Operations Manager

Consider joining one of the most well-known companies in the Maritime Industry in a leadership position. Moran Towing Corporation (www.morantug.com) has an opportunity available for an Operations Manager, for Moran Port Arthur/Beaumont. This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position reporting to the General Manager.

Moran Towing Corporation is one of the oldest companies in America and has prospered by continuously reinventing itself for over 160 years. Starting in 1860 as a tugboat company, we have grown from those roots to become a dominant provider of commercial ship docking services, marine transportation, LNG support operations, environmental recovery, and commercial diving services. While economies, cultures, markets, and technology will always continue to evolve, our steadfast commitment to partnering with our employees and customers to solve our customers’ marine requirements has enabled us to stay the course year after year.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Operations Manager oversees marine and shoreside daily operations. Responsibilities focus on promoting and ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures and regulatory guidelines. The Operations Manager effectively works in an unsupervised capacity, ‘owns’ the job, and communicates effectively with both shoreside and afloat employees.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:

Operations

• Ensure adherence to company policies and processes, including Moran's Safety Management System (SMS) as well as the Responsible Carrier Program and USCG requirements.
• Attend and schedule International Safety Management (ISM) Audits in conjunction with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
• Schedule and attend routine Safety meetings, as well as organize Behavior Based Safety Meetings.
• Schedule weekly crews and ensure proper manning of tugs.
• Schedule and ensure 24/7 dispatch coverage for Division, and fill in for Dispatchers, if needed.
• Recruit, direct, train, develop, and evaluate personnel; ensure all crew licensing is up to date.
• Review tugs through informal inspections for proper documentation and operations in accordance with Company policies and procedures.
• Review, monitor, investigate, and follow up when needed with entries into claims database (Origami).
• Review, monitor, and follow up when needed with entries into OMS.
• Monitor ship docking line usage and keep an inventory as needed.
• Continually search for ways to reduce overhead costs and implement plans to reduce such costs.
• Communicate positively with potential customers, vessel agents, vendors, regulatory agencies, and internal Moran employees.
• Evaluate P&L and other financial reports to operate within monthly and annual budgets. Participate when directed in preparing the annual budget.

Engineering

• Review with Port Engineer and ensure all Preventative Maintenance tasks that cannot be performed onboard are entered in the repair order system and that training on these tasks is completed.
• Communicate with Corporate Engineering with recommendations for issues that cannot be addressed by local port engineering staff.
• Monitor engineer training to include orientations and instruction by port engineering staff.
• Assist in scheduling repairs, including coordination with port engineering staff for tug maintenance and repairs through outside vendors as needed.
• Ensure proper documentation and entries in OMS when repairs are completed.
• Review with Port Engineer and ensure that adequate spare parts are available for future repairs.

Accounting and Administration

• Approve invoices through COR360.
• Monitor Accounts Receivable and follow up with customers for collection.
• Monitor and approve Accounts Payable.
• Maintain required documents in personnel folders.
• Ensure month-end reporting accurately includes engine hours, number of jobs, and fuel consumption.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 2-year college degree.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Valid driver’s license and Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Proven successful management experience and demonstrated strong leadership skills and decisive decision-making.
• Ability to work effectively individually and as a team member.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to take initiative, multi-task, interpret data, speak publicly, operate in stressful situations, and make quick decisions.
• Demonstrated good judgment, initiative, and organizational skills.
• Must be able to travel when required.
• Intermediate-level Microsoft Office computer skills, e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in transportation or marine engineering. Work experience will be factored with education.
• Operations experience in the maritime.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to: Board a vessel while moored via barge landing or underway via crew boat and withstand tug motion and high-temperature areas for periods of time; cross bulwarks, walk on uneven surfaces, and climb ladders and stairs; and stoop, bend, and sit for prolonged periods of time using a keyboard and computer screen.

Moran Towing Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.