Lead Night Shift Field Engineer

Ativesite; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bechtel is designing and building a large API manufacturing facility in Houston, TX. The role focuses on night shift field engineering activities including planning, material management, quality control, and system turnover to meet project requirements.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 10–13 years (or 14–17 years) of relevant experience, with strong knowledge of field engineering, documentation, and coordination across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 10–13 years of relevant experience or 14–17 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong knowledge of field engineering practices, construction execution, quantity tracking, and quality requirements.
• Experience coordinating field inspections, test readiness, nonconformance documentation, and turnover activities.

Responsibilities

• Performs night shift field engineering planning and work package development.
• Monitors field progress, verifies quantities, supports forecasting and reporting.
• Prepares and maintains construction engineering documentation and field records.
• Performs field walkdowns and supports constructability reviews, identifying constraints and solutions.
• Promotes safe night shift practices and coordinates with subcontractors and turnover personnel.

Skills

Field engineering

Construction execution

Work packaging

Quality requirements

Documentation management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Houston, TX

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Project Overview

Bechtel's Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary

In this role, you will perform night shift field engineering activities for work planning and packaging (AWP), material management, quantity validation, safety, quality control, technical inspection and testing, and coordination of system turnover. Your work will help ensure assigned field activities are planned, executed, accurately documented, and completed in accordance with quality standards, project requirements, and construction priorities.

Major Responsibilities

• Performs night shift field engineering planning, work package development, and daily coordination with the Project Field Engineer, supervision, and job-site operating sections.
• Monitors field progress, verifies installed quantities, supports forecasting and reporting, and resolves routine execution issues within assigned work areas.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains construction engineering documentation, reports, field records, material coordination items, and requisition support for assigned scopes.
• Performs field walkdowns, supports constructability reviews, identifies technical or execution constraints, and recommends solutions or escalation paths for assigned work areas.
• Promotes safe night shift work practices and coordinates with subcontractors, quality, safety, construction, and turnover personnel to support inspection readiness, issue resolution, and system turnover.

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

• Applies thorough working knowledge of field engineering practices, construction execution, work packaging, quantity tracking, quality requirements, and project procedures.
• Interprets project specifications, codes, drawings, inspection requirements, hold points, and technical documentation needed to support right-first-time installation.
• Coordinates field inspections, test readiness, nonconformance documentation, corrective action follow-up, and quality verification activities for assigned work packages.
• Maintains and reviews accurate field records, test results, as-built information, turnover documentation, and other required records for assigned scopes.
• Communicates technical issues clearly, escalates risks or constraints in a timely manner, and works effectively across construction, safety, quality, subcontractor, and turnover teams to support night shift priorities.

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