Civil Field Engineer
Project Overview
Bechtel’s Manufacturing and Technology (M&T) is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, electric vehicle, and datacenter markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future.
Job Summary
In this role, you will provide project field engineering support with work planning and packaging, material management, quantity verification and validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing knowledge, and coordination of system turnover. Your work will contribute to ensuring field engineering activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements.
Major Responsibilities
- Work Planning & Packaging
- Prepares construction drawings and sketches.
- Interfaces in planning construction methods and procedures.
- Material Management
- Initiates requisitions for field purchases.
- Prepares quantity takeoffs of field purchased material and equipment.
- Verifies commodities on quantity tracking systems or other computer database systems as required.
- Quantities Verification & Validation
- Verifies commodities on quantity tracking systems or other computer database systems as required.
- Safety / Quality Control
- 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.
- Technical Inspection & Testing Knowledge
- Proactively considers continuous learning or show interest to pursue appropriate learning activities.
- System Turnover Coordination
- For Direct Hire: Develops firm understanding of system and area scoping and drawings required for package development.
- STR / Subcontract Coordination: Reviews and approves inspection test plans; Coordinates reviews of subcontractor submittals.
- Required bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in semiconductor, EV battery, and data centers preferred.
- Hands on implementation of AWP and experience with project setup preferred.
- Proficiency with digital execution tools, 4D/5D planning, and analytics preferred.
- Owns safe, high-quality civil execution—expert knowledge of earthwork, grading, piling, soil stabilization, utilities, foundations, concrete, formwork, rebar, and embeds, with tight control of heavy equipment operations.
- Plans and sequences civil work—drives mass earthwork, undergrounds, foundations, and slabs to protect access, interfaces, and downstream trades.
- Leads civil craft and subcontractors—sets production targets, enforces standards, manages equipment and crews, and develops foremen and general foremen.
- Controls quality—understands quantities, and rework drivers; anticipates risk and corrects early.
- Covers coordination across disciplines—aligns with survey, structural, MEP, and AWP teams to ensure layout accuracy and clean handoffs.
Education And Experience Requirements
Required Knowledge And Skills
Total Rewards/Benefits
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