Chief Engineer - Weeks Dredging Operations
Weeks Marine, Inc.
Lead maintenance, repair and crew for dredge vessel’s mechanical, electrical and environmental systems.
22 days ago ago
Intermediate (4-7 years)
Full Time
Newark, NJ
Field
Company Size
1,800 Employees
Service Specialisms
Marine Construction
Dredging
Pile Driving
Dock Construction
Heavy Lifting
Environmental Services
Project Management
Engineering
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Transportation
Heavy Civil Infrastructure
Environmental Remediation
Coastal Resiliency
Marine
Renewable Energy
Marine Pipelines
Role
What you would be doing
maintenance scheduling
regulatory compliance
safe operations
repair supervision
supply tracking
record keeping
- Assign engine room personnel to perform regular maintenance and repairs to pumps, motors, diesel engines, and other equipment on the dredge and attending plant
- Ensures vessel and operational compliance with company policies and applicable regulatory agencies of assigned equipment and personnel.
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Communicates with Port Engineer in regards to vessel repairs and maintenance
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- Determine maintenance priorities
- Track and order fuel, oil, and water
- Keep accurate records in order to create engine room logs, inventories and maintenance history
- Supervise repairs to ensure that they are performed in accordance with specifications and standards
- Keep payroll records of engine room crew and review their performance
What you bring
office software
merchant credential
dredge experience
engine room
driver's license
safety analysis
- Proficient skills in standard office software packages
- Ability to work 84-hour work week
- Supervisory experience preferred
- Merchant Mariner Credential (preferred)
- Regular, reliable attendance
- This position requires fluent use of the verbal and written English language and understand hand signals
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required
- 5+ years on a hopper dredge and/or qualified engine room experience preferred
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Ability to live aboard vessel for full rotation
- Driver’s license
- Complete Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and or Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA)
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Company
Overview
1919 Founded
Year Established
The company traces its origins back to 1919 when it started operations with coal unloading at New York docks.
500-ton crane
Heavy-Lift Capability
The company operates a 500-ton revolving crane capable of handling massive objects, such as lifting the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
- Founded by Francis and Richard B. Weeks, the company began unloading coal at New York docks with two floating cranes and rapidly grew its maritime expertise.
- Over decades it expanded services—wreck removal, navigational aids installation, dredging, marine construction—and built one of North America’s largest floating fleets.
- Now a standalone subsidiary of Kiewit (since January 2023), it leverages deep equipment resources and legacy partnerships dating back to the 1960s.
- Typical projects span coastal protection, port infrastructure, tunnels (e.g., Spadina Subway, Euclid Tunnel), and heavy-lift salvage of aircraft and vessels.
- With divisions in construction, dredging, tunneling, aggregates and marine services, it delivers turnkey solutions using cranes, dredges, barges, tugs and custom yards.
- Standout feats include recovering the downed US Airways Flight 1549 hull.
- We care for the well-being of our people and help them grow in their ability to be successful.
- We conduct our business to the highest ethical standards and take responsibility for our actions.
- We commit to excellence in all we do with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
- We preserve the unique culture to build a stronger organization for future generations of employees.
4 billion gallons
Annual sewer overflow diverted
Participates in Project Clean Lake to reduce combined sewer overflow by diverting billions of gallons annually.
10‑mile pipeline
Sediment pipeline implementation
Electric boosters used in a notable project with a significant sediment pipeline system.
- Vision: Culture of environmental and social responsibility embedded in all operations.
- Planet: Committed to creating healthy and resilient coastal communities with highest degree of care and protection.
- Innovation: Invested in electric boosters, repowering vessels, electrifying operations, and acquiring electric hydraulic cranes.
- Equipment: Fleet includes three fully‑electric E‑cranes, seven hydraulic dredges, tugboats with Tier II+, and hopper dredges with Tier IV engines to reduce NOₓ and particulate emissions.
- Wetlands restoration: Dredging division restores marshes, estuaries and removes contaminated sediments (e.g., Upper Barataria marsh creation post–Deepwater Horizon).
- Employee engagement: Volunteers in beach clean‑ups (e.g., Sandy Hook), shorebird conservation support.
- Women in leadership: Mentions of working with 'diverse group of talented people, including other women in the industry'.
- Employee quotes emphasize support and empowerment of women considering industry roles.
- No explicit gender-split percentages or quantitative DEI goals publicly stated on website or LinkedIn.
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