Marine Operations Trainee

Location: LaPlace, LA

Thank you for your interest in joining our team!

Cooper Consolidated is a balanced, asset-based provider of midstream stevedoring, barge, marine, and logistics services. With operations based along the lower Mississippi River between Southwest Pass and Baton Rouge, we provide cargo handling and movements throughout the U.S. inland waterway system. Our expert team ensures your important cargo is safely transported from origin to destination while making the experience as easy and worry-free as possible.

At Cooper Consolidated, our goal is to be the leader in the cargo handling industry.  The key to this rests squarely with our people, and the backbone of how our people operate is our unique culture. The CC Way - 28 principles of our high-performing culture - describes the values, behaviors, and practices that are the foundation of this culture. It's what makes us a leader in our industry.

Are you a Maritime graduate or Alumni? Do you have some experience in the Maritime industry but looking for growth opportunities? If so, this may be a great opportunity for you! Cooper Consolidated offers a competitive salary rate, great benefits and an amazing 401K.

Our Marine Operations Trainee will get a chance to learn our industry from the ground up between our locations in Mandeville, LaPlace, Darrow and Convent, Louisiana.

This job is primarily responsible for taking ownership of day-to-day operations and various roles within the business as it is exposed to the various business functions. This role will learn and utilize leadership skills and assume responsibility to ensure efficient and profitable operations while facing different and new challenges each day. The job has direct input on fleet management, financial decisions, ensuring safety and well-being of employees, construction projects and proposals, as well as the daily operations within the assigned location(s) and/or company overall. This role may also be assigned or lead special projects. (The program duration expected to be between twelve and twenty-four months).

In this job, you will

Manage the company's safety initiative: work with management and assumes authority to lead, direct, communicate, and enforce the company's safety program at assigned location(s).

Manage the operations for efficiency and profitability.

Effectively utilize all Harbor Management aspects to ensure accurate picture of fleet (e.g., traffic entry, customer reports, invoicing, etc.).

Assist with documentation preparation related to vessel/fleet break away (e.g., notification to applicable authorities, processing of claims due to damage, notification and reporting to management).

Provide oversight of duties performed by security and compliance staff to ensure compliance with company programs and The United States Coast Guard.

Participate in and manage business planning (e.g., Forecast, 3 Year Plan, Month End Estimates, revenue summaries and recaps); understand and explain all aspects that go into and affect these reports.

Assist in the project planning process to include capital budget and request for funds; work with various business partners throughout the organization.

Proactively manage with direction and support of fleet, shipyard, boat and maintenance; provide recommendations for equipment repairs and/or improvements focusing on safety and efficiency.

Depending on business needs, may rotate through various departments at a location or locations.

Other duties as assigned.

Here’s what you’ll need to be considered

Education

Required - Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, experience and/or training. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and training.

Experience

Required – None.

Preferred – Experience in river operations, logistics, and/or transportation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of or ability to learn stevedoring, barge, marine and/or logistics.

Effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.

Intermediate computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Problem solving, conflict management, and negotiating skills.

Leadership and managerial skills.

Ability to use logical thought process to interpret various situations and requests to troubleshoot and solve problems.

Ability to relocate throughout the United States once training is finalized and ready to promote into new role.

Here’s additional information you need to know

Physical Demands & Requirements

Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Ability to safely walk on barge surface(s) with the ability to work around deep water.

Ability to understand and communicate verbally, in person, virtually, by phone and over two-way radio.

Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Confined Spaces. Ability to work in confined and space restricted areas.

Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extre