October 6, 2026
BCFMWU has been contacted by Seafarers’ International Union of Canada/Syndicat International des Marins Canadiens regarding a request by the Cyprus-Flagged Bokalift 1.
Please see below for all information about the job postings.
They are looking for the following:
- Master/DPO – 2
- Chief Mate/DPO – 4
- Second Mate/DPO – 4
- Third Mate – 2
- Deck Supervisor – 5
- Heavy Lift Crane Operator – 4
- Able Seaman/Rigger/HDA – 11
- Chief Engineer – 2
- Second Engineer None Limitations/DP – 5
- Third Engineer DP – 4
- Fourth Engineer – 3
- Motorman – 3
- Electrical Technical Officer DP – 3
- Electrician DP – 4
- Accommodation Manager – 2
- Chief Cook – 2
- Second Cook – 4
- Steward/Stewardess – 6
- Offshore Construction Manager – 2
- Heavy Lift Supervisor – 7
- Field Engineer – 3
- Rigger – 5
Should you be qualified and interested for any of the open positions, please email crewing@seafarers.ca and cc mailroom@bcfmwu.com by 17:00 EST / 14:00 PST on Saturday, October 10th, 2026.
1. Master DPO
2. Chief Mate DPO
3. Second Mate DPO
4. Third Mate
5. Deck Supervisor
6. Heavy Lift Crane Operator
7. Able Seaman – Rigger – HDA
8. Chief Engineer
9. Second Engineer None Limitations DP
10. Third Engineer DP
11. Fourth Engineer
12. Motorman
13. Electro Technical Officer DP (ETO)
14. Electrician DP
15. Accomodation Manager
16. Chief Cook
17. Second Cook
18. Steward(ess)
19. Offshore Construction Manager
20. Heavy Lift Supervisor
21. Field Engineer
22. Rigger
Bokalift 1 – Matrix with Wages for SIU
Training and Vaccination Matrix – Bokalift 1
The BCFMWU has added this external job posting page as a result of an increase in requests for letters of concurrence through the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIUoC).
A letter of concurrence is requested when a company operating a vessel within Canadian waters is seeking mariners and wants to bring in temporary foreign workers (TFW). Prior to ESDC (Economic Skills Development Canada) providing a letter of approval for a company to use TFW’s non-Canadian mariners, Canadian Marine Unions are to be canvassed and if there are no Canadian mariners available then a letter of concurrence can be provided through the SIUoC to ESDC.
*Note that the wage outlined in a non BCFMWU posting is not necessarily reflective of the regional pay and will use a “prevailing wage” as the floor for compensation. This is typically lower that west coast rates of pay.
