Port Engineer

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Full Time Manual Labor Los Angeles, CA, US

Salary Range: $40.00 To $48.00 Annually

Location: Southern California
Company: The Jankovich Company

Founded in 1933, The Jankovich Company is a family-operated petroleum and lubricants distributor serving customers throughout Southern California. For more than 90 years, we have built a reputation for safety, reliability, and exceptional customer service across our marine, commercial, industrial, transportation, and government markets.

Headquartered in San Pedro, California, The Jankovich Company provides marine fueling, petroleum transportation, barge operations, bulk fuel distribution, lubricant sales, cardlock fueling services, and specialty petroleum products.

As part of the North Star Energy family of companies, The Jankovich Company combines the responsiveness and relationships of a local business with the resources, expertise, and support of a larger organization. We remain committed to our core values of safety, integrity, sustainability, and service while continuing to support the communities and industries that depend on us every day.

The Port Engineer is responsible for the hands-on maintenance, repair, and operational readiness of The Jankovich Company’s tugboats and barges based in San Pedro and San Diego.

This position performs and coordinates preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance and repairs; troubleshoots equipment failures; and works with outside contractors and shipyards when specialized or major repairs are required.

This is a hands-on technical role for an experienced marine or heavy-equipment mechanic who can independently diagnose problems, perform repairs, and help keep our vessels safe, reliable, and operational.

$40.00 to $48.00 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience.

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance and repairs on tugboats and barges, including diesel engines, generators, pumps, hydraulic systems, piping, and related vessel equipment.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and other vessel-system problems and determine appropriate repair or corrective action.
• Perform repairs, rebuilds, component replacements, adjustments, installations, and other work necessary to maintain vessel machinery and equipment.
• Respond to equipment failures and other unplanned or urgent maintenance needs and perform repairs necessary to safely return equipment or vessels to service.
• Develop and manage preventive maintenance schedules and maintain accurate maintenance and repair records in Helm Connect or similar systems.
• Coordinate specialized repairs and drydock work with shipyards, contractors, and service technicians.
• Manage preventive maintenance schedules and maintain accurate maintenance and repair records.
• Source and maintain parts, tools, and critical vessel spare-parts inventory.
• Perform equipment testing and checks to help ensure vessels are ready to safely return to service.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Five or more years of hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing diesel engines and related mechanical equipment and systems.
• Technical training, certification, or a recognized credential in diesel engine repair, mechanical maintenance, industrial maintenance, marine engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with diesel engines, generators, pumps, hydraulic systems, fuel and cooling systems, piping, and related heavy-duty or marine equipment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to…