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In this role, you will provide engineering assistance to superintendents, directs assigned personnel in meeting cost and time schedules, verifies materials, equipment, and quality and assures results meet design requirements. #LI-ME1

• Responsible for the activities assigned, such as the application of drawings, specifications, inspections, quality verification, and subcontracts.
• Preparation of quantity listings of field purchased material and equipment.
• Initiates requisitions for field purchases as needed.
• Review of construction drawings and schedules; verifies design of temporary construction facilities and ensures preparation of “as built” drawings and other job plans.
• Assists fellow construction engineers and superintendents in: interpreting design drawings, monitoring equipment installation and planning for delivery of construction materials and equipment and assuring that proper warehousing and storage exists to ensure environmental protection.
• Reviews specifications, purchase orders, subcontracts, inspection reports, delivery schedules, instruction manuals and technical data.
• Coordinates with engineering design on constructability issues.
• Supervises subcontractor work efforts and administers routine subcontract changes and interfaces with client personnel.
• Reviews, as assigned, the preparation of construction estimates, cost engineering studies, schedules, and budgets.
• Analyzes assigned construction activities to determine the scope, time, and resource requirements.
• Ensures that vendors’ bids for material and equipment are in conformance to specifications.
• May direct minimal numbers of manual craft field forces during project closeout.
• Works with various functions to ensure the project achieves corporate goals set for environmental, safety & health, quality, cost, and schedule.

• Required bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

• Technical knowledge of a specialized engineering discipline, cost, scheduling and/or contracts administration relating to the construction of heavy industrial or commercial complexes.
• Demonstrated leadership in a team-based environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of the application and requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H) Handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes as they relate to area of responsibility Familiar with Bechtel’s Business Ethics handbook and policies.
• Prior experience supervising and administering subcontractors Knowledge of Bechtel’s “Zero Accidents” safety program.
• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications in accordance with current Bechtel Standard Application Program (BSAP) standards.
•  Knowledge of the use of subcontracts; knowledge of the contractor/ subcontractor’s responsibilities contained in subcontract documents.

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