BOAT PILOT
Position Summary:
Terral RiverService, Inc. is currently looking for U.S. Coast Guard licensed Captains/Pilots for our fleets and line boats. Experience is preferred but not required. TRS has a very aggressive training program for intercompany advancement.
Essential Job Functions:
- Commands pushboat.
- Commands pushboat while towing barges, ships, rigs and other vessels into and out of harbors, estuaries, straits, sounds, rivers, lakes, bays and other navigable bodies of water.
- Responsible for crew safety, vessel and tow operations through use of Terral RiverService, Inc safety practices and policies.
- Occasionally supervises or assists workers on deck to rig towlines.
- Determines course and towing speed on basis of specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, tides and current.
- Steers pushboat to push or pull vessels to destination and to berth and un-berth ships avoiding reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards to shipping.
- Utilizes navigation devices, such as radar, sonic depth finder, compass and sextant and other aids to navigation, such as lighthouses and buoys
- Directs and occasionally assists in placement of suction hose or siphon to pump water from hold of barge
- Directs and assists in performance of general maintenance work.
- Ensuring all vessel personnel adhere to all U.S. Coast Guard and company policies
- Occasionally supervises or assists in operation of all vessel equipment
- Position is required to hold current license issued by U. S. Coast Guard as designated according to waters navigated and size of pushboat
- Must perform other duties such as engineer, oiler, deckhand, and cook as required.