Field Engineering Manager - Landside

Bechtel Corporation; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Perth, WA invites a seasoned Program Construction Manager to oversee field engineering across multiple projects. You will assure safety, quality, and conformance to capital portfolio expectations while coordinating with engineering and support teams on delivery priorities.

The role requires leading reviews of submittals, schedules, and contractor performance, and providing technical guidance to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in managing major infrastructure/aviation projects.
• Knowledge of construction practices and new design/construction methods.
• Strong leadership and communication abilities in a large organisation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate contractor quantity take-offs review, reporting and forecasting.
• Review contractor submittals, progress reports and performance.
• Interface with engineering, health & safety and other teams to maintain delivery priorities.
• Implement assurance programs addressing hazards and required risk analyses.
• Manage contractor submittals, schedules, and changes.
• Establish design/field engineering communication with project engineering.
• Provide technical support to internal stakeholders and assess constructability and contract compliance.
• Ensure contractor field engineering meets contract requirements and delivers consistent tooling.
• Guide program teams in submittal/review processes for documentation, test plans, and reports.
• Identify and resolve program-wide field engineering issues.
• Ensure contractor execution aligns with contract terms.

Skills

Major projects management

Infrastructure experience

Aviation industry knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

Contract management experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or international equivalent

Job description

Requisition ID: 297112

• Relocation Authorized: None

• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

• Work Location: Perth, WA(Site)

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report .

Project Overview:

Bechtel helps clients deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy globally. These large, complex and multi-disciplined projects create jobs and grow economies; improve the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure; connect communities to resources and opportunities; get us closer to net zero; tackle critical environmental challenges to protect people and the planet; and accelerate progress to make the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Bechtel is providing a wide variety project and contract management services, crossing all disciplines, to customers in Western Australia to support exciting capital works programmes, including in aviation, defence and energy infrastructure. We are looking for people to join us in a long-term relationship to deliver these services in and around Perth where we are working within integrated teams with our customers and to help build Bechtel’s capabilities for even greater opportunities in the future.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will report to the Program Construction Manager, and you will provide oversight of all field engineering activities in the program, which comprises multiple projects and associated systems technologies where you will provide assurance that field engineering activities are undertaken safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and the capital portfolio management team’s performance expectations.

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the review of contractor quantity take-offs, reporting and forecasting.

• Coordinate the reviews of contractor submittals, including reports of contractor progress and performance.

• Actively interface with engineering, health and safety, environment and sustainability, community, workplace relations, contract management and other relevant teams to so that project delivery priorities are maintained.

• Implement assurance program to monitor that the work by contractors is undertaken in a manner that addresses and eliminates people and environmental hazards, and that risk analysis, health risk assessments, and work method statements, where required, are in place.

• Manage the review of all contractor submittals including construction schedules, management plans, progress reports, and changes as required.

• Establish a design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with project engineering including agreement on engineering deliverables.

• Provide technical consultation support to internal stakeholders.Support the engineering team with review of contractor's design for constructability and compliance with the contract. Identifies areas of risk and opportunity in contractor performance.

• Ensure that the work by contractors is undertaken in a manner that addresses and eliminates personnel and environmental hazards, and ensure that risk analysis, health risk assessments, and work method statements, where required, are in place.

• Ensures the contractor’s field engineering program tools and deliverables meet contract requirements, and are consistent across assigned area.

• Provides technical and program guidance and direction to Program teams for submittal and review process of contractor documentation, including inspection and test plans, and procedures and test reports for factory acceptance testing, component testing and system acceptance testing

• Identification and resolution of program-wide technical or process issues related to field engineering.

• Ensure the contractor is executing the contract in line with the terms & conditions set out.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in the successful management of major projects in the infrastructure and/or aviation industry.

• Knowledge of related construction practices and the economics involved and current knowledge of new methods of design and construction.

• High level of interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrable delivery of leadership and behavioural change within a large organisation and with outside organizations.

• Ability to influence and engage in a collaborative working environment with internal and external stakeholders while maintaining necessary levels of commercial awareness.

• Prior delivery partner or client-side project management experience is preferred but not essential.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

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As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of \"One Team\", respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.

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