Trend Engineer

Bechtel Corporation•Houston, TX

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world. In this role, you will support the project's Change Management Program by identifying, evaluating, documenting, and tracking project trends and potential changes. You will coordinate with project functions to develop trend estimates, assess cost and schedule impacts, maintain trend logs, and support project forecasting and contract change management activities. Your work will help ensure timely identification and resolution of project changes while supporting informed project decision-making and accurate project reporting. This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.

Requirements

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience
Expertise in project Change and Trend Management, including forecasting, budgeting, contract changes, and baseline controls.
Knowledge of EPC and startup work processes and their influence on project change management.
Experience developing trend, conceptual, and Order-of-Magnitude estimates using historical data and benchmarking techniques.
Ability to evaluate cost, quantity, labor, schedule, and total installed cost impacts of proposed changes.
Strong analytical, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to drive resolution of potential changes and provide recommendations to project management.
Proficiency with project controls systems supporting cost management, forecasting, and trend management.
Effective communicator capable of presenting trend status, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to project management.

Responsibilities

Administers and maintains the project Trend Program and Trend Register.
Coordinates the identification, evaluation, documentation, and disposition of project trends.
Works with engineering, procurement, construction, startup, contracts, and project management personnel to develop trend scope definitions and impacts.
Develops and reviews Order of Magnitude (OOM) and detailed trend estimates.
Evaluates trend impacts to cost, schedule, quantities, productivity, and execution plans.
Ensures trend documentation is complete, traceable, and compliant with project procedures.
Supports forecast updates by coordinating incorporation of approved trend impacts.
Assists in the development of contract change documentation and client change notices.
Facilitates trend review meetings and supports management decision-making.
Monitors trend status and reports trend metrics, aging, and exposure to project management.
Identifies opportunities for early mitigation of adverse trends and implementation of favorable trends.