Job Details
Job Description
With operations established in 1881, Providence Steamboat Company is one of the oldest tugboat operations in New England. Providence Steamboat provides a full range of ship assist services on Narragansett Bay including the ports of Fall River and Somerset Massachusetts and Providence, Tiverton, Melville, Newport, Jamestown Anchorage, Quonset, and Davisville, Rhode Island.
Providence Steamboat has a long record of safe and reliable operations and is well-known for its wheelhouse green tugs, with black stacks and the white disk logo. In addition to assisting tankers, and tugs and barges in the petroleum trade, the company also works bulk cargos at the Providence Municipal dock and coal at local utility plants, serves the Navy in Newport, and assists car ships calling in the port of Davisville. The company operates from two locations with the office and dock at India Street in Providence, and a dock and maintenance facility off Shaw Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Providence is also the homeport for McAllister Towing's offshore wind vessels Gaspee and Roger Williams.
McAllister of Narragansett Bay is seeking highly qualified Mates to join their team. Duties and responsibilities are outlined below:
Mate:
Description/Job Summary:
The Mate is responsible for assisting the Master with safe and efficient operation of the Tug. The Mate safely manages all towing operations and deck evolutions. The Mate navigates the vessel and conducts docking/undocking evolutions. The Mate is the First Line Supervisor for members of the Deck Department. Additionally, the Mate assists the Master with maintaining the well-being of the crew.
Preferred Experience:
- Several years as an Able-Bodied Seaman/Ordinary Seaman.
Required Qualifications: - Current GMDSS, ARPA, Advanced Firefighting, First Aid/CPR
- Valid Merchant Mariners Credential 200-ton license
- Mate or Master of Towing
- Valid STCW, TWIC and Current USCG Medical Certificate
- Tractor tug/Z drive experience
- Must pass pre-employment drug test
- Must pass pre-employment physical
Preferred Qualifications: - Mate 1600 Gross Tons Towing/Oceans
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: We are an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer.
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