Join Our Onboard Services Team for an Exciting New Route to Jersey!
Are you ready to join a dynamic team and help launch an exciting new route for DFDS? We’re hiring for several positions across our fleet as we debut our St Malo-to-Jersey operations. This is your opportunity to bring your expertise and passion to a leading global maritime organization.
We’re seeking exceptional individuals to join our onboard team of seafarers, where you’ll help us grow while delivering outstanding service and unforgettable experiences to our customers. Although seafaring experience is a bonus, strong customer service skills are what truly matter.
In this role, you’ll ensure the safety and welfare of our passengers while providing top-notch service. Life at sea can be challenging and unpredictable, so we value those who can think on their feet, maintain a positive outlook, remain flexible, and tackle every situation with a can-do attitude.
Candidates should live within a commutable distance to St Malo.
Your Next Role Awaits
We’re looking for skilled and passionate people to join our Onboard Services Department as:
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Stewards
Why Join DFDS?
As a seafarer, you'll play a vital role in our crew, upholding the highest standards of customer service, safety, and operational reliability. Customer service is paramount, and your contribution directly impacts the passenger experience. Life at sea offers a unique and rewarding environment, combining the excitement of a dynamic work setting with the benefit of extended time at home and flexible shift patterns.
Throughout your career, you'll have continuous opportunities for learning and development, enhancing your customer service skills alongside your expertise in maritime operations, safety, and teamwork. This focus on customer service excellence, combined with your personal and professional growth, ensures you remain at the forefront of the industry, building a successful career at sea.
Being part of our team means more than just a job, it’s a chance to thrive:
- Excitement & Growth: Be part of the launch of a transformative new route.
- Collaboration: Work alongside an amazing team, both onboard and ashore.
- Development: Advance your skills and career in a supportive, global organisation.
What You Bring
We’re looking for individuals who:
- Have all STCW95 certifications relevant to the role.
- Are competent in required muster duties.
- Continually deliver a standard of excellence in both crew and passenger areas.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
- Are ready to work to strict deadlines in a dynamic and pressurised environment.
- Apply a flexible and multifunctional attitude that promotes teamwork.
- Remain calm under pressure and rise to challenges with positivity.
- Fluent in English.
- Are passionate about delivering exceptional service and creating memorable experiences.
- Ideally, you should be located within an hour's commute of St. Malo.
While prior onboard service experience, particularly on High-Speed Craft, is an advantage, it’s not essential. What matters most to us is your attitude, skills, and eagerness to learn.
Ready to Embark?
If this sounds like the perfect career for you, we’d be thrilled to hear from you!
Simply send your CV and cover letter directly through this job ad. Please note that this job ad will remain active throughout the year, allowing us to continuously receive applications.
Positions are contingent upon completing a statutory seafarer medical examination and internal training. Additionally, applicants must hold a valid passport at the time of the interview.
Join DFDS, be part of the movement, and set sail towards an exciting new career!
DFDS does not operate any blacklists to prevent seafarers from gaining employment.
- Department
- Careers at sea
- Locations
- DFDS Jersey (Ports of Jersey, St Peter, Jersey. JE1 1BY)
- People manager position
- No
About DFDS UK & Ireland
About DFDS
We operate a transport network in and around Europe with an annual revenue of DKK 30bn and 17,000 full-time employees.
We move goods in trailers by ferry, road & rail, and we offer complementary and related transport and logistics solutions.
We also move car and foot passengers on short sea and overnight ferry routes.
DFDS was founded in 1866 and headquartered and listed in Copenhagen.
Be part of DFDS and be part of the movement.
Join Our Onboard Services Team for an Exciting New Route to Jersey!
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