Overview
UIC Bowhead Transport seeks a QMED/Junior Engineer to assist with engineering maintenance, deck operations, including line handling, standing watch and off-watch duties, performing deck and engine security rounds, and fulfilling any assigned security or emergency responsibilities for its Anchorage, Alaska location. Additional tasks may be assigned by the Vessel Master or Mate as needed.
Responsibilities
Essential functions will include:
Adherence to company policies, USCG, and environmental regulations.
Representing the Company to guests, customers, the public, government, and other external sources.
Good seaman skills, including: ability and knowledge to proper vessel line handling; tying, throwing, clean, coiled, and stowed properly.
Assist with machinery maintenance, fuel transfers, and in emergency situations as required by captain, mate, or pilot.
Operate, maintain, and repair ship equipment such as winches, cranes, vehicles, and loaders.
Scales, buffs, and paints decks and superstructure; sweeps and washes decks; splices wire and rope; breaks out, rigs, overhauls, and stows cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, and running gear; secures cargo; and launches and recovers boats.
May rig and operate hydrographic and other specialty winches; handle and stow oceanographic explosives; and stage and stow beach support equipment.
In addition, when assigned to watch duty, performs a variety of duties, including looking for obstructions in path of vessel, steering vessel, serving on security patrol, and standing gangway watch.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in the maritime industry.
Heavy Equipment Operator experience is required (loader, forklift, deck crane, skid steer).
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have a valid U.S. Passport with at least six (6) months prior to renewal.
Valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC -- minimum six (6) months prior to renewal).
Valid Driver's License with a minimum of six (6) months prior to renewal).
Ability to complete an annual Merchant Mariners physical exam and perform physically demanding shipboard duties.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain highly complex or technical topics to individuals with little or no background in the subject.
Writing skills require the ability to write text designed to communicate technical information.
Strong interpersonal/team skills and the proven ability to often deal with situations where immediate low-level satisfactory resolution of issues must be achieved.
Employee must be able to write in English, read in English, calculate, have estimation skills, possess good verbal presentation and be able to communicate using the radio, speaker, or electronic communication by using the English language.
Physical and Mental Demands:
Repetitive and prolonged postures involving standing, sitting, twisting, squatting, kneeling, stooping and reaching to full range from above the head to the deck.
Employee must have the ability to move extremities and spine through full physiological range of motion that will permit the employee to work in a variety of postures involving postures allowing reaching with hands from deck level to overhead level.
Flexing and twisting of the trunk and other awkward postures are required occasionally when assisting crew while tying up vessels, moving rope or cable and repairing equipment.
Employee must have good dexterity and frequently use one and two hands throughout the work period for grasping and fingering while using controls of the vessel, hand tools and performing other activities requiring good dexterity. Employee must always have good balance and coordination in order to safely walk over catwalks, enter/ exit hatches, and over uneven and/or slippery surfaces.
Must be able to climb ladders, stairwells, and push knees.
Employee must be able to step with a step length of 2-ft. in the horizontal direction and 2-ft. in the vertical direction.
Different docks have various combinations of barge drafts and river stages which make it necessary to step across, up, down, or over an obstacle in order to gain access to the dock from the barge or from the barge to the boat or from the boat to the dock.
Must also be able to safely walk and carry tools and line while crossing pipes, ledges, sills, catwalks and/or climbing ladders and push knees.
Employee must have sufficient cardiorespiratory fitness to occasionally perform medium-heavy physical labor involving the ability to sit and/or stand for 6 hour shifts, walk for prolonged periods, handle (lift, carry, push and pull) various materials and tools, climb ladders, stairwells, and push knees while working in inclement weather with temperatures that may vary from extreme cold to extreme heat.
Must be able to work in cold/hot weather while wearing required PPE (e.g., life preserver, respirators, goggles, etc.).
Must be able to lift at least 65 lbs. from floor to knuckles, and waste-level on a daily basis.
Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs. from floor to shoulder level on a daily basis. Must be able to lift at least 10 lbs. from floor to crown level on a daily basis.
Must be able to lift and carry at least 30 lbs. with two hands at waist level for a minimum distance of 30 feet on a level surface.
Working Conditions:
Cramped and/or confined spaces.
May work in fog, dark, and other visibility limiting conditions.May be exposed to fuels, solvents, cleaners, dust, fumes, smoke, and gases.
Will work on vessels in adverse weather conditions.
Constant and loud engine, blowers, and exhaust noise.
Irregular working hours.
Vibrations from vessel engines.
Arctic marine environment including low temperatures, high wind, icing, plenty of moisture and wave action.
Frequent hazards include hypothermia, pinch points, sprains, strains, slips, falls, concussive impacts, and lifting injuries.
Hazard awareness and corrective action is a constant function of the job due to the extreme work environment.
Seasonal Schedule: 6-8 months with peak season is 10-August to 1-October annually with limited time off during this window.
Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening and/or random drug screen, and must follow UIC's Non-DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Program requirements. If the position requires, an applicant must pass a pre-employment criminal background history check. All post-secondary education listed on the applicant's resume/application may be subject to verification.
Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification. In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes.
UIC is an equal opportunity employer. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and subject to other state and federal requirements, UIC and its subsidiaries may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to UIC Shareholders and their Descendants. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity posters here .
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is the village corporation of Utqiaġvik, Alaska and is recognized as one of Alaska's top 10 companies with approximately 4,400 employees nationwide and revenues above $1 Billion annually. UIC is projected to grow substantially in the coming years to become a top 3 company in Alaska by 2030. As a proud Alaska Native Corporation, our success brings growth and benefits to our Iñupiat shareholders. The size and diversity of our operations means we have a broad variety of career opportunities.
UIC and its subsidiaries are committed to and strive for safety, quality, business ethics, and shareholder value. We offer competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans as well as paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and state or contract required paid time off programs.
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Requisition ID 2026-26249
Category Mariners/Vessels/Diesel Engineers
Location : Location US-AK-Anchorage
Travel Requirement 75% - 100%