Ferry Operations Manager - New Higher Salary!

  • Job Reference: 25-02267
  • Date Posted: 13 March 2025
  • Company: NCDOT Ferry
  • Location: Havelock, North Carolina
  • Salary: $39,671 to $69,426
  • Bonus/Benefits: Full State Benefits including a Pension!
  • Sector: Government & Defence, Government & Defense, Maritime Transportation
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/3bdp8cs4 by March 14
 
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NEW HIGHER SALARY: $39,671 - $69,426
 
The Challenge
We are looking for a skilled Ferry Operations Manager to join our Cherry Branch Operations team. This is an administrative and supervisory role managing shore operations at a large/high-volume NCDOT Ferry terminal.
 
You will work out of our Cherry Branch Ferry Operations office and work shift work with a 7 days on/7 days off schedule.
Dormitory housing may be available for your work shifts.
 
In this role, you will:
  • Direct all vessel and shore staff and oversee shore support facilities including building and vessel maintenance, equipment, and supplies.
  • Analyze and recommend operating budgets.
  • Negotiate and recommend maintenance and repair contracts with government and private service providers.
  • Plan and schedule crew complements for vessel operations and manage overtime work for seven-day week operations that vary seasonally according to traffic volumes.
  • Direct and oversee enforcement of safety standards by OSHA., US Coast Guard, Federal Communications Commission, and other State and Federal enforcement agencies.
  • Ensure that vessels are staffed with US Coast Guard-certified crewmembers.
 
What You Bring
  • Working knowledge of the operation and maintenance of ferry vessels.
  • Demonstrated ability to ensure NCDOT Ferry Division polices are communicated, applied, and enforced. (i.e. safety, accounting, operational, regulatory, and administrative).
  • Experience planning, organizing, delegating, creating schedules, and budgets.
  • Experience scheduling, communicating, and dispatching ferry crews, work crews, equipment or equipment vehicles to appropriate locations according to specifications or safety needs.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of all applicable USCG rules and regulations directly impacting ferry operations.
  • A US Coast Guard Ordinary Seaman Merchant Mariner Credential within 90 days of hire.
  • A Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
 
Education & Experience
  • Associate's degree, and
  • 4 years experience in office management/related administrative work; or
 
  • High School diploma/GED, and
  • 6 years experience in office management/related administrative work; or
 
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience.
 
Notes
 
Questions?
Call me: René Basnight at 252-423-5125.
 
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