Marine Engineer

About the role

Marine Engineer position at Darthaven Marina in Kingswear, South West England. The role involves a 40‑hour week (8:30 am‑5 pm, Monday‑Friday) working on a wide range of leisure and commercial vessels, providing fault‑finding, repairs, maintenance and upgrades.

Key responsibilities

• Diagnose and rectify technical faults, repower and upgrade older vessels.
• Perform breakdown repairs and scheduled maintenance on inboard and outboard engines, gearboxes, stern drives, IPS, generators, pumps and fuel systems.
• Handle electrical systems, thrusters, hydraulics, lifting, stropping and conduct sea trials.
• Complete timesheets, maintain online service records and use electronic parts catalogues to source components.
• Provide customer updates, respond to enquiries and be available for emergency call‑outs, including occasional weekend, bank‑holiday and overnight duties.

Required profile

• Minimum five years’ experience as a Marine Engineer (references required).
• Strong customer focus with excellent verbal and written communication.
• Team player with basic IT skills and a manual UK driving licence.
• Good literacy and ability to produce accurate documentation.

Required skills

• Fault‑finding, repowering and vessel upgrades.
• Breakdown repairs and scheduled maintenance of engines, gearboxes, stern drives, IPS and generators.
• Electrical system troubleshooting, thruster and hydraulic operation.
• Lifting, stropping, sea trials and use of electronic parts catalogues.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Extensive training, including dealer‑training courses.
• Mobile phone and uniform provision.
• Workplace pension scheme.
• Scenic working location on the River Dart.