Maritime Operations Trainee

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! 

 

Cooper Consolidated is a balanced, asset-based provider of midstream stevedoring, barge, marine, and logistics services. With operations based along the lower Mississippi River between Southwest Pass and Baton Rouge, we provide cargo handling and movements throughout the U.S. inland waterway system. Our expert team ensures your important cargo is safely transported from origin to destination while making the experience as easy and worry-free as possible. 

At Cooper Consolidated, our goal is to be the leader in the cargo handling industry.  The key to this rests squarely with our people, and the backbone of how our people operate is our unique culture. The CC Way - 28 principles of our high-performing culture - describes the values, behaviors, and practices that are the foundation of this culture. It's what makes us a leader in our industry.

This job is primarily responsible for taking ownership of day-to-day operations and various roles within the business as it is exposed to the various business functions. This role will learn and utilize leadership skills and assume responsibility to ensure efficient and profitable operations while facing different and new challenges each day. The job has direct input on fleet management, financial decisions, ensuring safety and well-being of employees, and the daily operations within the assigned location(s) and/or company overall. This role may also be assigned or lead special projects. (The program duration expected to be between twelve and twenty-four months).

In this job, you will:

This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive nor imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent in this job. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed or may perform related duties as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Adopt the company's safety initiative: work with management and assumes authority to lead, direct, communicate, and enforce the company's safety program at assigned location(s).
• Regularly review and analyze income statements in order to understand business achievement and monitor the downstream effects of commercial decisions.
• Provide recommendations and strategies for business improvement to best utilize assets.
• Perform market research and establish opinions based upon available information that becomes the basis for local logistics strategies.
• Ensure timely and quality communication of market trends and information to regional staff.
• Manage the operations for efficiency and profitability.
• Effectively utilize all Fleet Operations Technology aspects to ensure accurate picture of fleet (e.g., traffic entry, customer reports, invoicing, etc.).
• Assist with documentation preparation related to vessel/fleet break away (e.g., notification to applicable authorities, processing of claims due to damage, notification and reporting to management).
• Provide oversight of duties performed by security and compliance staff to ensure compliance with company programs and The United States Coast Guard.
• Participate in and manage business; understand and explain all aspects that go into and affect these reports.
• Assist in the project planning process to include capital budget and request for funds; work with various business partners throughout the organization.
• Proactively manage with direction and support of fleet, shipyard, boat and maintenance; provide recommendations for equipment repairs and/or improvements focusing on safety and efficiency.
• Depending on business needs, may rotate through various departments at a location or locations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Here's what you'll need to be considered:

Education

Required - Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, experience and/or training.

Experience

Required – None.

Preferred – Experience in river operations, logistics, and/or transportation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of or ability to learn stevedoring, shipyards, barge, marine and/or logistics.
• Effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
• Intermediate computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Problem solving, conflict management, and negotiating skills.
• Leadership and managerial skills.
• Ability to use logical thought process to interpret various situations and requests to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Ability to relocate throughout the United States once training is finalized and ready to promote into new role.

Here's additional information you will need to know:

Physical Demands & Requirements

Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Ability to safely walk on barge surface(s) with the ability to work around deep water.

Ability to understand and communicate verbally, in person, virtually, by phone and over two-way radio.

Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Confined Spaces. Ability to work in confined and space restricted areas.

Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

Environmental Conditions

The work environments described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment.

Exposure to such conditions such as fumes, noxious odors, dusts, mists, gases, and/or poor ventilation that affect the respiratory system, eyes, or skin.

Travel, up to 30%.

This description reflects the assignment of essential functions and is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job. Nothing in this job description restricts the organization’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Are you ready to make a meaningful career move & an impact at Cooper Consolidated, LLC? Apply today!

Known in our industry for stability and high ethics, Cooper Consolidated, LLC offers a stellar benefits package including: an outstanding 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions, medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, & disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid leave (holidays, vacation, sick), wellness programs, recognition programs, community involvement opportunities, and much more!

Cooper Consolidated, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO is the Law links in English or Spanish. We are unable to legally hire anyone who is not eligible to work in the United States nor are we able to sponsor visas.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

All Third Party Agencies, Headhunters, and Recruiters

Cooper Consolidated, LLC and its Subsidiaries only forms contracts with recruiters with whom we have an established relationship and with whom we have in place a signed contract. All contact from third parties must go through our Human Resources Department. Any contact made outside of our Human Resources Department by a third party will cancel any future business relationships between the third party and Cooper Consolidated, LLC and its Subsidiaries.