Requisition ID: 264247

• Relocation Authorized: National - Accompanied
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Brownsville, TX

Project Overview:

The Rio Grande LNG Project is located at a site south of the Brownsville-Port Isabel Highway and north of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County near Brownsville, Texas. The Project scope includes the detailed engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, start-up and testing of a greenfield liquefaction and export terminal consisting of up to five liquefaction units and associated facilities, utilizing APCI C3MR technology.

Position Summary:

Assigned to the project team as a representative of the Construction functional group and serves as a link between Construction and other members of the project team; also ensures that construction requirements are made known to the project team in a timely manner and obtains construction responses to the needs of other members of the project team.

This position will start as a short term assignment in the Houston, TX Office and will transition to the jobsite in Brownsville, TX for the EPC execution of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Inputs construction considerations into plant siting evaluations and overall plant design philosophies in early design phases of the project.
• Follows design development and, where possible, suggests economical construction details to be incorporated into design drawings and specifications.
• Interfaces with other coordinators and Construction Engineering groups to develop the most economical construction methods and techniques.
• Participates in overall construction plans, layouts, and organization.
• Participates in project team evaluation of office contracts/subcontracts. Assists in the issuance of field contracts/ subcontracts before the field office is established.
• Develops field organization and construction equipment bar charts, with the assistance of the construction support groups, for the Field Construction Manager.
• Develops the construction portion of the Project Procedure Manual.
• Works with Project Engineering, the Construction Manager and construction support groups to develop the scope and layout of temporary facilities.
• Reviews the implementation of the quality control program by construction.
• Reviews communications received by the Construction group for the project and performs the necessary actions for the Construction Manager with his approval and/or direction.
• In the absence of the Construction Manager, interfaces activities with the Project Manager.
• Works closely with the Field Construction Manager and coordinates efforts and activities to meet the project requirements. Participates in the resolution of problems when requested by the Field Construction Manager.
• Participates in meetings with project team members, other Bechtel entities, and client personnel as required.
• Uses individual knowledge and familiarity with the assigned job as well as past experience, with assistance from the construction support groups, to identify potential problem areas or trends.
• Communicates directly with the field and office project team members regarding significant problem areas and solutions.
• Reviews cost reports and schedule reports: Highlights major problem areas, worsening trends, budget overruns, and quantity variances, and brings them to the attention of the Construction Manager and other responsible project personnel.
• Maintains awareness of any major quantity changes due to design evolution or scope change. Verifies that field and office documents agree.
• Follows expediting reports of purchased items and coordinates with Procurement for special expediting of potential late items which jeopardize the schedule.
• Prepares input on Construction group and Materials and Quality Services (M&QS) budgets for the cognizant Construction Manager. Monitors Construction budgets on a monthly basis.
• Participates in the preparation and review of construction cost estimates, budgets, forecasts and schedules.
• Reviews the weekly progress and work force reports and correlates data for reasonableness, hours worked, percentage complete, performance, and schedule.
• Reviews each cost trend and forecast at the project team review meetings and assesses the reasonableness and/or accuracy of the data assembled by Project Controls for field Planning and Scheduling. Thoroughly reviews labor productivity, distributable accounts, quantities, manpower projections and curves, schedules, and scope changes.
• Checks to see that the approved reports listed in the Field Reports Manual are being received and that the distribution is as listed.
• Performs duties with considerable latitude, exercising independent judgment and utilizing construction knowledge and experience in resolution of moderately complex questions and problems which may arise.

Qualifications and Skills:

• At least 10 years experience in construction.
• Technical educational courses that may be applied to engineering activities as well as experience in construction engineering which includes supervisory responsibilities and technical guidance of junior field engineers.
• Thorough knowledge of a specific construction engineering discipline gained through a combination of related education and construction experience.
• Broad based knowledge of the function and interrelationships of field construction entities and operations.
• Knowledge of Bechtel Construction Standard Work Process Procedures is desirable
• Understands and applies the requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes to area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of Bechtel’s Zero Accident Safety Philosophy

Additional Information:

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. 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.).

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