HATTERAS, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division is holding a career fair today at the Hatteras Ferry Terminal to recruit temporary administrative associates for new toll collection operations along the North Carolina coast.
The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Hatteras Ferry Terminal, 59063 N.C. 12, Hatteras. New hires will serve as front-line customer service and toll collection staff at ferry terminals. The positions are entry level and training will be provided. Employees will work a seven days on, seven days off schedule.
People interested can bring their resume and may be able to interview and receive a contingent job offer while onsite. Applicants can either complete a paper application at the career fair or apply online through Workday at the N.C. Jobs website.
State law enacted this summer directs the NCDOT Ferry Division to establish and begin collecting tolls on all ferry routes starting Jan. 1, 2027. The law means tolls will soon be required on the system currently untolled ferry routes: Currituck-Knotts Island, Bayview-Aurora, Hatteras-Ocracoke and Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach. Tolls are already collected on the division other routes.
Today career fair was originally set to happen in September but had to be rescheduled after last month nor easter.
Hatteras Village is the southernmost community on Hatteras Island and departure point for the free Ocracoke Island ferry. Local planning material describes it as the end of the road on Hatteras Island, with a free ferry to Ocracoke and a major charter sportfishing fleet. The NC Department of Transportation (OBX Ferry / NC-12) controls the critical NC-12 corridor and ferry system; OBX road access depends on NCDOT decisions on bridge maintenance and storm repair.
Ferry service run by NC DOT also links Ocracoke to Cedar Island and Swan Quarter mainland routes, so staffing for toll collection reaches beyond a single terminal and into how island communities move people and vehicles once statewide tolling begins in 2027.