Pros
-Exposure to a wide variety of marine equipment and repair scenarios
-Some hardworking and knowledgeable employees within the fleet and technical staff
-Opportunity to gain hands-on troubleshooting and shipyard experience
Cons
-Disorganized engineering structure with unclear project ownership and communication
-Reactive maintenance culture caused by understaffing and poor planning
-Constant approval bottlenecks for routine technical and purchasing decisions
-Incomplete or missing manuals, drawings, and technical documentation
-Poor inventory management with no effective system for many small parts and consumables
-Frequent duplicated work and repeated troubleshooting due to lack of diagnostics and coordination
-Engineering staff regularly diverted into routine sourcing and vessel-level support tasks
-Lack of logistical support despite field-heavy responsibilities
-Poor work/life balance with ongoing after-hours expectations
-High turnover within engineering positions