Area Manager - Chandler, AZ

VetJobs; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel in Chandler, AZ seeks an Operations Specialist to lead interdisciplinary construction teams, supervise subcontractors, and optimize field activities. You will review plans, manage costs, and drive project execution on a high-profile semiconductor facility expansion.

The role requires a senior level background in construction management, with extensive experience coordinating civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and piping work, while enforcing safety and QA/QC standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 10–13 years of relevant experience or 14–17 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience leading field professionals across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and piping disciplines.
• Ability to manage budgets, schedules and ensure safety and QA/QC compliance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee jobsite operations with Bechtel, subcontractors, suppliers, clients and their representatives within area of responsibility.
• Establishes, coordinates and implements construction schedules, manning charts, and material and equipment requirements.
• Controls jobsite expenditures in assigned area for labor, equipment, material and services and ensures field operations are within budget.
• Maintain relationships with the client and their representatives, as assigned.
• Actively participates in scheduled safety meetings and enforces safety codes and QA/QC standards.

Skills

Area execution leadership

Cross-discipline planning

Schedule ownership

Safety leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent)

High School/GED

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is 'On-Site' at the location detailed in the job post.

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is 'On-Site' at the location detailed in the job post.

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Project Overview

Fab 62 is an advanced semiconductor fabrication facility for Intel Corporation, located at Intel's Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. As part of this work, the M&T team is responsible for delivering the engineering, procurement, and construction scope required to complete and finish-out a leading-edge chipmaking facility — a highly demanding environment where precision, cleanliness, schedule certainty, and coordination across thousands of craft and professional personnel are essential to success. The project supports the continued expansion of domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity, contributing to a more resilient technology supply chain while creating significant opportunity for the local Arizona workforce. Joining the Fab 62 team means contributing directly to one of the most strategically important construction efforts in the United States and helping deliver the infrastructure behind the next generation of microelectronics.

Job Summary

In this role, you will manage direct reports and lead interdisciplinary teams to establish construction methods and support activities. You will oversee the construction process, review plans and specifications for costs and constructability, manage corporate processes and procedures, and lead proposal preparation. Your recommendations for studies, lessons learned, project assessments, and new methods will optimize completion of project construction activities.

Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for jobsite operations including onsite activities of Bechtel, subcontractors, suppliers, clients and their representatives and others as may be assigned within area of responsibility.
• Establishes, coordinates and implements construction schedules, manning charts, and material and equipment requirements.
• Controls jobsite expenditures in assigned area for labor, equipment, material and services and ensures field operations are within budget.
• Responsible for overall supervision of personnel in assigned area of responsibility.
• Maintains relationships with the client and their representatives, as assigned.
• Ensures that Bechtel and local/national regulatory safety codes, requirements and standards are being complied with in assigned area of responsibility.
• Actively participates in scheduled safety meetings.
• Performs general administrative functions inherent in jobsite supervisory positions.
• Ensures corporate policies and procedures are fully implemented.
• Provides back-up support to the Field Superintendent and/or Field Construction Manager.

Auto req ID

484412BR

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

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

• Area execution leadership: Lead and integrate all field professional staff within the area to deliver safe, coordinated, and efficient construction execution.
• Cross-discipline work planning: Align civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and piping activities to area priorities, sequencing, and constraints.
• Schedule & performance ownership: Own area lookaheads, productivity, and critical path impacts; proactively remove constraints and drive recovery actions.
• Safety, quality & compliance leadership: Set expectations and ensure consistent application of HSE and QA/QC requirements across all disciplines in the area.
• Stakeholder coordination & decision authority: Act as the primary field interface for superintendents, construction management, engineering, and project controls; elevate and resolve issues decisively.

City*

Chandler

State*

Arizona

Job_Category

Management

Job Code

Operations_ Specialist

Affiliate Sponsor

Bechtel