Work for Socatra
Join the Socatra Family
Since our employees are our best asset as well as the guarantee of a high quality service; we strive to train, manage and promote each of them. On land or at sea, all of our employees, whether seniors or apprentices, benefit from a specific career plan. Expertise, agility, humanity: those values are meaningful for you?
Socatra frequently recruits sailors and / or sedentary profiles in various positions.
Please consult the offers or send a spontaneous application!
At sea
Socatra provides unlimited opportunities for sailors who have received merchant naval officer training (with advanced chemical and petroleum qualifications)… If you are a challenge loving person and want to share the adventure with others, then there is a job for you.
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Onshore
Do you want to join a human company, expert in its field, and participate in the development of innovative solutions in the ocean and river fields? Socatra frequently recruits operational and administrative profiles for its support functions.
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Being a seaman at Socatra
Passion, innovation, determination and unity. This is how our crew members describe themselves. In addition to the qualities required to be a seaman (rigorousness, responsibility, respect for people and the environment), similar values to Socatra are a prerequisite for any recruiter.
Therefore, our employees have common high expertise, adaptability and essential humanity in their professional fields to navigate various routes, which are sometimes unknown but always fascinating.
The taste for challenge is another common point of our seamen. They discovered the spirit of adventure in Socatra:
At Socatra, I discovered the possibility of working in a fascinating oil field, but also had a wealth of experience: the excitement of long-distance courses, the discovery of new routes and ports, the interest of various maneuvers…
Seamen, what career evolutions?
Joining our team also means participating in continuous training courses and embarking on a real career plan! Socatra’s supervision makes it possible for sailors who want to progress to rise to a higher position based on their own experience. At Socatra, sailors can also pursue their careers on land: many of the senior managers of the group are former Socatra seamen!
Junior officer
The officer cadet is a student who does not yet have a shift supervisor diploma. He usually occupies a position of technician or team leader.
Officer
This is the third and final rank of the junior officer corps. He may be a supervisor on a large ship or Master on smaller Vessel.
Chief officer
He is the captain’s assistant. He is an experienced sailor with decision-making and organizational power.
Master
He is the leader of the sea expedition. At the highest level of officer rank, he is responsible for the command of the entire crew.
Missions
The diversity of our missions at sea
An ocean of possibilities…
On shore
Sedentary, the anchor
It is essential to business operations, and onshore employees support and value maritime work.
The bridge with our seamen
They are the technical, operational and support links of the chain. With expertise in their respective fields, employees in our offices in Bordeaux, Luxembourg, Singapore and Madagascar do their best to promote Socatra’s know-how and experience both internally and externally.
Key figures
Human ressources at Socatra
We are proud of our employees and keep our promises in terms of equality and working conditions:
142
training courses followed in 2019, i.e. 300 days of training
37
cadets trained in 2019
12%
female senior officers