Mariner Engagement Specialist
Marquette Transportation Company
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- Location
- Paducah, KY
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Other
- Posted
- Nov 3
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Marquette Transportation Company
Maritime · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Represents Marquette at job fairs and community events.
- Assists with deck recruiting during peak hiring periods.
- Takes an active role in deck crew orientation.
- Secures orientation attendees hotel accommodations.
- Ensures sufficient trainer coverage based on orientation class size.
- Coordinates meals for orientation attendees.
- Presents on HR topics during orientation.
- Assists employees with career path planning and timelines.
- Monitors evaluation/promotion process to ensure that crew members aren’t getting “lost” and that promotion process is fair and timely.
- Provides welcome letter to new mariners and check-in at the conclusion of their first hitch.
- Follows-up on offboarding surveys and escalates concerns as appropriate.
- Performs stay and exit interviews.
- Engages with mariners regularly through vessel visits, crew changes, training events, phone calls, etc., to build and maintain strong relationships.
- Checks-in with mariners who live in areas affected by natural disasters and coordinate support as needed.
- Supports mariner recognition for special occasions, including sending birthday greetings and developing a call tree for leadership team to contact vessels on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Prepares employee biography information for training attendees to share with Operations and Leadership.
- Manage referral bonus process.
- Monitors turnover trends and escalates trends/concerns.
- Supports Ambassador program in conjunction with Communications Manager.
- Assists mariners with understanding and accessing Confluence, Dayforce HR and Payroll system, and other questions.
- Other duties as assigned.
What you need
- Associate’s Degree or higher (preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, both oral and written
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information
- High level of customer service to all employees
- Motivated self-starter
- Education: an associate degree
Key skills
interpersonal/communication skillsMicrosoft Officeconfidentialitycustomer serviceMotivated self-starter
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The Mariner Engagement Specialist is responsible for driving initiatives that enhance the recruitment, retention and development of high-quality deck crew and deck leadership. This role acts as an ambassador to both new hires and experienced mariners, providing information and support throughout their tenure with Marquette.
Principal Responsibilities:
Represents Marquette at job fairs and community events.
Assists with deck recruiting during peak hiring periods.
Takes an active role in deck crew orientation.
Secures orientation attendees hotel accommodations.
Ensures sufficient trainer coverage based on orientation class size.
Coordinates meals for orientation attendees.
Presents on HR topics during orientation.
Assists employees with career path planning and timelines.
Monitors evaluation/promotion process to ensure that crew members aren’t getting “lost” and that promotion process is fair and timely.
Provides welcome letter to new mariners and check-in at the conclusion of their first hitch.
Follows-up on offboarding surveys and escalates concerns as appropriate.
Performs stay and exit interviews.
Engages with mariners regularly through vessel visits, crew changes, training events, phone calls, etc., to build and maintain strong relationships.
Checks-in with mariners who live in areas affected by natural disasters and coordinate support as needed.
Supports mariner recognition for special occasions, including sending birthday greetings and developing a call tree for leadership team to contact vessels on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Prepares employee biography information for training attendees to share with Operations and Leadership.
Manage referral bonus process.
Monitors turnover trends and escalates trends/concerns.
Supports Ambassador program in conjunction with Communications Manager.
Assists mariners with understanding and accessing Confluence, Dayforce HR and Payroll system, and other questions.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Associate’s Degree or higher preferred.
Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, both oral and written.
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
High level of customer service to all employees.
Motivated self-starter.