Field Engineering Manager - Landside

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Project Overview: Bechtel helps clients deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy globally. These large, complex and multi-disciplined projects create jobs and grow economies; improve the resiliency of the world's infrastructure; connect communities to resources and opportunities; get us closer to net zero; tackle critical environmental challenges to protect people and the planet; and accelerate progress to make the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Bechtel is providing a wide variety project and contract management services, crossing all disciplines, to customers in Western Australia to support exciting capital works programmes, including in aviation, defence and energy infrastructure.

Job Summary: In this role, you will report to the Program Construction Manager, and you will provide oversight of all field engineering activities in the program, which comprises multiple projects and associated systems technologies where you will provide assurance that field engineering activities are undertaken safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and the capital portfolio management team's performance expectations.

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the review of contractor quantity take-offs, reporting and forecasting.
• Coordinate the reviews of contractor submittals, including reports of contractor progress and performance.
• Actively interface with engineering, health and safety, environment and sustainability, community, workplace relations, contract management and other relevant teams to maintain project delivery priorities.
• Implement assurance program to monitor that the work by contractors is undertaken in a manner that addresses and eliminates people and environmental hazards.
• Manage the review of all contractor submittals including construction schedules, management plans, progress reports, and changes as required.
• Establish a design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with project engineering.
• Provide technical consultation support to internal stakeholders.
• Support the engineering team with review of contractor's design for constructability and compliance with the contract.
• Identify areas of risk and opportunity in contractor performance.
• Ensure that the work by contractors is undertaken in a manner that addresses and eliminates personnel and environmental hazards.
• Ensure the contractor's field engineering program tools and deliverables meet contract requirements.
• Provide technical and program guidance and direction to Program teams for submittal and review process of contractor documentation.
• Identification and resolution of program-wide technical or process issues related to field engineering.
• Ensure the contractor is executing the contract in line with the terms & conditions set out.

Education and Experience Requirements: Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in the successful management of major projects in the infrastructure and/or aviation industry.
• Knowledge of related construction practices and the economics involved and current knowledge of new methods of design and construction.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrable delivery of leadership and behavioural change within a large organisation.
• Ability to influence and engage in a collaborative working environment with internal and external stakeholders.
• Prior delivery partner or client-side project management experience is preferred but not essential.

Total Rewards/Benefits: For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive.

Diverse teams build the extraordinary: As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team", respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably.