Traveling Equipment Operator - UIC Bowhead Transport, LLC

UIC Bowhead Transport Company, LLC is seeking a reliable and experienced Traveling Equipment Operator to join our team. This role involves operating heavy machinery across multiple job sites and ports throughout Alaska. Candidates must be comfortable working in remote locations, varying weather conditions, and rotating schedules.

Responsibilities

Essential functions will include:

• Operate heavy equipment such as excavators, loaders, and/or haul trucks.
• Load and offload equipment, materials, and supplies onto and from barges at various ports across Alaska.
• Safely secure and stage cargo for transport in coordination with marine crews.
• Perform routine equipment inspections and basic maintenance.
• Follow all safety protocols and site and port procedures.
• Assist with site preparation, grading, trenching, and material handling.
• Travel to various job sites and port locations across Alaska as assigned.
• Maintain accurate daily logs and reports.
• Work collaboratively with crew members, supervisors, and barge/marine personnel.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in the maritime industry.
• USCG Rated as Able Body Seaman Limited with STCW-95 endorsements in Basic Safety Training and Lifeboatman.
• Heavy Equipment Operator experience is required (loader, forklift, deck crane, skid steer).
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have a valid U.S. Passport with at least six (6) months prior to renewal.
• Valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC -- minimum six (6) months prior to renewal).
• Valid Driver's License with a minimum of six (6) months prior to renewal.
• Ability to complete an annual Merchant Mariners physical exam and perform physically demanding shipboard duties.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain highly complex or technical topics to individuals with little or no background in the subject.
• Writing skills require the ability to write text designed to communicate technical information.
• Strong interpersonal/team skills and the proven ability to often deal with situations where immediate low-level satisfactory resolution of issues must be achieved.
• Employee must be able to write in English, read in English, calculate, have estimation skills, possess good verbal presentation and be able to communicate using the radio, speaker, or electronic communication by using the English language.
  
  

Physical And Mental Demands

• Repetitive and prolonged postures involving standing, sitting, twisting, squatting, kneeling, stooping and reaching to full range from above the head to the deck.
• Employee must have the ability to move extremities and spine through full physiological range of motion that will permit the employee to work in a variety of postures involving postures allowing reaching with hands from deck level to overhead level.
• Flexing and twisting of the trunk and other awkward postures are required occasionally when assisting crew while tying up vessels, moving rope or cable and repairing equipment.
• Employee must have good dexterity and frequently use one and two hands throughout the work period for grasping and fingering while using controls of the vessel, hand tools and performing other activities requiring good dexterity. Employee must always have good balance and coordination in order to safely walk over catwalks, enter/ exit hatches, and over uneven and/or slippery surfaces.
• Must be able to climb ladders, stairwells, and push knees.
• Employee must be able to step with a step length of 2-ft. in the horizontal direction and 2-ft. in the vertical direction.
• Different docks have various combinations of barge drafts and river stages which make it necessary to step across, up, down, or over an obstacle in order to gain access to the dock from the barge or from the barge to the boat or from the boat to the dock.
• Must also be able to safely walk and carry tools and line while crossing pipes, ledges, sills, catwalks and/or climbing ladders and push knees.
• Employee must have sufficient cardiorespiratory fitness to occasionally perform medium-heavy physical labor involving the ability to sit and/or stand for 6 hour shifts, walk for prolonged periods, handle (lift, carry, push and pull) various materials and tools, climb ladders, stairwells, and push knees while working in inclement weather with temperatures that may vary from extreme cold to extreme heat.
• Must be able to work in cold/hot weather while wearing required PPE (e.g., life preserver, respirators, goggles, etc.).
• Must be able to lift at least 65 lbs. from floor to knuckles, and waste-level on a daily basis.
• Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs. from floor to shoulder level on a daily basis. Must be able to lift at least 10 lbs. from floor to crown level on a daily basis.
• Must be able to lift and carry at least 30 lbs. with two hands at waist level for a minimum distance of 30 feet on a level surface.
  
  

Working Conditions

• May work in fog, dark, and other visibility limiting conditions.
• May be exposed to fuels, solvents, cleaners, dust, fumes, smoke, and gases. Will work on vessels in adverse weather conditions.
• Constant and loud engine, blowers, and exhaust noise.
• Irregular working hours.
• Arctic marine environment including low temperatures, high wind, icing, plenty of moisture and wave action.
• Frequent hazards include hypothermia, pinch points, sprains, strains, slips, falls, concussive impacts, and lifting injuries.
• Hazard awareness and corrective action is a constant function of the job due to the extreme work environment.