• Job Description

  Req#: PURSE001557

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Administrative

  • Operate Amos D computer Data Program for requisitioning, receiving, and managing purchase orders as policy requires

  • Operate Vessel Data Center (VDC) input and management of crew lists, daily statistics, transfer manager, offload instructions/tracking, phone transactions, petty cash transactions, employee information, injury/illness reporting, catch manager

  • Generate production report to groups as required

  • Generate reports for NMFS: EEZ crossing, cease/begin reports, daily logbook, weekly report, product transfer report, submission of yellow quarterly sheets, observer data, catch data to ASC accounting, records of home packs, donations, and fish consumed onboard, catch log

  • Monitor and manage computer and other electronic equipment use: NT server, observer computer, purser computer, fax machine, black box, JRC, cell phones, and crewmember communications computer

  • Prepare the offload pack: manifests, mate’s receipts, HR paperwork, injury/illness reports, petty cash log, and fishmeal samples

  • Handle crew needs: changes to W-4, address etc., cab vouchers, travel arrangements, work gear check-out, office supplies, cash draws, MSDS, EEO employment-related diversity and/or incident investigation statements, contracts, newspaper, in-town purchases, bon voyage weather system

  • Ensure trip-to-trip extension sign-up list done in a timely manner before each new trip begins

  Safety

  • Safety committee member

  • Emergency squad member

  • Performs requirements of emergency station bill for drills and actual emergencies to include fire, flooding, man-overboard, abandon ship, medical and spill response and life raft organization for crew

  • Implement and manage safety incentive program

  • Conduct daily safety inspection rounds and provide safety inspection assistance

  • Provide safety training assistance to the crew

  • Inspect and maintain all water-tight hatch dogs for free movement and reliability in case of emergency need

  • Inspect and maintain vents to open or close in case of emergency need

  • Assist in accident investigations including reviewing accident reports as written by those involved

  • Ensure accurate completion of vessel safety officer report including injury/illness reports, witness statements, OSHA 200 log, USCG 2692 form, medical log, clinic authorizations, alcohol and drug testing.

  • Provide crew medical treatment/attention as needed and document with evaluation/treatment report

  • Work with Maritime Health Services over the phone during emergencies, medical emergencies and supplies management, crew clinic appointments, arrangements for crewmember emergency departures

  • Report all emergency situations as required

  • Order and inventory all medical supplies

  • Ensure correct navigational charts and publications—laying out courses on charts and electronic charts

  • Provide Weather reports and Amver messages

  • Maintain condition of bridge equipment—navigational lights and spares, searchlight, flags and halyards and books

  • Ensure that proper flags are hoisted

  • Conduct inspections of firefighting equipment (fire extinguishers and fixed fire systems)

  • Conduct inspections of SCBA’s (self-contained breathing apparatus)

  • Test EPIRB’s monthly

  • Inspect and inventory survival suits

  • Inspect the condition of all lifeboats and life rafts

  • Inspect and inventory pyrotechnics (flares-smokes)

  • Inspect life rings and smokebouys and lights attached to life rings

  • Log book entries into official bridge log every 4 hours (weather, course, speed, activity, etc.)

  • Log book entries of safety inspections

  Additional Duties as Applicable

  • ADEC / EPA annual summary of production and discard report

  • NMFS E-landing reports, state & federal

  • ADF&G fish tickets

  • USCG advance notice of arrival, 96 hour & 24 hour

  • OSHA related audit assistance when needed

  • Docking reports

  • Trim fuel tanks

  • Assist navigation and watch

  • Assist with stability calculation information gathering during trip

  • Maintain garbage log---MARPOL calculations.

  In Port

  • Assist as needed with docking and undocking of vessel

  • Monitor/inspect as needed condition of mooring lines while in port

  • Serve as needed on security patrol to identify strangers, vendors, crew on and off the vessel

  • Assist in periodic checks of affected areas during fueling

  • Serve as needed standing gangway watch

  FCC Requirements (assigned as needed)

  • While operating in Washington state waters, maintain logbooks, manning requirements, inspections per Washington state laws.

  • Maintain up-to-date certificate file (expiration dates) for Fleet Vessel Manager

  • Yearly EPA report for operations

  • Fishing in Alaska/outside of Alaska annual report for operations

  Skill and Experience Required

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as Purser of fishing vessels participating in fisheries in Alaskan or Russian waters.

  • Must possess excellent communication abilities, organizational abilities, and intense detail management abilities, including interpersonal skills necessary to foster cooperation.

  • Above average computer skills to include competence in Windows based programs, AmosD data base, some network understanding.

  • Advanced first aid training

  • Ability to assist and counsel vessel employees when appropriate.

  Physical Ability

  • Ability to pass a pre-employment and random drug tests.

  • Must be capable of boarding and exiting a vessel without physical assistance by climbing up and down a gangplank or using a Jacob’s ladder.

  • Must climb or descend one or more set of steep stairs, or vertical ladders inside and outside the vessel in all weather conditions as extreme as 30 degrees below zero.

  Work Schedule

  • 12 hours or more per day for the duration of the trip, including loading and unloading
  • Ability to work at sea for extended periods of time
  • Pay: Estimated earnings of $6,000 - $8,000 per trip before taxes (average is two trips per month)

  Equal Opportunity Employer
  This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

• About the company

  American Seafoods Company is one of the largest seafood companies in North America and one of the largest harvesters of fish in the world.

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