Deckhand

About This Role

Working as a Deckhand, you will play a crucial role in supporting the efficient and safe operation of vessels. This position involves a range of responsibilities, including vessel maintenance, assisting with navigation, and ensuring the overall safety and well-being of the vessel.

Responsibilities

• Secure barges together (laying rigging)
• Secure boat to barges (facing boat up)
• Handle lines
• Clean the boat generally
• Perform minor engine room work (oil changes, greasing, etc.)
• Paint
• Keep maintenance logs, grocery orders, safety drills, etc.

Requirements

• Willingness to be trained and coachable
• At least 18 years of age
• High school graduate or equivalent
• Pass a 3-day deckhand orientation class
• Maintain a valid/current Driver’s license
• Pass "fit for duty" requirements upon job offer (pre-employment physical and drug test)
• Meet physical requirements including but not limited to, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing up/down ladders and stairs, negotiating uneven and moving surfaces
• Work in difficult conditions with exposure to all weather conditions (rain, ice, snow, wind, heat, etc.)
• Be comfortable working aboard boats and barges
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds and work at protected heights up to 40 feet
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Nice to have:

• TWIC

Important Details

• Schedule: 14 days on, 7 days off; various hours/holidays/weekends

About the Company

Terral RiverService (TRS) is a family-owned business with a continually growing footprint of boats and barges throughout most of the inland waterway system of the US. They specialize in bulk storage, material handling, river, road and rail logistics along the Mississippi River system, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the inland waterways of Louisiana and southern Arkansas. With a growing fleet of push boats, river barges, and modern dock operations strategically located throughout the Lower Mississippi River Valley, they are outfitted to transport, handle, and store virtually any commodity needed in the marketplace. TRS has over 600 employees and operations in multiple states.