About This Role
This role involves performing a variety of essential tasks to maintain the vessel and assist with barge operations, often requiring physical labor outdoors and away from home for extended periods. It suits an individual who is reliable and capable of working in various weather conditions.
Responsibilities
- Build and check tow by utilizing various tools and equipment such as wrenches, ratchets, shackles, chain straps, and wires/cables
- Move and stack sets of rigging throughout the vessel and barges
- Move pumps and hoses about the barges and place hoses in wing tank/void for removal of water
- Assist with locking, sweeping, and shoveling barges
- Carry rigging (ratchets, wires, and straps), pumps, hoses, lines, and other equipment weighing 50-100 lbs.
- Work outdoors for extended periods of time, and in weather conditions such as heat, cold, rain, and snow
- Perform daily vessel housekeeping such as sweeping, mopping, and cleaning crew living quarters
- Check barges for water or leaks, which at times requires climbing into confined spaces
- Maintain vessel appearance to include washing, cleaning, chipping, and painting the vessel
- Assist with the stocking and delivery of various supplies to and from the vessel
- Assist in skiff operations to allow the crew to go ashore and come aboard the vessel
- Put out sounders at the head of the barge (Linehaul Vessels)
- Assist in direct transfer including fuel, lubricants, and bilge liquids
- Perform periodic cleaning tasks including trash removal, mopping, scraping, sanding, and painting
- Perform fleet/tow work (preparing barges for delivery to customers)
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested
Requirements
- Ability to be away for periods of time as schedules are generally 28 days away and 14 days home
- Experience preferred, but not necessary
- Physical labor experience working outdoors is a plus
- Reliable transportation
- Must be 18 or older to board a vessel
- Must be able to meet all physical qualifications per company guidelines
- Must have Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) or be able to attain it
- Must be able to speak, read, and write in the English language
- Must be able to handle and lift rigging (up to 75 lbs-100 lbs)
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Holiday pay
- Company paid life insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Other incentives
About the Company
Marquette is a leading provider of inland marine transportation services, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky and founded in 1978. The company operates over 130 towboats on the Mississippi River System, Gulf-Intracoastal Waterway, and near-shore coastwise market, and controls over 1,000 dry cargo barges. With over 1,800 vessel and shore-based employees, Marquette is the largest provider of independent towing services within the inland waterways, and has additional offices in St Rose, LA, Lockport, LA, and La Porte, TX.
