About the Opportunity:
As part of our amazing marine team, deckhands will assist with docking and undocking, ensuring guest comfort and safety while underway, and maintaining the appearance and cleanliness of the vessel. Experience in this field is not required; we will provide training. All that is required is an eagerness to learn and a strong work ethic. This entry level position could lead to a career in the maritime industry. Shipmates must uphold the strictest safety standards for guests & crew and always maintain a professional and friendly manner.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, crew, and the vessel
- Participate in routine safety & emergency preparedness drills
- Welcome guests on the vessel with the highest level of customer service
- Handle lines to moor vessels to pier
- Stand look-out watch in ships bow, stern, or bridge to look for obstructions in a ships path
- Assist with general maintenance on vessel
- Maintain the cleanliness and safety of all common areas
- Load or unload materials such as trash from vessel
- Provide exceptional hospitality to guests and coworkers as prescribed in our RESPECT Service System
- Be prepared to begin work at scheduled time
- Maintain uniform and personal grooming in compliance with appearance standards
- Complete maintenance projects and repair work within the timeframe assigned, and inform management of all progress, delays, and/or challenges.
- Additional job duties as assigned.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Must be at least sixteen (16) years of age
- Must be able to effectively understand and convey written and verbal information to guests and coworkers
- Strong focus on safety and teamwork while actively looking for ways to help others
- Will work for extended periods of time without sitting
- Must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds; moving furniture & other heavy items such as provisions up and down stairs
- Must be able to throw mooring lines from ship to pier
- Must have normal color vision to interpret navigational lights and color-sensitive systems & safety displays
- Receptive to working nights/weekends and major holidays
- Per US Coast Guard regulations, must be a US Citizen or a Permanent Resident