Construction Coordinator

Requisition ID: 276464 

•  Relocation Authorized: None 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Reston, VA 

 

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power. 

Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. 

We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity! 

Job Summary:

In this role, you will liaise between engineering and field operations and provide guidance on executing constructability plans. You will lead construction design decisions, interdisciplinary reviews, and project staffing. You will monitor construction performance and review deliverables. You will use your expertise to improve Bechtel’s existing methods by initiating project assessments and implementing improvements. Will develop a working knowledge of construction procedures, work processes, and automation tools used by construction and other functional organizations. Early participation in the design development process by providing constructability input, with a focus on improving construction safety and quality, while seeking to optimize cost and schedule. The position will be full time telework until July 2025 when the selected candidate will relocate to the project site in Kemmerer, WY and covert into a full time on project position.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop constructability concepts and provide guidance to the design effort during the early phases of the project.
• Participate in constructability reviews during the design process.
• Collaborate with the development of construction procedures, plans, and strategy documents.
• Work with the design teams to ensure requirements are incorporated into the design, layout, and specifications.
• Participate in design development and suggest/implement economical construction details to be incorporated into design drawings and specifications, utilizing lessons learnt from other projects and construction best practices.
• Monitor and track engineering action items critical to support construction activities.
• Monitor the completeness of engineering and procurement deliverables to support the construction schedule.
• Support establishment of logistics strategy w