Vacancies for Chief Officer

Chief Officer is the second officer after the Master on a Bridge of any vessel. His duties include watchkeeping, navigation, cargo operations, ballast management, daily monitoring of deck crew’s work as well as ship security management (Chief Officer is most often appointed as vessel’s Ship Security Officer).

On offshore vessels Chief Mate is usually required to have DP certificate as well; as these vessels often perform operations in the Dynamic Positioning mode. On tankers and other merchant vessels, Chief Officers work with specialized software that controls cargo operations i.e. MasterLoad or K-Gauge from Kongsberg and so on.

Chief Officer’s salary on Bulk Carrier is around USD 6 600 - USD 6 800. On Container ships, Heavy Lifts, Reefers, Multi-Purpose and Passenger ships, Chief Mate’s salary ranges from USD 5 000 to USD 6 500 depending on the vessel and the seaman's experience.

Vessels such as General Cargo, Coaster, Fishing will provide less favorable conditions and wage rate from USD 3 000 to USD 3 800 per month.

In the oil and gas sector, salaries start from USD 8 500 for Oil Products Tanker, make an intermediate stop at USD 10 000 - USD 11 000 for Crude Oil and Chemical Tankers; and reach USD 16 000 on LPG / LNG tankers.

Chief Mate employed in offshore sector earns from USD 110 -150 on a Crew Boat or small AHT and up to USD 300-350 and more on larger vessels equipped with DP systems.