Senior Systems Engineer

Bechtel Corporation; Town of Ogden (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a Systems Engineer to coordinate SDRLs for DoD and USAF projects, ensuring scope alignment, schedule integrity, and effective customer integration. You will manage design and configuration packages, perform verification activities, and communicate with external partners while maintaining program objectives.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 6+ years of relevant experience, and strong written/verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience on large EPC contracts and government/DoD projects is valued.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) required.

Responsibilities

• Track SDRL delivery, scope, schedule and data requirements.
• Coordinate multiple SDRL packages for alignment to scope.
• Develop design/configuration packages and verification documents.
• Interface with customers and vendors to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
• Travel up to 10% to project locations as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Independent work

EPC experience

Security clearance

Systems Engineering

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems/Mechanical/Electrical)

Master’s degree in systems engineering

INCOSE CSEP certification (within 12 months)

Job description

Requisition ID: 294190

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family

• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

• Work Location: Ogden, UT

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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.

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner on the Northrop Grumman team to deliver the Sentinel Program, which is modernizing the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear deterrent triad, including intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems and launch infrastructure. Bechtel's scope of service in Sentinel's current Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase focuses on the ground infrastructure component of the program.

A major contractor for the United States and allied governments, Bechtel has handled such efforts as chemical weapons demilitarization projects, missile-defense, infrastructure, base operations, procurement and project management, and restoration and recovery spanning half a century. We use our expertise to help our customers securely and effectively transform mission delivery.

For more information on the Sentinel program: https://www.bechtel.com/projects/sentinel/

Job Summary:

This position is for a Systems Engineer (SE) to coordinate the delivery of the systems engineering Subcontract Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs), focusing on scope alignment, schedule, customer integration, change control, and delivering to exceed customer expectations. This role will execute systems engineering and configuration management activities including managing, organization and verification of complex design requirements, within a model-based systems engineering environment for the Department of Defense (DOD) and United States Air Force (USAF) projects. The SE plays a critical role in the delivery of the Requirements Management and Model Based Systems Engineering program for Bechtel work products and designs, as well as for coordination of the scope and integration of work with internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate must have strong organizational and teamwork skills, proven problem-solving abilities, can-do attitude, and the desire to innovate designs. This role will specifically support the USAF Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.

Major Responsibilities:

This position will be responsible for executing systems engineering work assignments concerned with specialized unique engineering requirements in a global business unit. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope, and may involve development of novel concepts, approaches, and solutions. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in executing requirements management, model-based systems engineering, industrial process modeling, and design development experience producing design documents for government customers in accordance with Unified Facilities Criteria and the Whole Building Design Guide. The candidate will be interfacing and coordinating with other engineering disciplines and the client in the management and verifying the facility requirements. The position will be responsible for developing key systems engineering documents and must have a broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards, and design criteria pertinent to engineering and construction. In addition, it will be required that the candidate have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), can be the ”face” of Bechtel, promoting our leadership, quality, and safety values, to external partners including vendors, construction companies, and other subcontractors.

• Tracking SDRL delivery, scope, schedule, and data requirements.

• Identifying and quantifying changes in baseline scope and supporting baseline change authorization documentation.

• Planning, scheduling, budgeting, and estimating change packages related to contract SDRL delivery.

• Coordinating multiple delivery packages for alignment to scope.

• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering methods, techniques, procedures and criteria, using independent judgment with limited oversight.

• Supports defining facility/system design requirements.

• Develops key engineering documents related to the systems engineering, design change management, design interface control, and equipment configuration packages.

• Executes requirements verification and acceptance criteria evaluations.

• Engages with the customer to ensure alignment of delivery and design, and enhances communication opportunities.

• Develop design configuration packages for configuration control and change management.

• Executes system-level design verification, requirements verification, test requirements specifications, and requirements flow down and traceability.

• Executes impact analysis for proposed requirement changes.

• Supports maintaining the Model Based Systems Engineering Program.

• Supports maintaining Configuration Management within the Program.

• Supports the implementation and implement testing and verification plans for the program that is supportive of the overall execution strategy.

• Utilizes the customer selected appropriate systems engineering software package with which to implement delivery.

• Accountable to capture, scrutinize and deconflict requirements across stakeholders and to subsequently assure delivery of hierarchical requirements management documents.

• Coordinates closely with other technical disciplines in planning and executing work as an integrated team.

• Travel up to 10% of the time to customers and project locations to coordinate designs with team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline), from an accredited university, with at least 6 years of relevant experience.

• Relevant experience includes design requirements development, system requirements verification, development of system design reports or documentation packages demonstrating requirements implementation or validation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Possess active security clearance or ability to obtain security clearance.

• Experience working on large, complex EPC contracts.

• Must be knowledgeable on broad Engineering & Construction industry/regulatory codes and standards.

• Possess detailed understanding of requirements management principles and methods.

• Engineering and Construction experience in Industrial facilities, in a Systems or Design Engineering role.

• Knowledge of related construction practices and standard EPC deliverables.

• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).

• Ability to utilize engineering and office automation tools effectively.

• Ability to execute work independently and greater than 1 year of Bechtel service for consideration of working at other than designated location.

• Ability to obtain INCOSE Systems Engineering CSEP certification within 12 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in systems engineering

• International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certification