Waterfront Operations Manager - Boatyard

Belmont Boatworks is looking for a new Waterfront Operations Manager.

We are looking for somebody with extensive boat handling skills and hip towing experience, rigging, customer service, quality control, management and organization. We handle several hundred boats a year in Belfast Harbor and the surrounding towns. In the fall, the waterfront manager meets the boats when they are turned over for seasonal service. Sometimes the boats are left at the dock, moorings, or our service floats at turnover. Our waterfront crew will often be responsible for fueling, confirming pump-out and stowing boats for travel. Belmont Boatworks’ main storage and service facility is five miles inland, and after the boats are ready for the highway the waterfront crew hip-tows the boats to the ramp and drives them onto our trailers and assists the truckdrivers in preparation for the trip back to the yard.

Fall/hauling service responsibilities

• Meets the boats when they are turned over for seasonal service.
• Responsible for fueling, confirming pump-out, and stowing boats for travel.
• Boats are hip-towed to the mast barge for un-stepping masts and laying them on the town breakwater.
• Before transport, the waterfront crew is responsible for removing sails and canvas from sail boats.
• Standing and running rigging are tied up, spreaders are removed, and rigs are inspected before assisting truck drivers with loading.
• After the boats are ready for the highway, crew hip-tows the boats to the ramp.
• Drive boats onto trailers and assist the truck drivers in preparation for the trip back to the yard.
• Dinghies and outboards are generally brought back to the yard by the waterfront crew.
• Coordinates efforts efficiently within the parameters of tide and weather.
• Reports to the office as projects are completed and oversees maintenance of floats, service boats, and winterization of moorings.
• Assists in organizing inventory, store masts and dinghies, and creates issue reports for necessary work noticed during services.
• Assists in maintaining organization and preparations for the following spring launch season.

Spring/Launch service responsibilities

• In spring, this operation is reversed.
• Boats are delivered to the waterfront.
• Scheduled for waterfront services including stepping, up-rigging, cleaning.
• Perform all kinds of other customer service and quality control.
• Turnover to customers.

Belmont Boatworks has a flexible work schedule for all departments, benefiting both the company and its employees. This policy allows flexibility for workers with children or personal commitments. The Waterfront department may schedule longer workdays around projects or weather and take another day off. In spring and fall, we encourage our waterfront staff to adjust their hours for high tide efficiency.

The Belmont Boatworks Waterfront Department is the company’s public face for many summer customers at the harbor. They manage boats from fall to spring. The Waterfront Manager leads the team, which involves physical and mental work, planning, organization, and leadership.

Required Attributes

• Experience and comfort moving boats up to 60’
• Comfort working alone, or managing one or two people
• Willingness to follow and promote safety protocols
• Superior organization and communication skills
• Comfort of using gin poles, mast carts, engine hoists, and leverage to move masts sometimes more than 700lbs
• Comfort with heights, ladders, and bosun-chairs
• Comfort working in the sun, cold, rain, and being ready to make decisions based on safety due to wind and waves.
• Physical fitness, comfort with overhead lifting, and the ability to kneel, lift, and bend for a large part of the day.
• ME driver’s license and comfort backing trailers at times
• Cooperative attitude

Company

Belmont Boatyard is a small mid-coast boatyard with 15-20 employees. It operates 5 miles from the Belfast Public Landing, where most boats are hauled and launched. We do a large volume of hauling and transportation in New England. We have established a reputation as a destination yard for paint and varnish work, as well as major mechanical, structural, and cosmetic refits. We offer a flexible schedule with a generous benefit package which includes 100 % employer-paid health insurance after 90 days.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $28