All vacancies

Here you'll find all current vacancies on Steel Water — from an able seaman on a bulk carrier to a chief engineer at a shipyard, from a cook on a cruise liner to a captain of a private yacht. All in one list, with filters by specialty, country, city, and vessel type.

We don't show vacancies that don't exist. If a listing is published — it's current. If a vacancy is closed — the employer takes it down themselves, and our system automatically archives expired listings.

How to search vacancies

The list can be filtered by several parameters at once:

• By specialty — captain, chief mate, engineer, electro-technical officer, able seaman, motorman, boatswain, welder, hull fitter, cook, steward and others
• By country — Russia, Turkey, China, India, UAE, Singapore, Netherlands and others
• By city — St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Vladivostok, Istanbul, Shanghai, Singapore, Rotterdam and others
• By vessel type — tanker, bulk carrier, container ship, cruise liner, fishing vessel, tug, yacht
• By employment type — permanent contract, short voyage, shore-based work

If you haven't decided on a direction yet — start with broad categories. Then narrow the search as you understand which vessel and region suit you.

What vacancies are here

We cover the entire water industry, not just ship repair. Here are the main directions:

Command and rating fleet personnel

• Captains — from tugs to cruise liners
• Chief mates and mates
• Chief engineers and engineers
• Electro-technical officers and electricians
• Boatswains, able seamen, motormen
• Cooks, stewards, service personnel

Shore-based professions

• Shipyard workers — hull fitters, pipefitters, NDT inspectors
• Port specialists — stevedores, crane operators, dispatchers
• Marina and yacht club staff — technicians, instructors, shore personnel
• Engineering and administrative staff of shipping companies

Work on yachts and boats

• Captains of private and charter yachts
• Skippers, stewards, cooks on yachts
• Technical specialists at yacht marinas

How vacancies on Steel Water differ from other platforms

On universal job boards, maritime specifics are blurred. A company writes "engineer" — and you can't tell whether it's an engineer at a plant or on a ship. They write "captain" — and you can't tell if it's a tug captain or a cruise liner captain.

With us, every vacancy has a detailed structure: vessel type, trading region, contract duration, document requirements, medical certificate, experience requirements. Employers fill this in themselves, because the forms are designed around real industry tasks, not "stretched" from a universal template.

For you, this means one thing: less time filtering noise. Open a card — and immediately see whether the vessel, voyage and conditions suit you or not.

How to apply for a vacancy

Application is direct. No middlemen, no crewing agencies, no "agent → sub-agent → you" chains.

Step 1. Open the vacancy card you're interested in.

Step 2. Click "Apply" — if you have a resume on the platform, the employer will see it immediately.

Step 3. Then — chat conversation. Full dialogue history is preserved.

If you don't have a resume yet — create one. One, but detailed: with vessels you've worked on, diplomas, certificates, trading region. Resume is free with no time limits.

How to start your job search

A few practical tips — not from "HR experts", but from industry reality:

• Don't apply to everything. One precise application with relevant experience works better than ten generic ones.
• Check the vessel type. Experience on a tanker and experience on a container ship are different things. Employers know this.
• Specify your trading region. If you're only available for the Baltic — say so. Don't waste your time or the employer's.
• Update your resume. Fresh entries appear more often in employer searches.
• Respond quickly. If the employer wrote — don't put it off for a week. Good vacancies close in days.

If you didn't find a suitable vacancy

This is normal — the market is large, and sometimes what you need isn't there today. What you can do:

• Subscribe to updates by your specialty — we send new vacancies by email
• Look at other people's resumes — to understand which specialists are looking for work and at what rates
• Check other Steel Water sections — shipyards, marinas, task board — sometimes a vacancy appears there first

And most importantly: create a resume. Even if you're not actively looking for work — employers find specialists through search themselves and write directly. Often the best contracts come exactly this way.