Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:Sealord is the largest seafood company in the Southern Hemisphere. With more than 60 years of fishing experience, farming, processing, and marketing operations, our business consistently delivers quality seafood to our customers around the world.Established in 1961, Nelson Sealord is half owned by the Maori people of New Zealand, through Moana New Zealand (Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd), and half owned by global seafood company Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd (Nissui). Sealord is one of the largest quota holders in New Zealand with partners and subsidiaries around the world through Nissui's global links. Sealord Group has fishing operations, which include all deep-water fishing activities as well as international and joint venture deep fishing activities, in New Zealand and Australia.At Sealord, we encourage an innovative, safe working environment and a positive culture. Our people are engaged, motivated and likely to tell you that Sealord is their employer of choice. Coaching, career development, succession planning and promotion from within, are aspects of every employee's career journey at Sealord. We have a performance-based culture and pride ourselves on reward and recognition initiatives that recognize top talent and outstanding performance.Currently, we're looking to add to our team of 1,200 employees and have opportunities for a 1st Marine Engineer for FV Tokatu, the newest vessel in the Sealord fleet, built to our specifications and joining the company in 2018.Responsibilities:Manage the mechanical and electrical performance of the vessel's propulsion, fishing, processing and ancillary systems in a safe and efficient manner.Work independently with excellent problem solving skills.Commit to preventative maintenance systems.Qualifications:MEC 5 or 4/3 qualification.Current Maritime Medical or ability to pass one.Trip lengths on the vessel are between 35-45 days and crew operate on a trip on, trip off rotation. The hours of work are generally done in shifts of 12 hours, PPE is supplied, and all meals are provided by our experienced cook.If this sounds like the right job for you, and you have proven engineering experience on deep sea fishing vessels and would enjoy working in a small close-knit team, then impress us with your positive can-do attitude, teamwork, safety focus, and the ability to follow instructions and rules. Resilience is a critical life skill, as is respect for each other and the environment. Being committed to your team and tasks is imperative for the whole crew to be successful.Being at sea is a way of life, unique and exhilarating! This is a lifetime opportunity with a company committed to its people and their training and development to help you fulfill your potential; offering stability and a great work-life balance.If you're keen to work at sea and have the right to work in New Zealand, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and follow the application steps; feel free to visit our careers page at www.sealord.com/nz/careers to read more about us.
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