Knoxville or Oak Ridge or Ogden or Reston or Richland On-site Employment

Bechtel: Engineering, Construction, Procurement & Project Management is hiring a Field Engineer

About the Role

Bechtel is seeking a Field Engineer to join our Engineering, Construction, Procurement & Project Management organization. In this role, you will lead a team and provide field engineering leadership for work planning, material management, safety and quality control, and system turnover coordination. Your oversight ensures field activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements.

What You'll Do

  • On a small to medium job, perform the duties of a lead engineer in an area, coordinating a variety of disciplines, or act as a Deputy Project Field Engineer, coordinating all activities for an assigned operating section.
  • Proactively engage with your team’s development through CPM, competency development and assessment, and feedback.
  • Lead a broad range of construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline.
  • Coordinate with design teams on constructability issues.
  • Direct the preparation of requisitions for field-procured materials, material substitutions, services, and equipment.
  • Take responsibility for quantity take-off, control, reporting, and forecasting.
  • Ensure a zero-accident philosophy is implemented and adhered to by craft and others in the operational area, and that tools and equipment are in safe condition and operated safely.
  • Coordinate between construction and startup to ensure system walkdowns are performed, interface with startup specialists to support component and system turnover, and assume responsibility for area turnover coordination as required.
  • Review and approve inspection test plans.
  • Coordinate reviews of subcontractor submittals.

What We're Looking For

  • Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience, or 9-12 years of relevant work experience.

Work Mode

This is an onsite position. Work locations include Knoxville, TN; Oak Ridge, TN; Ogden, UT; Reston, VA; and Richland, WA.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Required Skills
ConstructionProcurementProject ManagementEngineeringField OperationsQuality ControlSafetyTechnical DocumentationClient CoordinationSubcontractor Management
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Bechtel: Engineering, Construction, Procurement & Project Management

Since 1898, Bechtel has helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents. They serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Their services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category other
Posted 14 days ago