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McAllister Towing
Providence, RI Full Time
POSTED ON 6/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/11/2026
Job Description

With operations established in 1881, Providence Steamboat Company is one of the oldest tugboat operations in New England. Providence Steamboat provides a full range of ship assist services on Narragansett Bay including the ports of Fall River and Somerset Massachusetts and Providence, Tiverton, Melville, Newport, Jamestown Anchorage, Quonset, and Davisville, Rhode Island.

Providence Steamboat has a long record of safe and reliable operations and is well-known for its wheelhouse green tugs, with black stacks and the white disk logo. In addition to assisting tankers, and tugs and barges in the petroleum trade, the company also works bulk cargos at the Providence Municipal dock and coal at local utility plants, serves the Navy in Newport, and assists car ships calling in the port of Davisville. The company operates from two locations with the office and dock at India Street in Providence, and a dock and maintenance facility off Shaw Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Providence is also the homeport for McAllister Towing's offshore wind vessels Gaspee and Roger Williams.

McAllister Towing of Narragansett Bay is seeking highly motivated Helper to join our team. Duties and responsibilities are outlined below.

Helper

Reports to:

The Helper is responsible and accountable to the Yard Foreman.

Supervises:

None.

Description of Duties:

The Helper is an entry-level job or temporary position which is assigned to assist with extra work load, cover absences and vacations, and supplement crews as required to meet unusual changes in the elements; heat, cold, severe weather, and etc.

Perform property tending duties such as yard repair, snow shoveling, cleaning the pier, mucking the tanks, and painting and assisting others.

May be assigned to unskilled job on the yard.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

A High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred.

The ability to follow direction.

The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

This is an entry-level position.

Current Transportation Worker’s Identification Card

Physical Requirements:

Work involves considerable stooping, bending, and working in overhead structures or scaffolds.

Helpers are frequently required to wear personal protective equipment.

He or she must pass a respirator fit test.

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

  • This position description does not promise or imply that the functions listed are the only duties to be performed or that the position may not change or be eliminated. Employees are always expected to follow their supervisor’s instructions and to perform the tasks requested by their supervisors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer.

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of McAllister Towing not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.

This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.

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