Salary: £25,620 - £25,989 Per Annum
Grade: CD
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week
Location: Scarborough Harbour Office
Weekend Working: Occasional – Not as Standard
We’re looking for a Harbour Operative to join our Harbour services providing our vital service to residents and visitors throughout the season.
Our Service
Scarborough Harbour offers maritime related services to the commercial, fishing and leisure sectors. Staffed by a 24/7 team, the harbours team deal with all matters including safety, traffic management, maintenance, security and emergency response.
The Role
As our Harbour Operative, you will play a key role in promoting the harbour to both visiting and resident vessels.
You will be responsible for:
- Maintenance and safety checks on the harbour
- Taking payments and issuing security access fobs and electric tokens to owners as necessary
- Undertake general marina maintenance including painting, minor repairs and ensuring cleanliness of the associated facilities and maintaining a safe working harbour environment
- Safely receive visiting leisure vessels and allocation of appropriate berths, collecting dues and dealing with general enquiries, providing appropriate advice.
- Act as a relief watchkeeper covering the watchkeeping staff over holidays and absences as required.
We are looking for someone who knows Scarborough Harbour, enjoys dealing with people and promoting what the harbour has to offer, and has experience in many kinds of manual labour, and of safe working practices.
Contact and Apply
If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Gary Pearson or James Buck on 01723 373530 prior to applying.
Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
Key Documents
Job description
Total Rewards Brochure
Key Dates
Closing Date: 9 August 2026
Interview Date: w/c 17 August 2026
Venue for Interview: Scarborough Harbour Office
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We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
