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**Overview** UIC Bowhead Transport, LLC is seeking a year-round Assistant Port Captain, based in Anchorage, AK, to support the Port Captain in managing vessels operating in the waters of Washington, Canada, and Alaska. This role is responsible for helping ensure safe operations across all Bowhead Transport vessels and providing a range of timely support services as directed by the Port Captain. **Responsibilities** Essential functions will include: + Ensuring the safety of all Bowhead crew and passengers, including conducting safety training and monitoring and supplying all vessel safety equipment. + Scheduling, planning, and overseeing haul-outs, shipyard work, and seasonal repairs and maintenance on all Bowhead Transport vessels, coordinating with vessel crews and Bowhead Transport management. + Coordinating the purchase of equipment and operational supplies for all vessels, working with captains, engineers, deckhands, and Bowhead management staff as needed. + Providing expeditor services, including driving or flying parts and supplies as requested by the Port Captain. + Advertising vessel crew positions and coordinating the onboarding process in collaboration with UIC HR. + Assisting the Port Captain in managing vessel crews, including email, phone, and in-person communication. + Tracking and managing crew turnovers. + Reserving hotels, flights, and ground transportation for crew traveling to or from work. + Arranging all services in each port prior to vessel arrival and departure, including vessel moorage, fueling, provisioning, transportation, equipment rental, laydown yard space, and coordination with other company personnel, ensuring all port arrangements and contacts are provided to vessels in advance. + Temporarily filling in for vessel crew members in emergencies or when a licensed crew position is vacant (if the Assistant Port Captain holds a USCG license). + Traveling as needed to support vessel operations. + Assisting vessel crews or land-based staff with loading, lashing, consolidating, and manifesting cargo at port locations when additional help is required. + Maintaining Bowhead equipment, both land-based and at sea, including winterizing, repairing or replacing parts, securing storage, and ensuring all equipment is operational and safe. + Performing other duties as assigned by the Port Captain or Bowhead management. **Qualifications** Minimum Qualifications: + Valid driver's license. + Current USCG Captain's License, USCG deck license, AB, or OS preferred (additional training and licenses may be considered after hire, depending on applicant qualifications). + Local resident of Anchorage, Alaska, or surrounding area preferred. + General PC knowledge, including proficiency with spreadsheet software, word processing software, and MS Office Suite. + Strong interpersonal skills with a positive "anything is possible" attitude, problem-solving ability, and sound judgment. + Ability to work independently or as part of a team. + Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure, including during physically demanding work, potentially hazardous situations, and unpredictable weather. + Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including hours outside of a standard 8-5 workday, with occasional work exceeding 40 hours per week during the primary operating season (April-October). Physical and Mental Demands: + Regularly required to sit for prolonged periods at a desk or workspace utilizing computers, phones, and office supplies. + Required to sit for prolonged periods during travel by plane or automobile. + Frequently required to stand and/or walk, and routinely required to reach with hands and arms. + Routinely required to stand, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or squat. + Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 75 pounds. + Occasionally lifts and/or moves 75-100 pounds with the assistance of deckhands and/or heavy lifting equipment. Working Conditions: + Varied work environments, including offices, ports, docks, bays, beaches, waterways, equipment rooms, warehouses, and outdoor job sites. + Exposure to varying weather conditions, including extreme cold, wind, precipitation, and maritime environments. + Potential exposure to hazardous conditions such as moving equipment, slippery surfaces, and construction zones. + Work schedule may require extended or irregular hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, particularly during the primary operating season. Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening and/or random drug screen, and must follow UIC's Non-DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Program requirements. If the position requires, an applicant must pass a pre-employment criminal background history check.

All post-secondary education listed on the applicant's resume/application may be subject to verification. Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification. In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes. UIC is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics EOE/D/V.

In furtherance, pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and federal contractual requirements, UIC and its subsidiaries may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to UIC Shareholders and their Descendants, based on the provisions contained within The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity postershere (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) . All candidates must apply online at www.uicalaska.com , and submit a completed application for all positions they wish to be considered. Once the employment application has been completed and submitted, any changes to the application after submission may not be reviewed.

Please contact a UIC HR Recruiter if you have made a significant change to your application. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), persons unable to complete an online application should contact UIC Human Resources for assistance www.uicalaska.com/careers/recruitment/ . The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is the village corporation of Utqiaġvik, Alaska and is recognized as one of Alaska's top 10 companies with approximately 4,400 employees nationwide and revenues above $1 Billion annually. UIC is projected to grow substantially in the coming years to become a top 3 company in Alaska by 2030. As a proud Alaska Native Corporation, our success brings growth and benefits to our Iñupiat shareholders.

The size and diversity of our operations means we have a broad variety of career opportunities. UIC and its subsidiaries are committed to and strive for safety, quality, business ethics, and shareholder value. We offer competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans as well as paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and state or contract required paid time off programs. **Join our Talent Community!** Join our Talent Community (https://talentconnect.uicalaska.com/corporate-uicalaska/talentcommunity) to receive updates on new opportunities and future events. **Requisition ID** _2025-23623_ **Category** _Mariners/Vessels/Diesel Engineers_ **Location : Location** _US-AK-Anchorage_ **Travel Requirement** _10% - 25%_ **Entity : Name** _UIC Bowhead Transport LLC_