HLW Welding Field Engineer

Requisition ID:  294179

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Richland, WA
• Salary Range: $105,000 - $160,200 annually (salary range is based on market data; final salary offered is determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is designing, constructing, and commissioning the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State.

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant will use vitrification technology to process and solidify 56 million gallons (210 million liters) of radioactive and chemical waste stored at the Hanford site, which is a byproduct of plutonium production during World War II and the Cold War era. 

he project is the largest undertaking of its kind and one of DOE’s most technically challenging cleanup projects. Its construction spans 65 acres (26 hectares) with four major nuclear facilities – Pretreatment, Low-Activity Waste Vitrification, High-Level Waste Vitrification and Analytical Laboratory – as well as operations and maintenance buildings, utilities, other support facilities.  

Job Summary:

The position will be responsible for activities relating to construction engineering within the welding discipline. Duties include interpreting welding design drawings and specifications, field verification of materials, welder testing and heat treat/stress relief, and aiding welding personnel as required. This position is not considered the design authority for the project, but only to enforce welding construction per design.  #LI-SM2

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinating with engineering on constructability and design issues relating to the welding discipline such as welding code requirements and heat treat/stress relief.
• Establishing a welding design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with the Project Engineer, including agreement on welding engineering deliverables and overall construction application configuration management.
• Responsible for quantity taking-off, control, tracking, reporting and forecasting for welding discipline.
• Specifying the welding criteria for construction of temporary construction facilities as required.
•  Directing the preparation of requisitions for field procured materials, material substitution, services and equipment including weld consumables.
• Approving field requisitions as delegated by the Field Construction Manager.
• Reviewing material receiving reports and warehousing to assure delivery of correct welding materials.
• Coordinating and monitoring the interface between the construction automation plan and the project controls program at the jobsite.
• Developing and managing the welding construction quality program.
• Directing preparation of cost estimates for welding construction activities and coordinating the preparation of cost reports, forecast and