Field Construction Leader: Safety, Coordination & Turnover

Chevron; Richmond (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a Construction Company Representative in Richmond, CA. The role provides field leadership to ensure safe, efficient construction aligned with Chevron requirements and coordinates with Operations, Engineering, Inspection, Planning, Scheduling, and Project Controls.

The position emphasizes verifying work readiness, managing risks, and supporting turnover and closeout while promoting Chevron Way behaviors and contractor accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, or project execution experience in refinery, petrochemical, upstream, downstream, or similar environments.
• Knowledge of construction execution, work planning, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, and safe work practices.
• Experience coordinating multiple work scopes, contractors, and stakeholders in a field execution environment.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, work packages, and field execution documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day field leadership and oversight of construction activities across maintenance, capital, and facility upgrade projects.
• Serve as the primary company representative for contractors during field execution.
• Verify work readiness, constructability, permit requirements, isolation plans, workforce readiness, materials availability, and equipment readiness prior to execution.
• Coordinate activities between contractors and Chevron operations, engineering, inspection, planning, scheduling, and project controls.
• Monitor contractor safety performance and ensure compliance with company policies and safe work practices.
• Support quality assurance by verifying compliance with work packages, specifications, inspection requirements, and hold points.
• Review RFIs, construction changes, field execution issues, and change management activities.
• Monitor construction progress, schedule performance, manpower utilization, productivity, and cost performance.
• Validate contractor manpower, timesheets, service orders, and execution progress.
• Identify execution risks and develop mitigation or recovery plans.
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders to support safe, efficient project execution.
• Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, mechanical completion, turnover, and closeout activities.
• Provide clear, timely reporting of project status, risks, execution issues, and recommended actions.
• Participate in planning activities and support development of execution strategies for upcoming work.
• Reinforce Chevron Way behaviors and contribute to Operational Excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Maximo

Scheduling tools

Microsoft Office 365

Contractor management systems

Project reporting tools

Job description

Chevron is seeking a Construction Company Representative in Richmond, CA. The role provides field leadership to ensure safe, efficient construction aligned with Chevron requirements and coordinates with Operations, Engineering, Inspection, Planning, Scheduling, and Project Controls.

The position emphasizes verifying work readiness, managing risks, and supporting turnover and closeout while promoting Chevron Way behaviors and contractor accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and cost.