Sample Job Description for Assistant Engineer


A sample job description template for the position of Assistant Engineer is given below:

Job Title: Assistant Engineer

Location of the Job: Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Years of Experience: 1+to 3 Years

Job Type: Full Time Employee

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree

Job Summary:

This position requires a minimum of a limited USCG Merchant Mariners 2nd Engineer’s License for motor vessels of size of no less than 1600 GT / 3000 ITC.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • General repair and maintenance of smaller equipment, including galley and refrigeration items
  • Air compressors, including starting air compressors
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Steering gear
  • Main reducing gears and shafting
  • Auxiliary engine / generator sets, including the power distribution switchgear and the emergency generator.
  • Main propulsion engines, their associated systems and controls, as well as the related water systems.

Position Requirements:

  • Ability to follow document requirements and provide design requirements and product definition
  • Familiarity with Windows GUI standards preferred
  • Some hardware design experience
  • Some working knowledge of C and C++, SQL, VB, JavaScript, HTML, ASP, databases, report generation and networking
  • Some database experience
  • Some experience in systems engineering involving hardware, software, data and communications technologies preferred
  • 2+ years experience in engineering development

Salary: $11.00 – $13.00 Hourly DOE