Marine Technician - Boston Harbor City Cruises
Listed on 2026-08-20
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Marine Engineering / Maritime, Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Marine Technician - Boston Harbor City Cruises
Boston, MA, USA
Job DescriptionPosted Thursday 16 July 2026 at 07:00
Hornblower Group is a global leader in experience and transportation. Spanning a 100-year history, Hornblower Group’s portfolio of international offerings includes water- and land-based experiences and ferry and transportation services. City Experiences, Hornblower Group’s premier experience division, offers dining and sightseeing cruises and walking and food tours through the City Cruises, Walks, and Devour brands.
City Ferry, part of Hornblower Group’s Ferry and Transportation Division, is the largest private operator of high-speed passenger and vehicle ferries in the United States, carrying more than 10 million passengers annually and operating services including NYC Ferry, Puerto Rico Ferry, and other regional ferry systems . Hornblower Group’s subsidiaries include Hornblower Marine, which provides vessel outhaul and maintenance services at Bridgeport Boatworks in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Seaward Services, Inc.,
a full-service shipping, waterfrontlogisticsand management company that specializes in the operation and maintenance of government and commercial vessels. Additionally, Anchor Operating System, LLC, a Hornblower Group subsidiary and independent entity, provides reservation,ticketing and website integration services for clients in the transportation,tourism and entertainment industries. Today, Hornblower Group’s global portfolio covers over 10 countries, over 50 U.S. cities and serves more than 20 million guests annually.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hornblower Group’sadditionalcorporate officesresidein San Francisco, California;
Boston, Massachusetts;
Chicago, Illinois;
London, United Kingdom;
New York, New York;
Dublin, Ireland; and across Ontario, Canada. For more information,
These vessels range in size and construction, are USCG inspected, and powered by mostly diesel engines.
This position is based in Charlestown, Massachusetts for the Boston and North of Boston based fleet, and Quincy, Massachusetts for the Boston and South of Boston based fleet.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform preventative maintenance on diesel engines and other machineryfound on passenger vessels. Thisincludesbut may not be limited todiesel main engines, diesel auxiliary generators, water jet propulsion equipment, marine reduction gears, hydraulic systems forsteering, cranes,and thrusters.
- Ability toperform heavy machinery maintenance and repair workincludingenginevalve gear timings, injector changes, cylinder head and lineroverhauls.
This may also include machinery rigging in and out of vessels. - Perform water jet maintenance and repairwhile the vessel isinthewaterorin dry dock.
- Perform vessel and docksideplumbing repairs topipes, valves,tanks,and pumps.
- Perform vesselelectrical troubleshooting and repair of generators, motors,control systems,sensors,and related wiring.
Also, low voltage and batterypowered starting, control, electroniccontrol,and monitoring systems. - In dry dock repairsat the shipyardsof the vessel drive lines, water jets, couplings and shafts supporting shipyard personnel and/or the Port Engineer.
- Documentation and monitoring of maintenance and repair work through the company web basedandstructured maintenance and repair program.
- Participate in computer-basedmonitoringand input of maintenance tasks, workhours, and company training and documentationprograms.
- Work the hours and shifts assigned by the Port engineer.
- Other marine maintenance and repair work either dock side or on the vessels that the Port Engineer may require.
- Participate in achievingthemaintenancedivision goal of consistent vessel reliability through proper maintenance and repair practices.
- Additional job duties assigned.
- Unlicensed engine room machinery technicians if having prior training and experience on motor vessels such as work boats, tugs, fishing…
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