I attended the SIU school in piney point and have sailed twice on deep sea vessels and spent the better part of a year aboard the crowley ATB fleet.
Because I’m not too interested in long contracts, I’ve been looking for a job on a harbor assist tug, but have been having rotten luck with getting in contact with people. Most of the companies only have a place to send a resume and that’s usually about it. The few that have had emails and phone numbers haven’t gotten back to me. Seabulk is the one company in my area that is currently hiring and by the time I finally got ahold of the operations manager, he promptly told me the position was filled and that he never saw my email or resume.
So in short, do you guys have any advice or suggestions? I’m working a land job at the moment, but the pay is atrocious compared to what I’m used to(gotta love florida).
crowley has ship assist vessels. although those are highly coveted positions, since you already work for crowley wouldn’t that help if there was an opening?
The harbor tugs in Houston (G&H, Bay Houston, Suderman & Young) are operated by the same company (G&H) and are SIU. Not sure if they take the jobs out of the hall, but a quick check of websites finds this. . . http://www.gandhtowing.com/index.html
Keep digging for phone numbers. Whoever does the hiring has a phone, right? Once you get that person’s number, call once a week, maybe twice a week, every week without fail and just ask if anything is available. If they don’t pick up, make sure you leave a message. That’s how you get noticed. Sooner or later, they’re just going to get tired of you calling and give you something. Or they’re going to get stuck and need someone last minute and right now and you might be that guy. Be ready to go and don’t turn anything down, you might only get one chance. The name of the game is persistence. Keep bugging them til you get something.
There is usualy work on San Francisco Bay. MMP ( low pay $18) . and Foss is IBU. Foss pays the best. Crowley is here to. Bay and Delta. Foss. AM Nav . Crowley. and SIU has deck on the pilot boats. good luck.
[QUOTE=cmakin;185468]The harbor tugs in Houston (G&H, Bay Houston, Suderman & Young) are operated by the same company (G&H) and are SIU. Not sure if they take the jobs out of the hall, but a quick check of websites finds this. . . http://www.gandhtowing.com/index.html
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G&H does not do jobs calls out of the Hall but does recruit sometimes, your best bet would be to contact Jimbo or Kevin at the Houston hall. Not sure if they’re taking AB’s at the moment though,last I heard it was Engineers, mate’s and Qmeds they were after.