Nightshift Electrical Superintendent

Relocation authorized: national/international – single. Telework type: full-time. Location: Thacker Pass, NV.

About the role

In this role, you will monitor and organize direct hire or subcontractor planning, safety, quality, and technical activities on a complex project with multiple stakeholders’ involvement, through the coordination and instruction of subcontractor’s management staff. Your field supervision will help ensure operations are planned to coincide with overall established schedules and that work methods are planned and executed safely.

Project Overview

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States—enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team of contractors engineering and building the facility, as well as managing procurement of about $1 billion in goods and services.

Earth work began in 2023, and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway. The project is located in the high desert of north-central Nevada, about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada, and 3 hours northeast of Reno. Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and organizes subcontractor activities through coordination and instruction of subcontractor’s management staff within the area of responsibility.
• Monitors subcontractor construction schedules, resource charts, and material and equipment requirements.
• Reviews subcontractor construction methods, schedules, manning charts, and material and equipment requirements.
• Coordinates the construction operations impact on external interfaces to ensure they coincide with the overall established schedules.
• Monitors installation of materials and equipment to assure conformance with drawings, specifications, vendor, and other requirements.
• Enforces policies, procedures, and related work rules as established by field construction management.
• Supports Construction Field Engineers, Foremen, and Craft Professionals in interpreting Engineering design documents, vendor documents, and other technical documents.
• Coordinates engineering solutions with Subcontractors, Foremen, and Craft Professionals.
• Coordinates with Design on constructability issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8–10 years of relevant experience or 12–14 years of relevant work experience.
• Familiar with construction tools and equipment, as well as their uses.
• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in electrical operations to ensure adequate coordination with all stakeholders for smooth and safe execution.
• Technical knowledge and experience in electrical codes and operations.
• Proficient in Microsoft suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Experience managing union craft.
• Heavy industrial U.S. direct hire construction experience.
• Extensive working knowledge of construction planning, monitoring, and control.
• Knowledge of the use of subcontracts and the contractor/subcontractor responsibilities contained in subcontract documents.
• 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 the area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.
• Knowledge of Bechtel's "Zero Accidents" safety program.
• Excellent customer relations and communication skills.

Pay

Salary range: $105,000–$160,200 annually (based on market data; final salary offered is determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Optional disability and supplemental insurance options.
• Generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period).
• Nine paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Discretionary bonuses.
• 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components.