Weekend Welding Jobs in Nevada (NOW HIRING)

Requisition ID: 298140

• Relocation Authorized: National - Single
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Thacker Pass,NV

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Project Overview:
Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far - enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility. We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services. Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway. The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno. Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium. Bechtel is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project.
Job Summary:
In this role, you will lead and represent a workforce services (WFS) team and manage systems and processes for streamlining or optimizing routine tasks or complex workflows. You will lead the design, test, and implementation of new workforce services processes and solutions. Your supervision and technical expertise will guide innovation to increase efficiency and enable continuous improvement. #LI-BH1
Major Responsibilities:

• Implements, maintains and manages the Field Welding program.
• Provides oversight & technical direction to subordinates and subcontractors.
• Manages the subcontractor welding program. Provides specialized welding engineering and technical support for construction to ensure construction meets all code, client, and JV procedures.
• Provides technical expertise for ASME, API, and AWS or other code designed and fabricated items.
• Provides oversight of subcontractor pre- and post-weld heat treatment program.
• Coordinates with Discipline Superintendents and the Lead Field Welding Engineer to validate manpower and welder qualification requirements.
• Provides direction to Welding General Foremen and Foreman as necessary to support welding initiatives across the project, ensuring the welders assigned to each task have the skill sets necessary to satisfactorily provide first time quality with minimal rework.
• Reviews weekly scheduled work plans with discipline superintendents for pipe commodities to ensure the project have the welder resources available with the proper qualifications to support the planned work scopes.
• Ensures that scheduling concerns and constraints are identified and elevated to construction management team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of supervisory functions relating to field welding activities
• Must have experience and practical skills for FCAW, mechanized FCAW, SAW, SMAW, and GTAW welding processes.
• Knowledge of initial site mobilization activities.
• Knowledge of planning and scheduling development.
• Knowledge of Excel, Word, Smart Plant Review, Document database navigation.
• An understanding of the application and requirements of Project Environmental, Safety & Health. Demonstrated leadership in a team-based environment.

Work includes field inspections and the physical ability to conduct field inspections which require the following activities: extensive walking in and around a construction site, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, working on elevated platforms, working on uneven surfaces and working in small or confined spaces. Some lifting may be required. Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).
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