Survey Field Engineer: Major Gas Power Plant

Bechtel; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Bechtel’s Renewables & Clean Power team seeks a Surveyor Field Engineer in Cheyenne to support siteworks surveying for a major gas-fired power facility. You will work under the Project Lead Surveyor, using design drawings to locate commodities, verify materials, and provide field engineering assistance.

The role requires a technical degree or extensive relevant experience, leadership capability, and proficiency with modern survey tools, CAD, and data management.

Qualifications

• Engineering/Technical degree required with 5–8 years' heavy construction/industrial surveying; 3+ years supervisorial experience or 9–12 years' experience with supervision in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Lead Surveyor with oversight of survey operations and provide technical direction.
• Perform duties of the Project Lead Surveyor during absence.
• Support safety, quality, and environmental programs of the survey team.
• Lay out construction work accurately and record field data per specifications.
• Provide survey support to Field Engineering and Field Supervision.
• Establish and verify the survey control network.
• Prepare survey CAD drawings and DTMs; compute volumes.
• Review survey control points and network adjustments.
• Document project completion with As-Built records.
• Develop and manage survey data; calibration baseline checks of instruments.
• Support survey work requests and computations.
• Assist with machine control, UAV, and 3D laser scanning programs.

Skills

Siteworks surveying experience

Construction survey principles

Safety-minded

Team-based collaboration

Clear communication

Problem-solving

Robotic Total Stations

Digital Levels

GNSS survey systems

Survey CAD software

DTM and volumes computations

Multi-front workload

Time management

Minimal supervision

Microsoft Teams/Outlook/Word/Excel

UAV (Drones) experience

Machine Control technology familiarity

Education

Engineering/Technical degree

9–12 years’ experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Robotic Total Stations

Digital Levels

GNSS survey systems

Survey CAD software

Digital Terrain Models (DTM)

Volumes computations

Machine Control technology

Job description

Bechtel’s Renewables & Clean Power team seeks a Surveyor Field Engineer in Cheyenne to support siteworks surveying for a major gas-fired power facility. You will work under the Project Lead Surveyor, using design drawings to locate commodities, verify materials, and provide field engineering assistance.

The role requires a technical degree or extensive relevant experience, leadership capability, and proficiency with modern survey tools, CAD, and data management.