QMED Required Qualifications:

• QMED license, (domestic vessels)
• STCW Complaint, OC Endorsements are preferred but not required in all circumstances
• 1 year experience as a QMED
• Possesses good communication skills

Position Summary for QMEDs:

• Ensures safe operation and maintenance of Machine Spaces
• Assists the Chief Engineer in daily operations and documentation processes
• Ensures crew/vessel safety and compliance with company safety instructions and USCG regulations
• Confers with the Chief Engineer on all issues pertaining to vessel operation
• Ensures the proper PPE is worn at all times, for the assigned task
• Ensures that all company safety policies and procedures are followed
• Basic computer skills
• Additional knowledge/enhanced skill sets may be required by assignment or contract
• Additional experience/education and technical training may be required by contract or assignment

Responsibility:

• The safe and efficient operation of the vessel’s machine spaces
• Complying with USCG-COLREGs
• Implementing the Safety and Environmental policies of the client
• Motivating the crew to observe the Safety and Environmental policies of the client
• Exercise “Stop Work Authority”

Authority:
The QMED acts within the authority given him by the Chief Engineer in regards to the safety of the Crew, the Vessel, the Vessel’s Cargo. The Vessel QMED maintains the responsibility to make informed, appropriate, and concise decisions pertaining to vessel safety and pollution prevention.

Duties:

• The QMED must implement and support all policies and procedures
• Any regulations applicable to vessel operations
• Comply with the Company Safety Management Manual (SMM)
• Comply with the Oil Pollution Response Plan
• Comply with the Ballast Water Management Plan
• Comply with the Waste Management Plan