Lead Civil Superintendent

Relocation authorized: National - Family. Telework type: Full-Time. Location: Kemmerer, WY.

About the role

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 deploy 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 competitive with fossil fuels. It also includes an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to complement solar and wind power by balancing production fluctuations. 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Oversees assigned civil field construction operations, ensuring safe execution, quality performance, schedule compliance, and alignment with Bechtel’s safety program.
• Plans, coordinates, and schedules work; determines staffing needs; reviews craft progress; and monitors work quality and productivity.
• Ensures current design documents and vendor drawings are used and that approved design changes are implemented before work proceeds.
• Supervises craft, subordinate personnel, and subcontractor activities to ensure compliance with specifications, schedules, site work rules, and project requirements.
• Prepares and supports construction schedules, methods, procedures, constructability reviews, execution plans, reports, and forecasts.
• Approves craft time records using established automated tools and monitors tool usage, requisitions, and consumables to support productivity.
• Implements corporate and project policies, procedures, instructions, and applicable Bechtel, state, and federal safety codes and standards within the assigned area.
• Coordinates work with other disciplines, areas, construction management, and client representatives as required.
• Conducts employee reviews and identifies training, development, and craft training needs for assigned personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Must be physically able to conduct field inspections and participate in project walk-downs which may require: extensive walking in and around a construction site, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, using fall protection and other personal protective equipment (PPE), walking on elevated platforms, walking on uneven surfaces, and maneuvering around very small and/or confined spaces.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical, and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• Must possess the right to work and remain in the US without sponsorship.

Skills

• Field manual and non-manual supervision experience with a strong civil background, including heavy civil construction, earthworks, concrete, rebar, structural steel erection, rigging, and welding.
• Experience in construction project planning, scheduling, constructability, and field execution.
• Knowledge of construction quality assurance, supervisory field functions, and single- or multi-discipline construction or engineering operations.
• Working knowledge of unionized labor, local labor laws and issues, and state, federal, and local contracting requirements.
• Experience supervising, administering, and coordinating subcontractor work.
• Demonstrated leadership in a team-based construction environment.
• Familiarity with current nuclear and industry quality standards and Bechtel’s Zero Accident Safety Program.
• Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, and technical database applications.

Benefits

Bechtel offers robust benefits to ensure employees thrive, including career advancement, programs to enhance culture, and time to recharge. Benefits include:

• Health and wellness programs
• Retirement savings plans
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities
• Support for work-life balance