Ref: RP800-17

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• Reporting directly to the Operations Manager on a daily basis
• Performs various marine duties such as daily boat checkup,
• Maintain records of daily activities, personnel reports, weather and sea conditions, and passenger manifest.
• Responsible for following proper safety procedures and keeping people on their vessels.
• Communicating courteously with many different people in various situations.
• Steer and operate vessels using equipment such as radar, depth finders, radios, buoys, lights and lighthouses
• Dock and undock sailing vessels, sometimes navigating through tight spaces
• Alter navigation plans based on weather conditions to keep vessels, passenger safe
• Inspect boats and ships to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and their conformity to regulations
• Read gauges to ensure safe levels of hydraulic fluid and oxygen or air pressure
• Compute positions, set courses and determine speeds using charts, compasses, sextants, area plotting sheets and knowledge of local conditions

Requirements

• Valid licenses of boat captain in UAE (RTA or FTA). A commercial license will be preferred.
• Training Center “Certificate of Completion”
• Must have valid STCW-95 (safety certification).
• Copy of Medical Certification for Seafarers.
• Two (2) years as a working boat captain with a minimum of three (3) years total marine experience.
• Ability to control movement and docking of vessels up to 75 feet in length.
• Ability to control movement and docking of vessels up to 55 feet in length.
• Mechanical aptitude and knowledge of basic repairs and maintenance of marine engines and boat systems are highly desirable.

About the Company

Emirates Consortium LLC (EmCon) is a dynamic, diversified investment holding company based in Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, with investments locally and globally. Founded in 2010, it has made quick and powerful steps to establish itself intelligently in a wide range of industries both in the local UAE market and Internationally, capitalizing on the best opportunities in all economies. Its subsidiaries and joint ventures are made up of companies in the Manufacturing/Industrial, Food and Beverage, Energy, Travel, Marine and Construction industries. This investment holding is supported by a professional team of executives recruited from various sectors around the globe to steer, guide and implement a world-class investment strategy to achieve not just short term goals but to create long term shareholder wealth and mutually profitable ventures with selected companies around the world.

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