Weeks Dredging - Site Manager - Covington

Overview

Supervises dredging operations, crew, safety, and stakeholder communication.

Key Responsibilities

• dredge operations
• production review
• schedule coordination
• safety enforcement
• environmental compliance
• stakeholder liaison

Tasks

-Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Review dredge production and work with Engineering team to improve productivity. -Liaise with project owners (e.g., USACE, port authorities), inspectors, and engineers. -Coordinate scheduling, shifts, and resource allocation. -Enforce safety internal protocols and external (OSHA, USACE EM 385-1-1, Coast Guard, local maritime regs). -Supervise crews, equipment operators, and subcontractors. -Ensure environmental compliance (turbidity, endangered species monitoring, disposal methods). -Direct day-to-day dredging operations (hopper/hydraulic/mechanical dredges, support vessels, disposal sites). -Ensure adherence to project plans, technical specifications, and contract requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years
• dredging
• marine construction
• driver’s license
• travel
• supervisory

What You Bring

-5+ years of related experience including dredging and/or marine construction -Valid Driver’s License with clean driving record -Ability to work 17 days on, 11 days off, revised as necessary -Willingness and ability to travel nationwide -Regular, reliable attendance -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment. -This position requires fluent use of the verbal and written English language -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -Supervisory experience preferred

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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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