Application Deadline: 31 May 2026
Department: SMM Tankers
Employment Type: Contract / Temp
Location: Astor Shipmanagement, Riga
Thank you for considering a career with us, and we look forward to welcoming you aboard! We are an equal-opportunity employer, welcoming qualified applicants from all backgrounds. Represented by the ITF, we adhere to ILO standards, ensuring fair practices and safe conditions. Please note that we follow a merit-based recruitment process and never charge fees for job offers.
Role Purpose: Assist with deck operations, navigation, cargo handling, and overall vessel maintenance to ensure safe, secure, and environmentally compliant operations.
Assist in navigation, cargo and ballast handling, mooring, and anchoring operations. Carry out deck maintenance and housekeeping as assigned while ensuring equipment readiness. Comply with safety, environmental, and security procedures and regulations.
Essential Knowledge: The Ordinary Seaman must be familiar with company policies, SOLAS, MARPOL, and flag state regulations. Key knowledge areas include the Theory and Practice of Seamanship, emergency procedures, risk assessment, and hazard identification. Essential areas also include maintenance tasks, use of gas monitoring equipment, operating deck machinery, and waste management practices.
Essential Skills and Abilities: Effective communication and reporting skills are essential for the Ordinary Seaman, along with the ability to operate, maintain, and assist in repairing deck equipment. Proficiency in anchoring, mooring, and ropework, including knots and splices, is crucial. Strong time management skills, resource prioritization, and a commitment to high standards of cosmetic maintenance and housekeeping are also required.
Experience: Demonstrates reliability and effectiveness as a member of the deck crew, with a strong record in deck operations, including the use of deck machinery and cargo handling. Maintains the deck in good working condition, ensuring cosmetic maintenance standards are met. Shows seamanship skills, including proficiency in rope work and handling various types of lines, cables, and wires.
For more information on our benefits, please visit our Careers at Sea page: https://www.scorpiogroup.net/careers-at-sea/
Headquartered in Monaco, Scorpio has been investing in and operating shipping assets since 1926. Scorpio is a leading service provider engaged in the seaborne transportation of commodities. The Group has experience investing in crude oil and product tankers, gas, dry bulk, containers as well as offshore oil and wind.
With fourteen different offices located all around the world, and a shore workforce of nearly 1,000 employees, Scorpio is a fast-growing, fast-paced and stimulating work environment.
Scorpio’s core values are Integrity, Collaboration, Stewardship and Moxie.
