Environmental Monitoring Captain
3 weeks ago
Job Summary
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Patrol Boat Captain to join our team. As a key member of our environmental monitoring and pollution control team, you will be responsible for operating large, dual-engine powered patrol boats on the waterways and lakes, ensuring the safe and efficient collection of environmental data.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate large, dual-engine powered vessels, helm units, marine engines, and auxiliary marine equipment, including electrical generators, navigational radar, fathometer, sonar gear, marine radio, and pumps.
- Maintain safe working conditions of the boat, lubricating, fueling, and adjusting engine and auxiliary equipment as necessary.
- Supervise the work of assigned employees when they are engaged in general housekeeping of the boat.
- Navigate the boat to specific positions in open water and within confined spaces in waterways, deploying specialized equipment for spill containment or control and other technical boat operations.
- Maintain boat operation and maintenance logs, as well as sampling logs when necessary.
- Maintain communications with the U.S. Coast Guard, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire Department, U.S. Corps of Engineers, and other authorities to give and receive information on pollution control and marine activities.
- Train crew members in safe boat operation.
- Operate water sampling devices, take samples by hand, and store samples.
- Oversee repair, overhaul, and maintenance of hull, engines, and auxiliary equipment on boats.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Graduation from a standard senior high school or the equivalent and four years of full-time paid experience operating government or commercial vessels on navigable waterways, including operation and maintenance of large, dual-engine powered boats.
- Additional experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
- Possession of a U.S. Coast Guard Operator License - Master Credential (25 to 100 Gross Tons) may be substituted for the required experience.
Working Conditions
May involve exposure to a variety of operating mechanical equipment, all weather conditions, loud noise, noxious odors, and traffic.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Extensive knowledge of U.S. Coast Guard piloting rules, navigational markers, and locking procedures applicable to Lake Michigan, the Chicago River Controlling Works, and District waterways.
- Knowledge of operating characteristics and requirements of large dual-engine powered vessels.
- Knowledge of operating characteristics and procedures of auxiliary marine equipment, such as marine radios, navigational radar, and direction finding equipment.
- Knowledge of standard environmental sampling and sampling storage procedures.
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