Maritime Intern

Consolidated Grain and Barge•Convent, LA

About The Position

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Cooper Consolidated is a balanced, asset-based provider of midstream stevedoring, barge, marine, and logistics services. With operations based along the lower Mississippi River between Southwest Pass and Baton Rouge, we provide cargo handling and movements throughout the U.S. inland waterway system. Our expert team ensures your important cargo is safely transported from origin to destination while making the experience as easy and worry-free as possible. At Cooper Consolidated, our goal is to be the leader in the cargo handling industry. The key to this rests squarely with our people, and the backbone of how our people operate is our unique culture. The CC Way - 28 principles of our high-performing culture - describes the values, behaviors, and practices that are the foundation of this culture. It's what makes us a leader in our industry. This job is primarily responsible for learning, participating in and performing a variety of physical labor, maintenance, general office and project work related to the organization’s day–to-day facility and/or terminal business operations. Responsibilities may include safety initiatives, general office administration, accounting, HR, marketing, customer service, and involvement in some long-range strategic planning. This role will provide hands-on real-world experiences that will enable you to develop your professional working potential and make key contacts for future networking. In this job, you will: Actual job duties may or may not be performed by all job incumbents; will vary dependent on location and assigned department.

Requirements

Education Required – Currently enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution pursuing a college degree.
Experience Required – None.
Knowledge of grain or agricultural industry.
Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
Basic computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to learn and apply leadership and managerial skills.
Ability to learn and apply conflict management skills.

Responsibilities

Learn and follow the company’s safety program.
Perform various manual labor duties; this may include loading/unloading trucks/barges/rail, cleaning barges, movement of product to storage, loading of trucks using heavy equipment, loading of products to required specifications; operating, running, monitoring, and shutting down dryer; operating a variety of heavy equipment.
Perform general clean-up including sweeping, shoveling, washing, painting and other general housekeeping responsibilities.
Learn scheduling needs and how schedules affect various daily facility operations.
Perform a variety of customer service related tasks.
Participate in assigned projects.
Attend and participate in various meetings.
Assist in preparation of information and research materials.
Shadow multiple positions within the organization and train on a variety of tasks.
Provide recommendations for facility and equipment repairs and construction projects.
Depending on business needs, may rotate through various departments at a facility or facilities.
May perform a variety of general office and administrative tasks.
May assist with data entry, bookkeeping.
Other duties as assigned.