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Northrop and Johnson

Chief Engineer in United States

Start date : 26th June 2025

TBC USD($)

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Position Chief Engineer

Vessel/Shorebased Type 50m (164ft)

Vessel Type Motor Yacht

Charter/Private Private

Number of Crew 9

Position Type Rotational (TBC)

Yachting Experience 5+ years

Looking for Team/Couple No

Posted 2nd Jun 2025

Job ID #2775193

Summary

Seeking an experienced, hands on, rotational Y3 Engineer for a private, 50m M/Y. Cayman flagged.

Hands on engineering, maintenance, and cleaning.

Must be organized and clean in both work and personal space. Fluent English is required.

Must have solid knowledge of planned maintenance (Triton, Idea, etc.) inventory control, management and administration of engineering department.

 Ability to work with management, flag and class on relevant compliance and regulatory requirements.

Confident with budget and scheduling of vendors for yard periods, working with Captain and Chief Officer on priorities for the vessel and owner.

 Crew of 9 in total. US owners, shared cabin

US East Coast/New England for the summer season

Non Smoker/Vapers- ONLY

B/1/B/2 visa in hand, ENG1, All certificates and licenses up to date with time remaining on them.

Start date: June 26th - 1 week handover with outgoing Chief

Salary: $9.500 DOE

Paid flights.

Medical.

Paid training (after 12 months)

Shared seasonal bonus with counterpart (50/50)

Point of contact is Christine Hodgson at Northrop and Johnson

Languages

English / Fluent

Visas

  • B1/B2

Essential Qualifications

Entry Level Qualifications (or equivalent)
  • STCW 95 (STCW 2010)
  • ENG 1 (Medical Certificate)
Engineering Qualifications (or Merchant, USCG & AMSA equivalent)
  • RIII/3 Y3 Chief Engineer (<500gt <3000kW)/ Chief Engineer (SV) (<500gt 3000kW)

Location

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  • Homeport United States
  • Destination North Atlantic Ocean
  • Current Location United States

About Northrop and Johnson

2015 SW 20th Street, Suite 200nFort Lauderdale, FLn33315 nUnited Statesnnnnnn [ view on map ]

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