Captain

Tugboat Captain

Wages $65.04 per hour / Training Rates Apply

Captain

Captains at Shaver Transportation are responsible for the safe and efficient operation of our vessels, equipment, and crew, while performing the usual and customary duties of a Captain employed in this capacity on the Columbia, Willamette, Snake River, Near Coastal Waters, and Towing Industry.

Essential Functions

Shaver Transportation expects all Captains to safely perform the usual and customary duties of a person employed in this capacity on the Columbia, Willamette, Snake River, and Near Coastal Waters, and ensure that all sections of the Safety Management System are followed by the crew. This description provides a guideline for minimum procedures of the wheelhouse employees at Shaver Transportation Company.

Standard duties include, but are not limited to :

• Must be competent in driving a tug and barge in all weather and river conditions. They must have the knowledge, skills, and ability to properly maneuver through a bridge, into locks, departing locks, into a dock, and departing a dock. They must be able to properly navigate the river using all sensory inputs including : use of landmarks, use of radar, use of a swing meter, and use of a chart plotter. They must have the ability to change plans or strategies when conditions demand that a change be made.
• The captain / relief captain (pilot) shall be responsible for the vessel, crew, and tow.
• Ensure safe and efficient operation and performance of his crew, vessel and tow, and that equipment is kept neat, clean, and in good working order.
• Ensure that company policy, rules, and regulations are followed.
• Report to the office all violations of Shaver Transportation policy or violations of federal, state, or local laws.
• Instruct every crewmember to be courteous to all people at docks, locks, moorages, and aboard ships.
• Ensure that all crewmembers are familiar with their respective stations and duties as per the vessel station bill in case of an emergency.
• The captain or their relief shall maintain a continuous communication with dispatch using the company communication system.
• Make frequent, regular inspections of crew quarters, heads, galley, and all other areas of the boat and tow to ensure neatness, cleanliness, orderliness, safety and proper maintenance.
• Ensure that all barges are in navigable condition and report any deficiencies to the office. Damaged or endangered barges must be reported immediately, and appropriate measures taken to ensure their safety.