Dredging Engineer

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Posting Date: 16 Oct 2026

City:
Houston

Location:

Houston, TX, US, 77070 Lisle, IL, US, 60532 Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Chicago, IL, US, 60603

Contract Type:
Permanent

Division:
Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Level of experience:
Intermediate

RINA is a global knowledge company whereexpertisetravels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-howinto collective progress.

We are currently recruiting for a Dredging Engineer to join our office in Houston, TX, Fort Lauderdale, FL or Chicago/Lisle within the Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Division.

$115,000 - $160,000 commensurate with education and experience

The Dredging Engineer owns the dredging and dredged material management for a whole project(s): design of the dredge template, sediment characterization, placement solution, the dredging contract package, and supervision and measurement of the dredging works.

Dredge Design

Berth pocket and access dredging geometry: depth from underkeel clearance criteria, side slopes, transitions to the federal channel

Over-dredge allowance, advance maintenance and tolerance definition

Volume computation from bathymetric surfaces, with quantity breakdown by material type and elevation

Siltation and shoaling rate estimates, and their consequence for maintenance frequency

Interface with bank protection, scour protection and the stability of the federal channel side slopes

Sampling and analysis plan agreed with USACE and EPA, following the Inland Testing Manual

Supervision of sediment coring and laboratory testing programme

Material classification, dredgeability, and expected production rates by equipment type

Handling requirements for any contaminated material, and consequences for placement and cost

Placement options: on-site confined placement, beneficial use, or an existing USACE placement area subject to agreement

Sizing of placement areas: capacity, dike design, settlement and consolidation, weirs and return water

Return water quality and monitoring, with the Section 401 certification requirements

Long-term placement capacity for maintenance dredging over the terminal life

Dredging and placement content of the Section 408 request and the Section 10 / 404 application

Turbidity control measures, environmental windows and species restrictions

Coordination with the navigation district and the Coast Guard on works in the navigable channel

Selection and comparison of dredging methods: cutter suction, mechanical or clamshell, and the associated plant and pipeline requirements

Production and cost estimating, including mobilization, downtime and disposal costs

Dredging specification and contract package, with clear measurement and payment rules (in-situ volume versus other bases) and tolerance and over-dredge payment limits

Risk allocation for ground conditions and differing site conditions, based on the geotechnical and sediment data provided

Contractor prequalification, technical bid evaluation, clarification and award support

Pre-dredge, progress and post-dredge survey scope, verification and acceptance

Daily production monitoring, dredge logs, plant performance and programme forecasting

Quantity measurement and certification for payment, including over-dredge treatment

Turbidity and environmental monitoring compliance, and placement area operation and inspection

Coordination of dredging plant and pipelines with barge traffic on the canal

Final acceptance survey…