Boat Captain

Crofton • Portsmouth, VA

1d • $30 - $45

About The Position

Crofton is seeking a Boat Captain to command an assigned vessel and oversee its safe operations, maintenance, crew accountability, and productivity while moving barges and other vessels between locations. The Captain determines whether conditions are unsafe for the vessel or crew and has authority to stop the vessel when necessary. The role involves multiple movements of material barges, crane barges, and other vessels in the Portsmouth Marine Terminal area.

This is a full-time position that frequently requires long hours, weekend work, and some out-of-area and overnight travel. Crofton describes its work environment as collaborative and dynamic, with work that varies from day to day.

Requirements

• Valid Master Captain License and knowledge of maritime practices.
• Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) that include 200 Ton Master or Mate of Towing.
• TWIC Card.
• At least 5 years of experience, including towing experience.
• VSO (Vessel Security Officer).
• Radar unlimited.
• Computer, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to handle emergencies calmly and efficiently.
• Basic firefighting skills and basic lifesaving and rescue techniques.
• Ability to influence and motivate people to act.
• Ability to work effectively with different personality types in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Strong mechanical knowledge to troubleshoot and repair boat systems.
• Ability to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and similar structures.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands, or fingers.
• Ability to see and respond to dangerous situations, with color-correct vision, and respond quickly to sounds.
• Ability to travel throughout all areas of a jobsite in all types of weather, which may require walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching.

Responsibilities

• Serve as commander of the assigned vessel and oversee safe operations, maintenance, crew accountability, and productivity.
• Determine whether it is unsafe for the vessel to proceed or whether an operation endangers the vessel or crew; stop the vessel when unsafe conditions exist.
• Adhere to the provisions of the Certificate of Inspection (COI).
• Comply with applicable regulations, including OPA 90, the Clean Water Act, and 46 CFR Subchapter M, and comply with the Company’s HSP.
• Ensure crew members required to hold Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) have their credentials on board and available for examination.
• Review the HSP regularly and report conformities to shore-based management.
• Maintain records of daily activities, movements, and ports of call; prepare progress and personnel reports and 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, and aids to navigation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed