Overview
Trident Seafoods is North America’s largest vertically integrated seafood company—partnering with fishermen, employees, and communities to responsibly harvest, process, and share wild Alaska seafood with the world. With deep roots in Alaska and operating across the globe, Trident is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle, committed to nourishing the world while upholding the highest standards for safety, sustainability, and excellence.
At Trident Seafoods, we work together for something bigger than ourselves. From nourishing the world with the best protein on earth to protecting our oceans, serving our fishermen, and supporting communities in Alaska and beyond, here, you’ll find a values-driven culture where your growth matters, your work has purpose and your contributions are recognized and appreciated—because at Trident, we believe meaningful work connects us all.
Responsibilities
Summary: The Director of Marine Engineering reports to VP, Engineering and leads the port engineering team responsible for maintenance and repairs of vessels operating in the Bering Sea, Washington, and Oregon.
Job Responsibilities:
Capital Projects Planning and Execution:
- Identifies capital project needs for the vessel fleet and prepares assessments on resource needs and financial requirements.
- Develops justification to support vessel related capital projects, evaluate risks, and inform department leaders.
- Works closely with the vessel teams and port engineers to develop implementation plans for vessel repairs, maintenance, and improvements.
- Ensures successful execution of projects with a focus on safety, cost, and schedule.
- Drives the multiyear capital planning process for the assigned vessel group.
- Participates in cross-functional teams as a technical expert to support company initiatives.
Vessel & Equipment Management:
- Ensures proper monitoring of vessel maintenance and repair status, identification of deficiencies, and reporting as required.
- Evaluates and initiates corrective action on emergency and causality repair of vessels.
- Interfaces with regulatory agencies, design groups, and shipyards.
- Reviews repair requests and work lists from fishing vessels with the Operations Manager and oversees the preparation of the budget, plan, and scope of work to be accomplished.
- Provides guidance and support to the vessel Chief Engineer and port engineers to inspect machinery and equipment.
- Investigate machinery casualties to determine cause and advises ship's officers in methods of operation to prevent recurrence of casualty or malfunctions.
- Ensures accurate record keeping of engineering costs for each vessel such as repairs, supplies, and personnel.
- Cooperates with regulatory bodies to ensure that requirements for alterations, repairs, or modifications are met.
Team Management:
- Sets and communicates goals and objectives for the marine engineering team to align with company strategic goals.
- Develops and maintains a culture of continuous improvement in alignment with Trident company initiatives.
- Encourages the development of the marine engineering employees through formal plans and consistent feedback
- Creates and oversees Dutch Harbor rotation plan for the marine engineering team employees.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions
- Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings
- Travel as needed and sometimes on short notice.
The essential functions listed above are not exhaustive. The organization may assign other duties as needed to meet business requirements.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience. Commuter and transit programs are also available.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years ship repair or relevant marine engineering experience, including extensive shipyard repairs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of vessel propulsion and auxiliary systems equipment.
- 3+ years experience directly managing a team.
- 3+ years experience successfully delivering large capital projects.
Preferred Education & Experiences:
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Marine Engineering or related field or equivalent additional experience.
- Ship Repair experience working with Classification Society rules (DNV or ABS).
- Shipyard Competent Person Certificate preferred, or ability to complete within 6 months.
- Hazwoper Certificate preferred, or ability to complete within 6 months.
- Knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Project management capability and experience.
- Technical knowledge of vessels and related equipment ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Special Training/Skills:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to supervisor and other employees of the organization. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Additional Information
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, including F-1 STEM-OPT authorization.
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