Chief Engineer - Weeks Dredging Operations

Overview

Oversee safe operation, maintenance, and repair of dredge vessel systems and crew.

Key Responsibilities

• maintenance scheduling
• equipment repairs
• compliance management
• fuel tracking
• log management
• crew supervision

Tasks

-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

Requirements

• merchant mariner
• hopper dredge
• office software
• english fluency
• supervisory
• jsa/aha

What You Bring

-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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About Weeks Marine, Inc.

-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.

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