Harbour Master Inis Mór and Inis Oirr

The Harbour Master shall carry out his/her duties in an efficient and effective manner. The Harbour Master will be responsible for the operation and day-to-day management of their relevant Harbours as defined in the Harbour Bye Laws and will report to the designated Marine Infrastructure Engineer in Aras an Chontae.
This will involve the supervision of all activities within the harbours including, allocation of berths, safe access and egress to and from the berths, regulation of movement of vessels within the harbour. He/she will be required to enforce Harbour Bye-Laws and Regulations, collect all revenue, manage any harbour employees and ensure compliance with safety and other relevant legislation.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of duties associated with the role of Harbour Master:

• Enforcing harbour rules, bye-laws and regulations.
• Controlling and keeping records as appropriate of all shipping, goods and ferry boat passengers entering or leaving the port by sea.
• Control of boats, entering, berthing and departing from Harbour. Ensuring navigation in the harbour and approaches is carried out in a safe and orderly fashion.
• Optimising harbour facilities, allocating berths to accommodate all operations within the harbour. This includes determining and implementing the schedule of arrival and departure times of passenger vessels to/from the island.
• Collecting and lodging harbour rates, tolls, dues or levies.
• Accounting for all income in an approved manner to Galway County Council.
• Collecting statistics and local information as required.
• Keeping approved worksheets for Harbour Master and staff, if any, and furnishing of same to the County Council.
• Ensuring that harbour facilities are functioning properly and reporting promptly any defects.
• Reporting any accident within the designated harbour jurisdiction area and any instances of damage to part structures or installations.
• Supervising any staff under the Harbour Master’s control.
• Ensuring that the harbour area including passenger areas and toilet facilities are at all times maintained in a clean and tidy state.
• Controlling all road traffic within the harbour area.
• Controlling trading/touting within the harbour area.
• Operating harbour lights and maintaining navigation lights.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation within the harbour area.
• Ensuring compliance with litter and pollution legislation and other relevant legislation with the harbour area.
• Serving as Port Security Officer for their relevant piers & harbours. Appropriate training will be provided,
• Managing the reception and control of boat generated wastes in accordance with the Galway County Council Waste Reception Plan.
• Co-operating in totality with any construction works or any improvement works within the harbour area.
• Operating harbour launch, where applicable.
• Carrying out such additional duties, including duties relating to any of the County Council’s functions, as may be assigned by the Local Authority from time to time.

The post requires a flexible work approach, weekend and bank holiday attendance as well as providing additional support cover during busy/emergency periods. Knowledge of the leisure and fishing industries is an integral part of the job. Candidates will be required to work on their own initiative.
Ideally, candidates will have a proven track record in the marine industry. Subject to meeting the mandatory requirements, preference will be given to persons holding professional maritime qualifications that have been issued/revalidated in recent years.

Ideally, candidates will have a proven track record in the marine industry. Subject to meeting the mandatory requirements, preference will be given to persons holding professional maritime qualifications that have been issued/revalidated in recent years.

 

Each Candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:

1. Candidates should have a standard of education that would enable him/her to efficiently perform their duties and must be capable of making satisfactory reports (including written reports) on matters pertaining to the duties of the post.

 

2. Each candidate must have appropriate multi-functional experience relative to the post and in particular should have experience in a supervisory capacity in dealing with both skilled and unskilled workers.

 

3. Candidates must have a good knowledge of Harbour management, sufficient to enable him/her to discharge efficiently the duties of the post. This should include knowledge of local navigation, tidal flows, weather forecasting, local fishing operation, slipway and marina operations.

 

4. Candidates shall be computer literate with a working knowledge of e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, financial systems etc.

 

5. Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms have;

 

• One years’ experience as a Harbour Master

                                                Or

• A Skipper’s Full Certificate of Competency

                                                Or

• Three years’ experience of operating a fishing or other marine vessel

                                                Or

• Any other experience of an equivalent standard relevant to the post

 

6. It is essential that candidates have a knowledge of the Irish language.

 

7. Candidates must hold a clean, current, Class B Driving Licence.

Further Information is available in the Candidate Information Booklet available on our website.