Area Lead Electrical Field Engineer - CARDINAL

Bechtel Corporation; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a Construction Lead Electrical Field Engineer to oversee electrical construction engineering at a New Albany, Ohio site for Phase 1 of the Ohio One project. You will interpret drawings, manage cable installations, verify materials, and provide technical direction to field personnel to ensure conformance with design.

The role requires coordinating design issues with engineering, establishing deliverables, and controlling electrical cost, procurement, and schedules

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required with 8–10 years of relevant experience or 12–14 years total.
• Experience in electrical design, installation, testing, and field verification.
• Familiarity with Bechtel standards, quality and ES&H commitments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate electrical design/field issues for installation, testing, and grounding.
• Develop cost estimates and track progress for electrical construction activities.
• Direct requisitions, material substitutions and field equipment procurement.
• Ensure construction operations comply with engineering design and specs.
• Interface with Project Engineer on deliverables and scheduling with subcontractors.

Skills

Electrical design

DCS systems

Cable pulling

Field engineering

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

BSAPs

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National/International - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: New Albany, OH

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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.

Project Overview

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. Bechtel will design and build Phase 1 of the Ohio One project, a total of 2.5 million square feet, including 600,000 square feet of cleanrooms. Construction will require as much steel as eight Eiffel Towers and as much concrete as the tallest skyscrapers.

Bechtel will strengthen future economic development in the region by partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline.

Job Summary

The Construction Lead Electrical Field Engineer is responsible for activities relating to construction engineering within the electrical discipline. Duties include interpreting electrical design drawings and specifications, cable installations and terminations, field verification of materials, and technical direction to field electrical personnel as required. This position is not considered the design authority for the project, but only to enforce electrical construction per design.

Major Responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineering on constructability and design issues relating to the electrical discipline such as installation and testing of electrical systems, lighting systems, high voltage equipment and grounding, and DCS systems.
• Establish an electrical design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with the Project Engineer, including agreement on electrical engineering deliverables and overall construction application configuration management.
• Responsible for quantity take-off, control, tracking, reporting and forecasting for electrical discipline.
• Specify the electrical criteria for construction of temporary construction facilities as required.
• Direct the preparation of requisitions for field procured materials, material substitution, services and equipment including panels, motors and switchgear.
• Approve field requisitions as delegated by the Project Field Engineer.
• Review material receiving reports and warehousing to assure delivery of correct electrical materials.
• Coordinate and monitor the interfaces for electrical data exchange to support the construction automation plan and the project controls program requirements at the jobsite.
• Develop and manage the electrical construction quality program.
• Direct preparation of cost estimates for electrical construction activities and coordinate the preparation of cost reports, forecast and progress reports.
• Coordinate with Field Supervision and Subcontractors to plan/support construction schedules.
• Plan and recommend electrical procedures to be implemented by Field Supervision to ensure construction operations are within requirements of engineering design and specifications.

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

• Experience in construction and technical inspection of electrical/design in areas such as installation and testing of electrical systems, lighting systems, high voltage equipment, grounding, DCS systems and cable pulling activities.
• Demonstrated commitment to Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H).
• Demonstrated commitment to a Zero Accident safety program.
• Must be computer-literate in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
• Must be familiar with current industry quality standards. Basic ability to utilize the TeamsWorks suite and SetRoute application as the Bechtel Standard Application Program (BSAPs).
• Basic knowledge of Project Technical Requests (PTR) for routing and resolving Requests for Information (RFIs), Field Change Documents (FCDs), and Non-Conformance/Compliance Reports (NCRs) between project sites, contractors, clients, and home office. Basic knowledge of work packaging and basic ability to manipulate completions module and PunchWorks for interface with the start-up team.

Additional Qualifications

• Intermediate understanding of production management including scheduling. Intermediate communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of cost management including estimating and forecast development.

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