About This Role
Being a Boat Captain involves leading safe operations, maintenance, and crew productivity while moving barges and other vessels. This position frequently requires long hours, weekend work, and some out-of-area and overnight travel. The role suits a candidate with a passion for boating, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to manage a vessel effectively.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the commander of the assigned vessel, in charge of overall safe operations, maintenance, crew accountability, and productivity in moving barges and other vessels from one location to another
- Adhere to the provisions of the Certificate of Inspection (COI)
- Comply with applicable regulations, including but not limited to OPA 90, Clean Water Act, 46 CFR, Subchapter M, and the Company’s HSP
- Ensure each crew member required to hold Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) always has the credentials on board and available for examination
- Review HSP on a regular basis and report on conformities to shore-based management
- Maintain records of daily activities, movements, and ports-of-call, and prepare progress and personnel reports, and other related documentation
- Make multiple movements of material barges, crane barges, and other vessels in the water channels of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal area
- Compute position, set courses, and determine speed, using charts, area plotting sheets, navigation devices like radar, sonic depth finder, compass and sextant, and aids to navigation like lighthouses buoys
Requirements
- Valid Master Captain License and knowledge of maritime practices
- Computer, organizational, and communications skills
- Ability to handle emergencies calmly and efficiently
- Basic firefighting skills and basic lifesaving and rescue techniques
- Able to influence and motivate people to act
- Thrives in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Able to work effectively with many different personality types
- Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Strong mechanical knowledge to troubleshoot and repair boat systems
- Merchant Mariners Credentials (MMC) that includes 200 Ton Master or Mate of Towing
- TWIC Card
- Minimum of 5 years of experience, including towing experience
- VSO, Vessel Security Officer
- Radar unlimited
- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hand and/or fingers
- Ability to see and respond to dangerous situations
- Color correct vision
- Ability to respond quickly to sounds
- Able to travel all areas of the jobsite in all types of weather; this may require walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching
About the Company
Crofton offers industry-leading solutions above and below the waterline, combining comprehensive expertise in commercial diving, marine construction, and crane rental & rigging. The company executes projects with safety and integrity, and is a growing company with a highly collaborative and dynamic work environment.
