Large-scale ferry operator managing 37 vessels across 25 routes
BC Ferries operates one of the world's largest ferry systems, moving 22.6M passengers and 9.6M vehicles annually across 1,600 km of coastline. The company is mid-cycle in a significant infrastructure modernization push—active projects span legacy system migrations, cloud SaaS implementations, vessel refits, and capital planning. Operations hiring dominates (50 roles), but engineering and support are scaling (13 and 4 roles respectively), indicating sustained focus on both fleet management and digital transformation.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Officer, Payroll Lead, Chief Engineer, Chief Steward
BC Ferries is Canada's publicly chartered ferry operator, headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. The organization runs 37 vessels on 25 established routes, averaging over 500 sailings daily and serving millions of passengers, vehicles, and freight shipments annually. With approximately 5,400 staff, BC Ferries combines maritime operations, logistics, and commercial travel services. The company's current strategic focus centers on modernizing legacy enterprise systems, managing large-scale capital projects (vessel refits and dry-dock work), vendor ecosystem strengthening, and optimizing operational scheduling and cost efficiency.
BC Ferries uses Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), SharePoint for collaboration, Jira and Confluence for project management, Oracle Financials for accounting, Microsoft 365, Azure cloud, Windows, and Linux infrastructure.
Key initiatives include legacy system migrations to cloud SaaS environments, large-scale software upgrades, vessel refit and capital project management, dry-dock work, data centre lifecycle management, and vendor selection and onboarding processes.
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