Junior Dock Master

Responsibilities:

• Assisting owners and crew with yacht berthing, arrivals and departures.
• Ensuring that vessels in the marina are at all times securely moored and protected from damage with adequate fendering.
• Ensuring that no health and safety hazard is caused by mooring lines, cables, hoses, boat overhangs, or material on the pontoons.
• Assisting owners and crews with car-parking, baggage handling, and such other services as they may reasonably request
• Performing routine cleaning, repair and maintenance of the pontoons, marina work boats and marina facility.
• Cleaning and tidying buildings (including restrooms when no cleaner is on duty), removing litter from sea and emptying garbage bins
• Educating marina users and ensuring they obey the Marina Rules.
• Driving club cars for passenger, luggage and garbage duties
• Liaising with officials as required (e.g. Security, Coastguard, CID, etc).
• Issuing keys and security passes, and monitoring security (including making security patrols at night) and observing all marine traffic.
• Active involvement in all training programs and learning additional skills
• Additional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time, depending on the need of the business and hotel.

Skills Required:

• A good secondary education with training, qualification or experience in a relevant trade (e.g. electrical or mechanical engineering, carpentry, fabrication, general boatyard work, yacht crew, lifesaving, etc.).
• Maritime experience, whether as a marina or yacht employee, or front of house / customer service / hospitality experience.
• Experience in working outside and Middle East environmental conditions
• Or, outstanding physical sporting achievement and willingness to fast track maritime learning.
• General knowledge or willingness to learn about boats, boat-handling, ropework, etc.
• Proficient swimmer and familiarity with working in all weather condition.
• Qualification (or willing to be trained) in VHF radio, first-aid, and firefighting.
• Physically fit and with good eyesight (spectacles / contact lenses are acceptable).
• Good communication skills