Rotational Chief Engineer- 70m private

Category:
Engineering Jobs
Position:
Chief Engineer
Job posted:
September 8, 2025
Seeking a well presented (and personable) Chief Engineer for a beautiful, meticulously maintained 70m M/Y.
Y2/SV ticket or better.
 
Strengths needed in leadership, admin, project management, AV IT & especially Electrical.  Contract is for 200 days/year, to cover travel and handover days. Rotations are typically 2 months, subject to vessel operations. 
 
We have manuals for (pretty much) everything, the electrical drawings are accurate, access is pretty good in general, and we have made a lot of improvements since the build. We completed an extensive yard period during the 5 year survey period, (full repaint, replacing the shore power convertors etc), to try & really bring the vessel up to standard.
 
Two excellent Captains that have been on board since the owners purchased her 7/8 years ago.
Excellent crew retention onboard
Owners are very personable and enjoy speaking with the crew- Engineers included.
 
About the vessel:
Custom design Benetti, launched November 2018 70m, 1403 GRT, Mains 2 x MTU 12V 4000 M93L Private, Med/Caribbean, guests onboard up to 180 days a year 16 crew Pretty quiet crew mostly early 20's to mid 30's, there are some couples onboard Vessel runs with in house management, who are helpful Budget is good, so long as expenses are justified, yes is the answer! Running Manage My Vessel Software (Similar to Idea with all modules enabled), for all admin, planned maintenance, inventory, ISM, crew docs, hours of rest etc. Run as though ISM, but technically Mini ISM Owners are very pleasant and personable, and Chief's role has a reasonable amount of facetime, particularly for AV/IT 2 Engineers (Chief & 2nd), with 3rd Engineer/Deck.  2nd Engineers on rotation.   Both 2nd Engineers are early 30's, from commercial backgrounds, and exceedingly competent  
Start date~ Late October
Salary~ $13-13.5 per month to start
 
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Certificates and Qualifications:

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