Posted 2 months ago
GP Steward (Relief/Casual)
@ Bay Ferries Limited
Digby, Nova Scotia
Overview
Bay Ferries Limited is hiring casual GP Stewards for MV Fundy Rose, a year-round ferry between Digby, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick. The role ensures passenger safety and comfort, cleans public and crew areas, assists with boarding and disembarking, and provides customer service. Pay follows the collective agreement, and the position may lead to full-time work.
Pay:
$28.20 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Ensure passenger safety and comfort on board
- Clean public areas, washrooms and crew areas
- Assist with embarkation and disembarkation
- Provide information and customer service
- May perform deckhand duties
Requirements summary:
- Valid Candidate Document Number (CDN#)
- Valid Seafarers Marine Medical
- STCW 6.1 and 6.2 certifications
- Experience in the passenger ship industry (preferred)
- Teamwork and independent work ability (preferred)
- Strong verbal and written communication (preferred)
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-01
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Customer service |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Vehicle |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer none |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Candidate Document Number (CDN#), Seafarers Marine Medical, STCW 6.1, STCW 6.2 |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Performance bonus, Paid training |
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Bay Ferries Limited
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Ferry service across the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine.
Full company description
Bay Ferries offers year-round ferry service between Digby, NS, and Saint John, NB on MV Fundy Rose and seasonal voyages on The CAT high-speed car ferry between Yarmouth, NS, and Bar Harbor, ME. Join our team of dedicated professionals today.
- LinkedIn followers
- 291
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 47
- Reported office locations
- 5475 Spring Garden Rd #205, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3T2, CA
- Other recorded names
- Bay Ferries Limited
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
Bay Ferries offers year-round ferry service between Digby, NS, and Saint John, NB on MV Fundy Rose and seasonal voyages on The CAT high-speed car ferry between Yarmouth, NS, and Bar Harbor, ME. Join our team of dedicated professionals today.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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Bay Ferries Limited is currently recruiting GP Stewards for casual positions working on MV Fundy Rose, a year-round ferry service across the Bay of Fundy between Digby, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick.
This is a casual, unlicensed position and may lead to a full-time position.
Description of role:
Stewards ensure the safety and comfort of our passengers while onboard and undertake cleaning of the public areas, washroom and crew areas of the vessel. They assist with embarkation and disembarkation of passengers, and engage with customers to provide information, assistance and overall professional, friendly customer service. Stewards may also be required to perform other General-Purpose duties, such as Deckhand.
What to expect:
- Training incentives.
- Work-life balance.
- Competitive wages (as per collective agreement).
- Pension (as per collective agreement).
Required certifications:
- Valid Candidate Document Number (CDN#)
- Valid Seafarers Marine Medical
- STCW's 6.1, 6.2
Desired qualifications:
- Experience in the passenger ship industry.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proven track record of safe operations.
- Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining a just-cause safety culture.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
The following would be an asset:
- Passenger Safety Management
Bay Ferries Limited is committed to employment equity and actively recruits candidates from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act (women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities)
NOTICE: In order to work on Canadian ships, seafarers must be legally allowed to work in Canada (through citizenship, permanent residency)
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