Port Captain

Company Description

A luxury hospitality brand for modern travellers, Anantara connects guests to genuine places, people and stories through personal experiences and providing heartfelt hospitality in the world’s most exciting destinations. From pristine islands and tropical beaches to cosmopolitan cities, tranquil deserts and lush jungles, Anantara welcomes guests for journeys rich in discovery.

Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara is a crescent of golden beach and over water villas just off the coast of downtown Doha. Accessible by private catamaran, escape for family adventures, ocean thrills or serene spa bliss.

Enjoy an alcohol-free atmosphere with the little ones as you surf, dive, golf, bowl or cinema. Race across lagoon waters with a host of motorised water sports. Unwind in the Middle East’s only wellness centre in a resort setting, spread across lush botanical gardens.

**Job Description**:
**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of everything that needs to be done. Anantara employees always find new ways to look after the business, their guests, and their colleagues. Within this, the key responsibilities for this position are:

- Reports to Director of Marine Transportation
- Ensures skippers are aware of any changes to the schedule, special notices, weather warnings and information and any physical changes at any of the terminals.
- Records and reports all incidents
- Plans bunkering in conjunction with the Junior Port Captains and the boat skippers.
- Responsible for the safe operation in terminal
- Mans the control room of the assigned terminal
- Assigns teams into boats upon duty start
- Assigns arriving boats to appropriate berths
- Ensures that all boat documents are collected, filled and sent back to control room
- Accepts and records any lost property found in the boats and ensures to be safely handed over to Anantara security officers.
- Ensures boats are being cleaned ready for the next departure
- Maintains stores of housekeeping and cleaning materials at terminals
- Must be aware of all defects on boats and follow up with Technical department to ensure repairs have been made.
- Assists with security at each of the terminals
- Maintain appropriate logbooks at terminals
- Assists and cooperates with Front Office concerning guest expectations and reservation figures
- Ensures all FFA and LSA appliances are in proper order ready to be used.
- Ensures jetty is safe of obstacles and at all times clean
- Ensure effective allocation of boat attendants to ensure the cleanliness of boats at all times.
- Maintain accurate crew rosters in conjunction of Junior Port Captains.
- Performs visual checks of any defect reported by crew prior to reporting to technical department.
- Ensures that all navigational tracks are checked and deleted daily.
- Ensures all operational information is shared with other Junior Port Captains and the Safety & Training Manager upon his shift end.
- Coordinate with Front Office in all terminals in case of any trip schedule changes or additional transportation demands.

**Qualifications**:

- With 2 to 5 years of experience in the same field
- With good English communication skills
- With good technical skills
- With pleasing personality
- Ability to handle pressure at work
- Ability to multi-task
- Eye for detail & organized