Captain Annual - Marine Operations - City Cruises Chicago

Position Summary:The successful Captain will greet all guests and ensure each guest is attended to in an appropriate manner ensuring consistently high levels of safety, quality, service, and guest satisfaction while maintaining a high level of profitability.Duties and Responsibilities:Cruise Execution

• Rotate as cruise captain on cruises and ensure adherence to procedures detailed in the Product Management Guide. This includes thorough pre-cruise preparation, adherence to cruise scripts, supervision of crew, proper piloting of vessel, adherence to all Coast Guard rules and regulations, and guest satisfaction
• Gather pertinent cruise event details from the other departments to ensure special guest requests are fulfilled thereby ensuring complete guest satisfaction
• Conduct pre-cruise meetings and communicate to crew all necessary information regarding the cruise (special needs, boarding procedures, etc.)
• Ensure that staff and guests adhere to all safety standards and procedures
• Participate in the execution of the Safety Program, including emergency drills
• Participate in the proper maintenance of all ship's systems and boarding facilities including but not limited to gangways, diesel, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, water (potable, raw, black, and gray), fire suppression, communications, and navigation
• Ensure adherence to Coast Guard rules and regulations, and other federal and local rules and regulations
• Ensure strict compliance to Emergency Response Plan
• Execute other projects as assigned by managementOperations Team Management
• Recruit non-exempt operations staff (crew) when necessary to fill vacant positions
• Deliver training to new crew
• Schedule crew according to staffing matrix
• Adhere to Company's performance management guidelines for all discipline and termination situations
• Recommend to Marine Management the promotion of crew to full-time annual positions
• Develop positive working relationships with city department heads and peers
• Develop strong teamwork within the staffGuest Service
• Resolve guest problems using strong guest service skills and exercising effective communication skills in keeping with company objectives and guest retention
• Oversee the implementation and execution of safety programs in accordance with Coast Guard regulations and established Company policies
• Resolve guest problems using strong guest service skills and exercising effective communication skills in keeping with company objectives and guest retention
• Oversee the implementation and execution of safety programs in accordance with Coast Guard regulations and established Company policiesOther
• Additional job duties as assigned

Requirements & Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Must currently possess 100-ton license with a satisfactory record
• Minimum of five (5) years of marine experience-preferably to include two (2) years as a captain with an outstanding record
• Detailed working knowledge of all ship's systems and their proper maintenance: gangways, diesel, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, water (potable, raw, black, and gray), fire suppression, communications, and navigation
• Must be able to operate vessel in accordance with all Coast Guard rules and procedures
• Vessel handling and navigation knowledge required
• Able to communicate effectively in oral and written form
• Able to effectively deal with internal and external guests some of whom will require high levels of patience tact and diplomacy
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/tasks
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially Word & Excel)