Towing Trip​/Fill-In Captain

For more than 70 years, Wood Resources has continued to provide marine towing, ship mooring, dredging, as well as construction and landscaping materials.

Captains are responsible for the safe operation of vessels and barges.

• Total responsibility for the safety of the towing vessel. This includes ensuring that the vessel is adhering to the provisions of the Certificate of Inspection (once the COI has been issued) and follows applicable regulations regarding the towing vessel.
• Determines if an unsafe operation endangers the vessel or the crew.
• Report any accident, incident, illness of the crew, or maintenance problem.
• Preparation, filing and onboard maintenance of all records and documents.
• Ensuring and promoting a positive and proactive relationship with the customer through his or her actions, decisions, abilities, temperament and operational efficiency of the crew and vessel.

• Captains License/MMC
• Medical Endorsement
• Radar Endorsement
• Radio and Telephone Permit
• Current Transportation Work Identification Credential (TWIC) required

Continued and occasionally uninterrupted work on all decks of the vessel, including the engine room with the majority of the work comprised of standing and walking.

Steering the vessel.

The following objects, from less than 10 to occasionally more than 100 pounds, may be stored as low as floor level and lifted by the Captain or Relief Captain. Pumps, sack materials, tow and mooring lines, rigging equipment for barges, steel cable, anchors, stores, supplies and tools.

Daily handling of equipment and cleaning.

Daily handling of equipment, supplies, cargo, wires, and lines.

Daily crawling, jumping, stepping to board vessel, climbing, twisting.

Hot, cold or sudden changes in temperatures, noise, fumes, cramped quarters, sharp edges, vibrations, effect of seas on vessel, non-stationary work surfaces, working on water, significant distance from shore, moving parts and pressure lines.

Wood Resources, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.