Project Field Engineering Manager

Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Incorporated; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm in Brisbane is seeking a Project Field Engineer to oversee field engineering activities. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in Field Engineering within process plants and possess strong leadership skills. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a significant mining project while ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Field Engineering experience in process plant.
• Experience with Advanced Work Packaging (AWP).
• Preference given to candidates with multi-discipline experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all field engineering activities.
• Supervise Field Engineering and Document Control teams.
• Ensure zero accident philosophy is adhered to.

Skills

Leadership of Field Engineers

Field Engineering Experience

Constructability Knowledge

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Bechtel suite of Applications

Job description

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.

Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

The Project is a greenfield mining, process, material handling and ship loading project with a focus on sustaining production, minimise environmental impacts, strengthen long-term relationships with neighbouring communities and foster local economic development.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will report to the Site Manager and provide field engineering management and leadership for work planning and packaging, material management, quantity validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing knowledge, and coordination of system turnover and subcontracts.

Your oversight will ensure that all field engineering activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements.

You will support the proposal for the Mining and Metal project with the intention of mobilising to the field upon award.

Major Responsibilities:

• As the Project Field Engineer, you coordinate all field engineering activities.
• Responsible for supervising Field Engineering, Document Control, Survey, IT and others as delegated by the Site Manager on project.
• Proactively engages with your teams' development through competency development/assessment and feedback
• Execute activities assigned by the Site Manager.
• Leads the Field Engineering team in a broad range of construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline.
• Manages the coordination with design on constructability issues.
• Reviews material receiving reports and warehousing to assure delivery of correct materials.
• Possesses responsibility for all field quantity take-off, control, reporting and forecasting on the project.
• Approves and/or delegates the approval for all Field Material Requisitions pertaining to permanent plant.
• Ensures zero accident philosophy and requirements are implemented and adhered to by craft and others when in the operational area, and tools and equipment are in safe condition and operated safely.
• Overall responsibility for coordinating between Construction and Startup to ensure the various system walkdowns are performed, interfacing with the Project Startup Manager as required to support component/system turnover and assuming responsibility (or as delegated) for area turnover coordination.
• Reviews and approves inspection test plans, the generation of subcontract scopes of work, and payment milestones to subcontractors and vendors.
• Manages/coordinates reviews of subcontractor submittals by the field engineering team.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the Project Field Superintendent ensuring the field engineering team is supporting the project superintendents.

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:

• Previous experience in leading teams of Field Engineers, either as a Lead Discipline Field Engineer, Area Field Engineer, Project Field Engineer or equivalent.
• 10+ years of Field Engineering experience in process plant.
• Preference given to candidates with multi-discipline experience (i.e. CSA, Piping, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, etc).
• Previous experience with Advanced Work Packaging (AWP).
• Familiarity and working knowledge of the Bechtel suite of Applications (i.e. TeamWorks, SetRoute, Aconex, SP3D/Navisworks etc.)
• Experience with project setup and temporary facilities, system turnover and completion.
• Knowledge of the constructability process and interfacing with design engineering.
• Extensive knowledge of setting up and implementing the Bechtel SWPPs and setting up a project QMS.
• Extensive knowledge of the FCD, RFI, and NCR process.
• Priority given to candidates with previous Bechtel experience, preferably in the Mining and Metals field.

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