Marine Mechanic

Salary:
$36,682.00 - $64,194.00 Annually

Location:
Carteret County, NC

Job Type:
Permanent Full-Time

Job Number:
24-15110

Department:
Dept of Transportation

Division:
Transit

Opening Date:
12/09/2024

Closing Date:
12/31/2024 11:59 PM Eastern

Job Class Title:
Marine Mechanic

Position Number:
60018903

Salary Grade:
NC08

This position with NCDOT offers full State Benefits, competitive salaries, and many career development opportunities.  

** This is an anticipated vacancy. **

** The primary work location for this position is Cedar Island; however, overnight travel to Ocracoke will be required on a rotation basis. **

This is work in the maintenance and repair of diesel engines and other marine equipment in the Department of Transportation, Ferry Division. Assignments are received from a Marine Mechanic Supervisor. Employees perform tasks ranging from general and routine assignments to those of moderate complexity requiring the application of knowledge and ability acquired from on-the-job training dealing with ferry vessels. Guidance and instruction in the principles and techniques involved are provided by a marine mechanic, adjusting the degree of supervision given to employees based on the scope and difficulty of the assignment.  All other duties as required by the supervisor.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Repair and overhaul diesel engines which involve the disassembly, inspection, and re-assembly of valves, pistons, rings, connecting rods, crankshaft, camshaft, bearings, timing gears and chains, valve mechanisms, injectors, and pumps. 
• Repair and adjust reduction gears, clutches, and couplings. 
• Replace propeller shafts and bearings and align to the engines. 
• Repair and overhaul fire pumps, bilge pumps, and hydraulic pumps. 
• Use of bench grinders, belt sanders, bandsaws, and pneumatic tools.
• Operation of horizontal milling machines, lathes, radial arm drill press, and hydraulic press.
• Read, understand, and utilize blueprints.
• Use of common cutting tools used in machining such as HSS, brazed carbide, and carbide inserts.
• Read conversion charts of fractions to decimals and standard to metric units.
• Use measuring instruments such as dial calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, radius gauges, and telescoping gauges.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of NCDOT and Ferry Division’s drug and Fit-For-Duty tests.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities / Competencies

• Applicants must submit an application that reflects work experience that demonstrates the following: 
•  Working knowledge of the operating principles of diesel and gasoline engines.
•  Knowledge of the operating principles of reduction gears and hydraulic systems.
•  Knowledge of the operating principles of air and electric control systems.
•  Knowledge of the operating principles of vacuum and pressure pumps.
•  Demonstrated ability to determine the cause of and procedures to follow in repairing malfunctioning equipment.
  

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and three years of progressive experience in the repair of diesel and gasoline engines, transmissions, hydraulic, air, and electric systems, and components, preferably in the ship repair or shipbuilding industry; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.