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Job Description

Overview

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking a QMED Oiler to assist engineers in the operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment on the R/V Atlantis. The role involves performing general engine room duties and standing watches.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general duties including wiping oil, maintaining tools, and cleaning machinery.
  • Lubricate moving parts of propulsion engines and auxiliary equipment.
  • Pump bilges and clean strainers, filters, and centrifuges.
  • Check the proper operation of machinery during scheduled rounds and maintain proper temperatures and pressures.
  • Record data in the engineering log.
  • Assist engineers with maintenance and repair of engine room equipment while in port.
  • Load freshwater, stores, and bunkers, and connect to shore side power and water.
  • Maintain and inventory spare parts.
  • Keep a log of all watch operations and conditions.
  • Stand engine room watch and generator watch in port as needed.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent education and one year sea duty as an Oiler.
  • Prefer Oiler experience on a similar vessel.
  • U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's Credential endorsed as a QMED Oiler.
  • Familiarity with a variety of engine room equipment and tools.
  • Ability to discern and help repair equipment malfunctions.
  • Basic mathematical calculation skills.
  • Demonstrate good safety practices and procedures.
  • All applicable training as required by the Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.
  • Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) and an unexpired Passport.
  • Ability to pass a Pre-employment DOT drug screen.
  • Unexpired (STCW Expiration date) USCG medical Certificate.

Additional Information

  • Hourly rate is $31.83, with annual compensation based on hours worked.
  • Eligible employees may receive a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Working at least 8 hours per day, and at times in excess of 12 hours per day, 7 days per week.
  • Work at sea for three to five months continuously.
  • Live and work in cramped quarters, frequently in bad weather and with violent ship motion.
  • Must pass examinations for visual acuity, color sense, and hearing.
  • Physical labor required, including climbing and handling moderate weights over 50 pounds.
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How this job compares in Iselin, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $30–$41/hr across 91 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Iselin, NJ

Iselin, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 152 other active welding openings from 109 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (11), DC Fabricators (4), and UPS (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Lyndhurst at $33/hr and South Plainfield at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. QMED Oiler R/V Atlantis figures were last recalculated when this page was built.