River Navigation & Facilities Ops Lead

US Army Corps of Engineers; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in Duluth, MN area is seeking a Section Chief to lead planning, estimating, and supervision of maintenance for navigation channels, breakwaters, piers, and harbors within the Detroit District's scope.

The role oversees government equipment, ice control facilities, and hydrographic survey activities, including directing crews and contractors to meet plans, codes, and safety standards while guiding performance and development of subordinates.

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance programs for navigational structures and facilities.
• Ability to plan maintenance activities and preventive programs.
• Experience reviewing project plans and coordinating with contractors.
• Supervising operations to ensure conformance with plans and safety rules.
• Competencies include communications, cost estimation, facilities operations, HR management, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Utilize technical skills for planning, scheduling, and directing work for channel layout and surveys, dredging and obstruction removal to ensure the safe passage of commercial and recreational vessels through district rivers and harbors
• Assigns hydrographic survey parties the job of collecting data for before and after dredging contracts to determine volume computations.
• Directs hydrographic survey sweeping operations to locate shoals and other high spots in channels, for the accomplishment of needed repairs in guide walls, breakwaters, dikes, and docks.
• Lay out work to be accomplished each year; prepares or directs preparation of cost estimates for each project; and supervises the preparation of drawings, computations, reports and surveys.
• Utilizes knowledge of technical engineering practices to inspect and oversee contractual work and deliverables to ensure work or deliverables conform to plans and specifications as well as all applicable codes.
• Supervises the operational improvements and repairs to government facilities, specialized equipment, hydrographic survey vessels, and marine floating plant to include a tug boat, support barge, crane, and scow.
• Conduct on-the-job training for subordinates, enforce safety regulations, and keep subordinates informed of management goals and objectives and general personnel procedures.
• Apply technical mechanical and civil engineering principles under the guidance of a professional engineer to write contractual scopes of work, specification, and standards.
• Uses knowledge of technical engineering practices and principles to review and provide written and oral comments on design reviews
• Performs full range of Supervisory duties over assigned staff to include establishing performance plans, using various types of awards and recognition.
• Hold employees accountable utilizing performance management, counseling, orders, established agency guidelines, and disciplinary actions.

Skills

Communications

Cost Estimation

Facilities Operations

Human Resources

Leadership

Job description

US Army Corps of Engineers in Duluth, MN area is seeking a Section Chief to lead planning, estimating, and supervision of maintenance for navigation channels, breakwaters, piers, and harbors within the Detroit District's scope.

The role oversees government equipment, ice control facilities, and hydrographic survey activities, including directing crews and contractors to meet plans, codes, and safety standards while guiding performance and development of subordinates.