Boat Yard Assistant

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Free uniforms
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

Job Description

Bridge Marina is seeking a full-time year-round Boat Yard Assistant at our Lake Hopatcong location. As Boat Yard Assistant, you will be part of a team that oversees the care of boats in our service department and our boat rental and boat club fleet. You will ensure that all our boats are cared for after service, including final cleaning, covering, launching, and mooring.

You will be involved in commissioning and decommissioning our fleet. You will be involved in projects maintaining the service department, moving vessels, trailers, and the like. You will need a strong emphasis on energy care, quality, and satisfaction in work well done. The work is indoors and outdoors in seasonal weather around the marina and on the water. You will be an integral part of our team, helping to make boaters happy and safe on the water.

Responsibilities

• Oversee basic maintenance for guest boats, marina fleet, and its gear, including cleaning, waxing, fiberglass, and vinyl refurbishing.
• Oversee and/or assist teammates involved in boat care or launch, as needed, including trailering, blocking, and operating boats and other marina equipment under supervision.
• Assist with decommissioning and recommissioning of service boats and marina fleet.
• Maintain organization skills for boats, including awareness to keep boats clean.
• Ability to strictly adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Follow strategies, policies, and procedures as directed.
• Report missing or low inventory or shortages of materials.
• Complete assigned work, always seeking to understand expectations of work and follow through.
• Complete and submit work records, notes, changes in work, and report to technicians and managers.
• Ensure work area, tools, and equipment are maintained and in good repair and in proper condition after all work.
• Use and maintain company vehicles and equipment to the highest standard.

Skills and Characteristics

• Teamwork; maintain good relationships with teammates in all departments.
• Good communication skills; give full attention to and understand others and speak for self.
• Positive and supportive outlook for self and others; enjoys teamwork.
• Organize, plan, and prioritize work; seek to organize and plan personal work to accomplish goals.
• Patience, determination, self-awareness, accountable.
• Accountability working independently as well as on a team.
• Neat and clean personal appearance.
• Able to use a tablet, smartphone, basic laptop, and web browser.
• Friendly, courteous, curious.
• Dependable, reliable, responsible.
• Attention to detail; careful about detail and thorough in completing work.
• Guiding oneself without constant supervision and getting things done.
• Open to change and considerable variety in work.

Requirements

• 1 year experience cleaning vehicles, boats, or similar equipment.
• Valid clean automobile driver’s license.
• NJ Boating certificate and boating experience preferred, not required.
• Good health and great physical mobility.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background/drug screen.
• Work indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Work schedule Tuesday-Saturday 9 am - 5 pm year-round.

Compensation

We offer health care benefits, retirement benefits with company contribution, vacation benefits, sick time benefits, and opportunity for added rewards and perks such as boat access, winter holiday breaks, and more. Your starting compensation varies based on your skills, ability, and experience; the starting rate ranges from $16-$20 per hour. Overtime and incentives are available. Advancement and increases are available and are encouraged!

We are seeking full-time year-round applicants available to work forty hours Monday through Friday.

Additional Information

P.S. Experience on and around boats is terrific and will allow you an easier learning curve and faster advancement; however, boating experience is not always required as we have trained many teammates new to boating who are now essential parts of our team. If this…