Job Summary
The Support Buildings Field Engineer is a Lead Field Engineering role responsible for leading and coordinating multi-discipline field engineering activities for assigned support buildings and related facilities, which would be executed by general contractors. The position provides area-level technical leadership across Civil, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical, Piping, and Electrical scopes and directs assigned Field Engineers in support of construction planning, work packaging, material readiness, quantity control, quality verification, subcontract coordination, technical issue resolution, system turnover, and closeout. Works closely with Design Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Project Controls, Commissioning, Startup, Subcontractors, and Client representatives to ensure support-building work is planned, integrated, documented, and executed safely, correctly, and in accordance with project requirements.
Major Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate multi-discipline field engineering activities for assigned support buildings; establish priorities, distribute assignments, review deliverables, provide technical direction, and feedback for General Contractor representatives
Develop and maintain integrated field engineering execution plans, Installation Work Packages, short-interval plans, workface-readiness reviews, construction sequencing, area interfaces, and constraint-removal across CSA, Mechanical, Piping, and Electrical scopes.
Establish effective communication among Construction, Design Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Project Controls, Commissioning, Startup, Subcontractors, General Contractor and Client representatives to align deliverables, materials, inspections, testing, turnover priorities, and field execution needs.
Review drawings, specifications, models, vendor data, contractor/subcontractor submittals, RFIs, field changes, design deliverables, installation details, and as-built requirements; coordinate timely resolution of technical, constructability, and interface issues.
Lead material and equipment readiness activities, including quantity takeoffs, field material requisitions, receiving, inspection, storage, preservation, warehousing, substitutions, release, and verification that materials and equipment are available when required.
Manage installed-quantity verification, progress measurement, forecasting, productivity analysis, construction engineering records, and field data used to support schedule, cost, and remaining work to-go strategies.
Coordinate contractor/subcontract technical oversight, including scope interfaces, submittals, inspection and test plans, progress reporting, invoices, change documentation, quality records, field support, completion requirements, and schedule integration.
Lead inspection and test planning, quality verification, nonconformance resolution, corrective-action follow-up, punch-list closure, turnover package completion, system walkdowns, and transfer of completed systems to Commissioning, Startup, Operations, or the Client.
Monitor field execution to ensure current approved documents, procedures, permits, quality records, and work packages are used; identify risks early, resolve or escalate systemic issues, and implement corrective actions to prevent rework and schedule impacts.
Promote Bechtel's Zero Accident Philosophy and ensure multi-discipline field engineering activities support safe execution, environmental compliance, quality, cost, schedule, housekeeping, and project closeout requirements.
Education and Experience Requirements
Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience
Required Knowledge and Skills
Broad knowledge of multi-discipline construction and field engineering for support buildings, including Civil, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical, Piping, and Electrical systems, installation sequencing, interfaces, inspection, testing, completion, and turnover requirements.
Demonstrated ability to lead contractor/subcontractor coordination, establish priorities, coordinate workloads and resources, review technical deliverables, provide performance feedback, and maintain consistent field engineering work processes across multiple disciplines.
Advanced knowledge of work planning and packaging, Advanced Work Packaging principles, workface readiness, material management, quantity control, progress reporting, forecasting, project-controls interfaces, construction automation, and turnover documentation.
Ability to read, interpret, and apply multi-discipline drawings, specifications, models, vendor information, subcontract documents, inspection and test plans, codes and standards, RFIs, field changes, NCR dispositions, and as-built requirements.
Experience coordinating design, construction, procurement, quality, commissioning, startup, contractors/subcontractors, and client interfaces to resolve issues.
Strong leadership, communication, organization, technical judgment, facilitation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, resolve cross-discipline conflicts, and support safe, quality, and schedule-driven execution.
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