Boat Painter - Boston Harbor City Cruises

Hornblower Group is a global leader in experience and transportation. Spanning a 100-year history, Hornblower Groups portfolio of international offerings includes water- and land-based experiences and ferry and transportation services.

City Experiences, Hornblower Groups premier experience division, offers dining and sightseeing cruises and walking and food tours through the City Cruises Walks and Devour brands. City Ferry, part of Hornblower Groups Ferry and Transportation Division, is the largest private operator of high-speed passenger and vehicle ferries in the United States, carrying more than 10 million passengers annually and operating services including NYC Ferry, Puerto Rico Ferry, and other regional ferry systems.

Hornblower Groups subsidiaries include Hornblower Marine, which provides vessel outhaul and maintenance services at Bridgeport Boatworks in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Seaward Services Inc., a full-service shipping, waterfront logistics, and management company that specializes in the operation and maintenance of government and commercial vessels. Additionally, Anchor Operating System LLC, a Hornblower Group subsidiary and independent entity, provides reservation, ticketing, and website integration services for clients in the transportation, tourism, and entertainment industries.

Today, Hornblower Groups global portfolio covers over 10 countries, over 50 U.S. cities, and serves more than 20 million guests annually. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hornblower Groups additional corporate offices reside in San Francisco, California, Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, London, United Kingdom, New York, New York, Dublin, Ireland, and across Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit hornblowercorp.com.

Position Summary

The Boat Painter position is an important shore-based position that offers the qualified employee the opportunity to showcase their craftsmanship skills and willingness to produce quality marine construction, repair, and maintenance work to help support a comprehensive program of maintenance, modification work, and repair work of the passenger vessels in the City Experiences fleet of vessels. These vessels range in size and construction, are USCG inspected, and powered by mostly diesel engines.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The marine Painter must work in a safe, methodical, and consistent manner.
• Perform preventative maintenance, repairs, fabrication on passenger vessels.
• Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on company-owned dockside facilities, docks, piers, and buildings.
• Vessel and dockside facility plumbing repairs to pipes, valves, tanks, piping, appliances, and pumping systems.
• Vessel interior and exterior painting preparation and painting. This includes descaling, then painting vessel decks, hulls, exterior, and interior topside superstructures, interior walls, ceilings, and floors.
• Welding preparation, fabrication of new and repair of structures, welding of various metals in repair or new fabrication.
• Carpentry and craftsmanship of interior joinery, walls, ceilings, decks, and all other building materials found on passenger vessels.
• Documentation and monitoring of maintenance and repair work through the company web-based and structured maintenance and repair program as requested and assisted by the Director.
• Participate in computer and mobile phone-based monitoring and input of maintenance tasks, work hours, and company training and documentation programs.
• Other marine maintenance and repair work either dockside or on the vessels not provided in detail here that the Director may require.
• Additional job duties assigned.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Must have training and experience in a field that lends itself to the job of construction, maintenance, and repair of motor vessels.
• Professional painting and paint surface preparation. Painting of steel, aluminum, wood, and veneers.
• Skilled carpentry training and experience. Working in wood, fire-resistant veneers, flooring, and ceiling materials.
• Must have good attention to detail and quality workmanship.
• Plumbing and pipe fitting training and experience. This work includes refurbishment or redesign of bathrooms, vessel water pumping, steel piping, exhaust piping, and fluid drainage systems.
• Be able and willing to wear personal safety clothing and equipment such as hard hats, gloves, face masks, life vests, safety harness, etc. as necessary for safe work practice and company policy guidelines.
• Be physically fit enough to lift weights of 50lbs. or more safely and at times on moving vessels.
• Be prepared to work in outdoor weather conditions in all seasons for several hours at a time.
• Strong customer service organization and interpersonal skills.
• Maintain a high level of organization, detailed-oriented, and meet deadlines.
• Handle multiple tasks/projects at one time.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships as required by job responsibility.
• Listen effectively, assess the situation, determine relevant issues, and suggest solutions.
• Have a working knowledge of computer skills, including but not limited to proficiency with Microsoft Office Suites.
• Must be able to effectively understand and convey written and verbal information to coworkers and guests.
• Maintain uniform and personal grooming in compliance with appearance standards.
• Will be required to be available for work nights, weekends, and on all major holidays.

The RESPECT Service System

The RESPECT Service System embodies our mission, vision, values, and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Hornblower is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and prohibit discrimination and/or harassment of any type, including but not limited to discrimination and/or harassment based upon:

• Race
• Religion
• Religious creed
• Color
• National origin
• Ancestry
• Citizenship
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
• Gender
• Gender identity
• Gender expression
• Age
• Pregnancy
• Or relation medical conditions
• Childbirth
• Breastfeeding
• Parental status
• Veteran and/or military status
• Disability
• Physical or mental medical condition
• Genetic information or characteristics
• Political affiliation
• Domestic violence survivor status
• Marital status
• Or other characteristics prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

Additionally, as a federal, state, and local contractor, Hornblower complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals where and as they apply. The company also participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.