooking, and line handling.
  • Perform deck duties to include work/training/drills/exercises in enclosed spaces, at heights, and
  • As a member of the vessel emergency response team respond to emergency situations including fire, flood, man overboard, and abandon ship.
  • Assist with the cargo transfer operations to include assistance with hook up/disconnect functions, ballast operations, machinery inspection, and maintenance of deck and cargo systems.
  • Assist with the operation, inspection, and maintenance of the vessel’s deck machinery, firefighting, lifesaving, and safety equipment.
Requirements/Qualifications:
  • USCG Merchant Mariner Credential international and national endorsements:
  • Must hold the following International STCW Endorsements:
  • STCW Basic Safety Training (STCW VI/1),
  • PSC (STCW VI/2),
  • Vessel Personnel with Designated Security Duties (VPDSD) (STCW VI/6)
  • Preferred International Endorsements:
  • Able Seafarer-Deck (STCW II/5),
  • RFPNW (STCW II/4),
  • Must hold the following National Endorsements:
  • Able Bodied Seaman,
  • Lifeboatman,
  • Ordinary Seaman,
  • Steward’s Department (F.H.)
  • Preferred National Endorsement: Tankerman Assistant limited to Dangerous Liquid (DL) Cargoes PIC
  • Must hold a valid TWIC card and U.S. Passport
Education/Experience:
  • High School diploma
  • Maritime Academy graduate preferred
  • ABS Nautical Systems NS5 experience preferred
Physical Requirements:
  • Able to work in confined spaces, carrying heavy tools, climbing and descending ladders, consistently asked to lift and carry loads greater than 25 pounds
  • Must have current USCG STCW Medical Certificate, renewed every 2 years
Additional Information:
  • A complete job description is available upon request
  • Savage is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace
  • California Residents Job Application Privacy Notice
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