First Mate - Temporary (Landing Craft Vessel) (Transportation)

First Mate seaday exempt wage begins at $425/day; dock and boatyard non-exempt wage is $37.82/hour. Seadays are paid for days worked on vessel while navigating waters. Boatyard work is paid hourly for hours worked while stationed for dock/harbor/boatyard work.The First Mate is a temporary position on the M/V Alaskan Challenger, delivering freight, supplies, and fuel to off-grid hatcheries in Prince William Sound. The position requires living on the vessel during work rotations, which are four weeks on the vessel and two weeks off.
The vessel observes a 4-week on vessel and 2-week off vessel rotation with the season ending December 19.

Position Title: First Mate
Category: Temporary
Payroll Classification: Seaday (daily, exempt) ; Shipyard (hourly, non-exempt)
Location: M/V Alaskan Challenger, PWS ports, or shipyard
Schedule: 4 weeks on vessel / 2 weeks off vessel
Supervisor Title: Vessel Manager/Captain

Essential Functions: Work performed on the PWSAC vessel while at sea, in port, shipyard, or hatchery location as duties require. Must be able to move about freely; work outdoors in all weather conditions; ability to lift and carry 50 pounds; ability to climb stairs and ladders; work around water - on docks and floats; ability to climb aboard and about vessels and small aircraft; dexterity to maneuver through tight spaces and good balance on uneven, wet surfaces and in rough water; use radios, compasses, electronic navigational equipment, telephones and computers unimpaired. Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Must be able to hear and see to receive verbal and written instructions.
Basic Function: The First Mate reports to the Captain in the efficient transport of freight, fuel, and personnel to and from the hatchery sites and ports located in Prince William Sound. In the absence of the Captain, the First Mate reports to the Vessel Manager/ Captain.Primary Responsibilities: The primary responsibilities of the position are to work closely with the Captain, maintain the freight vessel in ready status, administration of vessel operations, maintain and log all safety equipment, and supervise vessel crew members while on deck. As second in command and in the absence of the Captain, the First Mate will assume the Captain's duties.

Description of duties and tasks:Safety

The First Mate is responsible for crew safety while on deck and during maintenance operations.
The First Mate is responsible for conducting and maintaining a log for safety drills, and all safety equipment.
The First Mate is responsible for maintaining the SDS file.

Delivery Services

The First Mate will supervise deck personnel while stowing and unloading cargo, fuel transport or freight delivery vehicles, or passengers.

Vessel Maintenance

The First Mate in coordination with the Captain will maintain the vessel and its equipment to comply with the Coast Guard's Certificate of Inspection requirements and participate in Coast Guard inspections as scheduled.
The First Mate develops and maintains a preventative maintenance schedule for the vessel; accurately records improvements; checks to ensure that machinery and equipment are in good working order.
Caretaking duties of the vessel include, but are not limited to, checking on the vessel, performing or assigning preventative maintenance duties, maintaining all areas of the vessel in a clean and orderly fashion while underway, developing supply needs lists for the vessel.

Administrative

The First Mate inventories and develops a needs list for supply planning and ordering, inventory, and equipment for the preventative maintenance schedule or improvements; the First Mate maintains logs required by USCG for all maintenance performed.

Supervises Crew

The First Mate is responsible for on-deck safety, safe loading, and unloading operations and maintenance operations ensuring OSHA standards are met.

Positions Supervised: Vessel Deck Crew while on deck