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Combined Cycle Project Field Engineer

Bechtel
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Jun 2025

About the role

Requisition ID: 282117 

  •  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
  • Work Location: Reston, VA 

 

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Project Overview:

The Infrastructure GBU’s, Renewables & Clean Power business line is pursuing future combined cycle power plant projects. The business line is assembling a proposal team to be based in Reston, VA.  Upon successful award, the candidate will mobilize to the project site.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will report to the Site Manager and provide field engineering management and leadership for work planning and packaging, material management, quantity validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing knowledge, and coordination of system turnover and subcontracts. Your oversight will ensure that all field engineering activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements.
 

You will support the proposal(s) of future combined cycle power plant projects with the intention of mobilizing to the field upon award.

Major Responsibilities:

 

  • As the Project Field Engineer, you coordinate all activities related to the operation of your assigned operating section.
  • Responsible for supervising Field Engineering, Document Control, Survey, IT and others as delegated by the Site Manager on project.
  • Proactively engages with your teams' development through CPM, competency development/assessment and feedback
  • Execute activities assigned by the Site Manager.
  • Leads the Field Engineering team in a broad range of construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline.
  • Manages the coordination with design on constructability issues.
  • Reviews material receiving reports and warehousing to assure delivery of correct materials.
  • Possesses responsibility for all field quantity take-off, control, reporting and forecasting on the project.
  • Approves and/or delegates the approval for all Field Material Requisitions pertaining to permanent plant.
  • Ensures zero accident philosophy and requirements are implemented and adhered to by craft and others when in the operational area, and tools and equipment are in safe condition and operated safely.
  • Overall responsibility for coordinating between Construction and Startup to ensure the various system walkdowns are performed, interfacing with the Project Startup Manager as required to support component/system turnover and assuming responsibility (or as delegated) for area turnover coordination.
  • Reviews and approves inspection test plans, the generation of subcontract scopes of work, and payment milestones to subcontractors and vendors.
  • Manages/coordinates reviews of subcontractor submitt

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