What you'll do
- Follow safety directives, instructions, and maritime rules
- Maintain cleanliness, hygiene, and order onboard
- Control damage and immediately report to the captain
- Read and familiarize yourself with safety plans
- Ensure constant availability of the lifeboat
- Maintain the external appearance of the boat
- Communicate information with the captain, officers, and mechanics
- Perform professional mooring of the boat
- Extract reliably from the bridge under captain's instruction
- Attend night navigation wearing clean work clothes
- Communicate on deck for mooring at locks
- Monitor passengers at low bridges and block stair access
- Ensure sun deck meets passenger expectations
- Perform specific tasks on the deck and exterior
- Provide baggage service upon captain's request
- Participate in meetings and appropriate trainings
Key requirements
- 3+ years' experience
- River navigation and maritime safety knowledge
- Use of lifeboat and damage control skills
- Professional mooring techniques
- Team communication and teamwork abilities
- Cleaning and hygiene onboard
- French language skills and basic English
- Nautical Sciencepreferred
About the job
Le matelot est sous les ordres du capitaine ou de son représentant et assume un rôle particulier en cas d’urgence; port d’appareil respiratoire – utilisation du canot de sauvetage – colmatage des fuites.
RESPONSABILITES
Sécurité
- Respect des directives, instructions (manuel nautique) et règles en vigueur
- Responsabilité conjointe pour une propreté, une hygiène et un ordre parfaits à bord
- Contrôle d’endommagement et retour d’information immédiat au capitaine
- Lire les tâches selon le plan de sécurité et se familiariser avec
- Responsable de la disponibilité permanente du canot de sauvetage
Navigation
- Responsable de l’aspect extérieur du bateau
Communication
- Echange d’informations avec les postes concernés (capitaine, second capitaine, 3ème capitaine, mécaniciens)
Missions spécifiques
- Amarrage professionnel approprié du bateau
- Extraction fiable de la passerelle (uniquement sur instruction du capitaine de service)
- Pendant la navigation de nuit, un matelot doit être présent et porter des vêtements de travail propres
- Au niveau des écluses, appeler sur le pont pour l’amarrage du bateau
- Lors du passage de ponts peu élevés, se tenir sur le pont soleil pour prendre garde aux passagers et bloquer l’accès aux escaliers
- S’assurer que le pont soleil corresponde systématiquement aux attentes des passagers
- Exécution de tous les travaux spécifiques sur le pont et à l’extérieur
- Service de bagagerie après demande du capitaine / conducteur du bateau
- Participation aux réunions et aux formations adéquates
PROFIL RECHERCHE
- Formation de matelot dans la navigation fluviale (de préférence)
- 3 années d’expérience professionnelle (de préférence)
- Langues : Français et bases en Anglais un atout
- Indépendant et flexible
- Capacité d’adaptation et sens de l’initiative
- Fort esprit d’équipe
- Motivé, ambitieux et persévérant
Pour toute information complémentaire, merci de nous contacter à l'adresse suivante: nauticriverrecuiring@vikingcruises.com
About the company
The world's leading exploration company
Our history
"We had a vision that travel could be more destination-focused and culturally enriching. We wanted to offer experiences designed for the thinking person."
Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking
Viking was founded in 1997 with the vision that travel could be more destination focused and culturally immersive.
The company expanded into the American market in 2000, establishing a sales and marketing office in Los Angeles, California. Since then, Viking has grown to a fleet of more than 90 vessels, offering river, ocean and expedition voyages on all seven continents. Viking provides destination-focused itineraries for curious travelers, with each journey including a shore excursion in every port and an onboard and onshore enrichment program that provides deep immersion in the destination through performances of music and art, cooking demonstrations, informative port talks and carefully selected guest lecturers.
With more than 450 awards to its name, Viking is a leader in the industry and was rated #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans (for ships sized 500 to 2,500 berths) and #1 for Expeditions by Condé Nast Traveler in the 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the first time a travel company has been voted #1 in all three categories simultaneously.
About the company
The world's leading exploration company
Our history
"We had a vision that travel could be more destination-focused and culturally enriching. We wanted to offer experiences designed for the thinking person."
Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking
Viking was founded in 1997 with the vision that travel could be more destination focused and culturally immersive.
The company expanded into the American market in 2000, establishing a sales and marketing office in Los Angeles, California. Since then, Viking has grown to a fleet of more than 90 vessels, offering river, ocean and expedition voyages on all seven continents. Viking provides destination-focused itineraries for curious travelers, with each journey including a shore excursion in every port and an onboard and onshore enrichment program that provides deep immersion in the destination through performances of music and art, cooking demonstrations, informative port talks and carefully selected guest lecturers.
With more than 450 awards to its name, Viking is a leader in the industry and was rated #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans (for ships sized 500 to 2,500 berths) and #1 for Expeditions by Condé Nast Traveler in the 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the first time a travel company has been voted #1 in all three categories simultaneously.