Natrium, Workface Planner Civil

Project Overview

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 be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. 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 several 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.

Job Summary

Workface planning (WFP) is an essential resource within the Advance Work Packaging (AWP) construction organization. Workface planning is the creation of Installation Work Packages (IWPs) which are small, well-defined work packages that describe a specific scope of work for a crew. The Workface Planner will be responsible for scoping and planning IWPs for all project commodities. They will ensure all necessary drawings, deliverables, engineered data, and resources are available, and constraints are removed before releasing digital IWPs to the field construction team. This position will start full time remote but will be required to relocate to the project site in Kemmerer, WY to a full time on project position within 6-12 months. The Workface Planner will interface with Bechtel field engineering, planners, project controls and supervision to facilitate IWP scoping in iConstruct, Teamworks and Setroute. Providing timely updates to Area Field Engineer's and Supervision as to IWP scope, status, and schedule. 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.

Major Responsibilities

• Supports preparation and development of IWPs in close coordination with Field Engineers, Superintendents, and other project personnel.
• Reviews work scope, checking sequencing, access, resources, equipment needs, pre-work, materials and support services.
• Develop and assembly detailed IWPs as per the project guidelines and procedures, which include compiling installation drawings, installation details, model snapshots, vendor drawings, inspection test records, or any other documents or Engineering deliverables associated with the IWPs.
• Prepares scoping sketches, material takeoffs, and required construction engineering deliverables.
• Verifies completeness of engineering drawings, installation details, engineering data, vendor information and vendor data, ensuing all engineering and vendor information and data is available for successful construction of assigned IWPs.
• Monitors quality of IWPs ensuring scoping and preparation of IWPs is done right the first time.
• Monitors project schedule and ensure performance and timely delivery of IWPs; coordinate with Project Controls team, planners, other stakeholders of the project and ensure IWPs are issued as per the project priorities.
• Facilitates the identification and removal of constraints.
• Participating in 3D and 4D model reviews to ensure construction installation requirements are preserved during design development.
• Coordinating with procurement to identify IWP material delivery status in the IWP.
• Coordinate with design engineering for design complete with respect to construction schedule.
• Maintaining IWP input in Teamworks, and other tools, and updating as design is completed and revised.
• Working with the Turnover Coordinator to track IWP's and inspection records to completion.
• Developing status reports using project databases spanning multiple Bechtel Standard Applications (BSAP's).

Education and Experience Requirements

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience. Working experience at the jobsites as a Field Engineer or Construction Engineer on large industrial projects is preferred.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of assembling drawings and deliverables for smaller scopes of work or preparation of installation work packages for construction professionals.
• Proficient in reading drawings, interpreting design, specifications and industry standards and codes.
• Prior experience in work scope packaging, material take-offs and quantity reporting.
• Knowledge of using digital construction planning tools, 3D model-based work planning, project scheduling systems, construction databases, and applicable construction procedures is preferred.
• Knowledge of using completions management systems, model review platforms, digital work packaging tools, 4D planning applications, project controls systems, document management platforms, and construction data integration tools is preferred.
• Preferred experience supporting civil and structural construction activities including excavation, earthwork, underground utilities, concrete foundations, embeds, anchor bolts, structural steel interfaces, and site development scopes.
• Preferred experience developing IWPs and coordinating construction planning activities for civil, concrete, and structural work fronts in an EPC environment.
• Working knowledge of civil/structural drawings and specifications.
• Experience with material forecasting, workface readiness reviews, constraint management, and construction sequencing for civil and structural work fronts.
• 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.)