Purpose of Position:
To safely operate tour vessels and provide an enjoyable on-the-water experience for visitors.
Vessels include:
· SABINO (56’ historic wooden steamboat operating a diesel electric drive). SABINO operates ten-hour days, daily, May 22 - October 18.
· MYSTIC SEAPORT EXPRESS (25’ diesel powered launch). EXPRESS operates 8-hour days, weekends and holidays May 16-June 14 and Sept 12-27 and daily June19-Sept 7.
· LIBERTY (40’ diesel powered launch), LIBERTY operates as a charter only vessel/short distance shuttle, and as an emergency response/tow vessel.
· ENCORE (motor yacht for charter). ENCORE operates as a charter only vessel, 3- or 5-hour downriver charters into Fishers Island Sound.
· BRECK MARSHALL (20’ gaff rigged sailboat, no engine). BRECK operates six-hour days, weekends, and holidays May 23- June 14 and Sept 12-September 27 and daily June 20-Sept 7.
The ability to run all vessels is not required – captains will be assigned vessels based on training, comfort in operating, museum’s scheduling needs, and captain’s availability.
Essential Functions:
· Safely operate the vessel assigned in a variety of weather conditions while providing passengers of various ages and diverse backgrounds an excellent experience.
· Ensure USCG regulations are followed
· Enjoy interacting with museum guests, volunteers, and the public
· Good natured attitude in a highly fluid environment
· Ensure passenger safety
· Help mentor and train deckhands (SABINO)
· Communicate any problems, issues or maintenance needs to supervisor
Requirements
Qualifications:
· USCG 25-ton inland captains license for EXPRESS, ENCORE, and LIBERTY
· USCG 50-ton inland captains license for SABINO
· Inland OUPV and a high level of sailing skills for BRECK MARSHALL
· Willingness to undergo scheduled and random drug testing.
· High degree of skill in handling single screw vessels of equivalent size
· Must be comfortable operating a vessel in heavy vessel traffic, under varied tides and weather conditions.?
· Willingness to work evenings, and holidays as needed.
· An interest in and the ability to interact with Museum visitors to better their understanding of the work at hand as well as the broader educational goals of the Museum.?
· Ability to communicate effectively with passengers
· Ability to give a tour to visitors of the waterfront and Museum
· An interest in and the ability to pass work related skills to other staff and volunteers
· Ability to lift moderately heavy loads
· Ability to assist passengers board and disembark as needed
· Ability to work collaboratively with others in a highly fluid environment.
· Must be able to access boats, floats, and bilges
The nature of the work involved requires extended periods outdoors in all weather conditions during spring, summer, and fall. This position requires an ability to maintain high levels of visual and mental concentration for extended periods of time and requires positive interaction with the public. The incumbent interacts with a broad range of individuals including fellow staff, visitors, volunteers, trustees, vendors, etc. In all of these interactions, the reputation of Mystic Seaport and the Watercraft Area are at stake. It is essential that a high degree of professionalism be exhibited at all times.
Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s largest maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.
The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT and include a recreated 19th century coastal village, a working shipyard, exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship still in existence.
With a full-time staff of 150 that swells to 350 during the summer season, the Museum hosts over 250,000 visitors annually. Mystic Seaport employs a diverse staff of scholars, librarians, historic interpreters, educators, scientists, musicians, and skilled artisans.
A stroll through the historic village transports visitors back to the mid-1800s where they can experience firsthand from staff historians, storytellers, musicians, and craftspeople just what life was like to earn one's living from the sea. In the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard, they can watch shipwrights keeping the skills and techniques of traditional shipbuilding alive as they restore and maintain the Museum’s watercraft collection.
The Museum’s 41,000 sq. ft. Collections Research Center (CRC) offers access to more than 2 million artifacts and is also home to the G.W. Blunt White Library, a 75,000-volume research library where scholars from around the world come to study America’s maritime history.
For more than 80 years, visitors, students, and scholars have turned to Mystic Seaport to preserve and interpret America’s maritime experience. The Museum’s commitment to that mission is as strong as ever.
