Civil Field Engineer

Requisition ID: 273888 

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

 

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Project Overview

Bechtel is partnering with NextDecade to support their vision to provide the world access to lower carbon intensive energy with their Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in Brownsville, Texas.

RGLNG is a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal situated on a 984-acre site on the banks of the Brownsville ship channel. The first phase of the RGLNG project consists of three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks and one marine berth. At full capacity, the five-train facility will have a production capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

 

Brownsville, Texas is a city known for its diverse history, tradition, and rich culture. Located in the southernmost region in the beautiful state of Texas, lays Brownsville a rich, tropical oasis bordering the Rio Grande River and near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Brownsville embraces innovation, looks forward to the future and beyond!

 

Position Summary

Leads construction engineers in a broad range of construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline for a particular area of the project. Provides engineering assistance to superintendents, directs assigned personnel in meeting cost and time schedules, verifies materials, equipment, and quality, and assures results meet design requirements.

 

Job Dimensions

• Supervision Received
  • Receives technical and operational supervision from supervising construction engineer or assigned supervising discipline superintendent.
• Supervision Exercised
  • Provides technical and administrative direction to subordinate construction engineers and others, as assigned.
• Contacts
  • Jobsite contacts are with superintendents and subcontractor’s personnel associated with construction engineering.
  • Continuous interfacing with client personnel, pertaining to negotiations on subcontract changes.
  • Interface with the engineering design functional group to identify and resolve design- related issues as implemented in the field.

 

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with engineering on constructability and design issues relating to commodity installations such as concrete, trenching & utility installation, earthworks and work sequencing.
• Provides field engineering support and assistance to superintendents, supporting personnel in meeting cost and time schedules, verifies materials, equipment, and quality, and assures results meet design requirements.
• Develops work plans, coordinate material take-offs and requisitions, perform and document inspections, report progress, and resolve conflicts in design and construction related to the installation and testing of civil commodities.
• Performs Civil Field Engineering activities including inspections, audits and planning to support the installation of formwork, rebar, concrete, earthworks, utilities and performs rigging support and planning activities for material and equipment.
• Assures procedural compliance, material control, and complete and thorough documentation of inspections for completed work.
• Directs or performs preparation of quantity listings of field purchased material and equipment and initiates requisitions for field material purchases.
• Supports preparation of construction drawings and schedules, design of temporary construction facilities and ensures preparation of as built drawings and other job plans.
• Supports planning and delivery of construction materials and equipment, assuring that proper warehousing and storage exists to ensure environmental protection.