Engineer Assistant

denis raymond fortin

denis raymond fortin Seymour lake po box 190 Morgan VT. 802-***-**** ***********@***********.*** Summary I have been employed in the US merchant marine for the past 25 years as a marine engineer. I graduated in 1985 from a small engineering school as an 3rd Assistant engineer and now have been sailing as both 1st and chief Engineer for the past 12 years. I have experience in both diesel and steam propulsion, and power plants,power generating systems,my job consist of setting work schedules, documenting the maintenance of shipboard equipment from radars, the the ship's sewage plant. I have used Maximo,NS5,and various PM and purchasing programs, along with excel, and windows programs. Safety and budgets have been 2 areas in which I have dealt with on a daily basis Use of shop tools including lathes, welding,drill presses and plasma torches is a daily occurance aboard most merchant ships, as well as fabricating parts and tools Objectives I would like to use the skills I have acquired during my 25 years of sea time. These skills include the maintenance, repair, purchasing of equipment required to keep large sea going vessels on schedule, in sometime adverse environments. A lot of my work experience involve the planning and assigning of work duties for 6-8 people, trouble shooting and making sure all the required documents were in order Documentation has become a job in its self with more and more regulatory bodies getting a say in the daily operation of Merchant ships . Employment History June 1985– present: marine engineer horizon lines, charlotte, North Carolina, United States 2007-present I have been working aboard the Horizon Hunter,a Diesel Container-ship built in 2006 for the last five years in the capacity as Chief and 1st assistant engineer. 2004-2007 i worked on board the Horizon Consumer, a steamship as 1st Engineer 1985-2004 I have worked on board tanker and container vessels which were Diesel powered, medium and slow speeds, steam powered tankers and container ships I have worked with main units manufactured by B&W, Sulzer, Warsilla, and Enterprise July 1985– November 2011: marine engineer US Merchant marine horizon lines, charlotte, NC, United States 1ST ASSISTANT AND CHIEF ENGINEER Education May 1984 Calhoon MEBA Engineering school, Easton, United States, Md qualification Marine Engineeringl, status Graduated, grade 3rd steam and diesel Hobbies skiing, kayaking, fishing gardening Languages English – Native