Senior Field Construction Manager – Major Projects

Bechtel; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel seeks a senior construction leader to direct a large, complex project. You will oversee the site organization across craft professionals, engineers, procurement, and finance, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery.

Headquartered in the U.S., you will partner with client leadership, manage interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, and drive productive, compliant field execution on a demanding site in Houston.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s or master’s degree (or international equivalent) and 18+ years of relevant experience or 22+ years of relevant work experience.
• Proven ability to lead total site construction operations with large teams and complex interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety leadership, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organization and direction of construction and related activities for a large, complex project, including onsite activities of the company, subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and their representatives.
• Provide overall site-management leadership for construction craft personnel, superintendents, field engineering, contract administration, cost and schedule, field procurement, finance and accounting interfaces, and other functions.
• Own construction execution planning and performance across methods, packaging, sequencing, staffing, materials, logistics, and turnover priorities.
• Establish and champion the site safety culture; ensure the project safety plan and requirements are implemented and hazards controlled.
• Direct cost, schedule, productivity, progress measurement, forecasting, and recovery planning; control expenditures and drive corrective action.
• Coordinate contractual and commercial construction activities, including scope development, budgets, contracts, and change interfaces.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Project controls

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Bechtel seeks a senior construction leader to direct a large, complex project. You will oversee the site organization across craft professionals, engineers, procurement, and finance, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery.

Headquartered in the U.S., you will partner with client leadership, manage interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, and drive productive, compliant field execution on a demanding site in Houston.