Lead Instrument Field Engineer

Bechtel Corporation • Lake Charles, LA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Instrument Field Engineer manages a team and provides field engineering leadership for work planning and packaging, material management, quantity validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing, system turnover, and subcontract coordination. The role ensures field engineering activities are performed safely, completed, and compliant with quality standards and project requirements.

On a medium-sized job, the position performs lead engineer duties within an area, coordinating and directing multiple disciplines, or serves as a Deputy Project Field Engineer coordinating activities for an assigned operating section. The project is Louisiana LNG, an LNG production and export facility approximately 11 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent and 8–10 years of relevant experience, or 12–14 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in construction and technical inspection of electrical design and systems, including installation and testing of electrical and lighting systems, high-voltage equipment, classified-area-rated equipment, grounding, DCS systems, and cable-pulling activities.
• Experience installing gas-insulated switchgear (medium and high voltage).
• Demonstrated commitment to Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) and a Zero Accident safety program.
• Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Familiarity with current industry quality standards.
• Basic ability to use the TeamWorks suite and SetRoute application.
• Basic knowledge of Project Technical Requests and routing and resolving RFIs, Field Change Documents, and Non Conformance/Compliance Reports among project sites, contractors, clients, and the home office.
• Basic knowledge of work packaging and ability to use the completions module and PunchWorks to interface with the startup team.
• Familiarity with STCPs and CSU work processes.
• Intermediate understanding of production management, including scheduling.
• Intermediate communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of cost management, including estimating and forecast development.
• Previous supervisory experience within the electrical discipline.
• Physical ability to conduct field inspections, including extensive walking at a construction site, climbing ladders and scaffolding, working on elevated platforms and uneven surfaces, and working in small or confined spaces.
• Ability to perform some lifting, walk into and out of the project, and use standard issued personal protective equipment required for assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop team members through competency development, assessment, and feedback.
• Supervise construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline.
• Coordinate with design teams on constructability issues.
• Direct preparation of requisitions for field-procured materials, substitutions, services, and equipment.
• Oversee quantity take-off, control, reporting, and forecasting.
• Ensure safety requirements and the zero-accident philosophy are implemented and followed, and that tools and equipment are safe and operated safely.
• Coordinate construction and startup system walkdowns and turnover, working with startup specialists and coordinating area turnover as required.
• Review and approve inspection test plans.
• Supervise reviews of subcontractor submittals.
• Coordinate and direct engineering disciplines in an area or coordinate activities for an assigned operating section as Deputy Project Field Engineer.

Benefits

• Robust benefits intended to support employees, career advancement, culture, and time to recharge; specific benefit offerings are not detailed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior