Lead Structural Field Engineer

About the role

Relocation authorized: National - Family. Telework type: Full‑time office/project work. Location: Clay, NY.

Bechtel’s Manufacturing and Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. M&T serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets, striving to exceed objectives through agility, innovative technologies, and world‑class talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations worldwide.

Assigned to lead field engineering activities supporting structural construction scope. Responsible for supervising and coordinating Structural Field Engineers and providing technical leadership for planning, work packaging, material management, quantity verification, quality control, subcontractor coordination, field issue resolution, and turnover within assigned areas. Works with construction leadership, craft professionals, subcontractors, engineering, survey, quality, project controls, procurement, and other disciplines to ensure structural installations are performed safely, in accordance with design requirements, and aligned with project schedule and quality expectations. Provides direction, coaching, workload coordination, and technical review to support consistent field engineering execution and development of assigned personnel.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the work of Structural Field Engineers; establish priorities, distribute assignments, review deliverables, provide technical direction, and support employee development, training, and performance feedback.
• Lead development and readiness review of Installation Work Packages, short‑interval plans, construction work plans, field sketches, field instructions, and structural execution documentation using current approved design information.
• Coordinate with structural superintendents, craft professionals, subcontractors, engineering, survey, quality, procurement, project controls, and other disciplines to resolve technical, constructability, interface, access, and workface‑readiness issues.
• Review structural drawings, specifications, fabrication drawings, connection details, vendor data, codes, standards, RFIs, field changes, and as‑built requirements; ensure changes are communicated and incorporated before installation.
• Lead material coordination for structural steel, miscellaneous metals, connection materials, bolting systems, and related items, including quantity takeoffs, requisitions, receipt