* Relocation Authorized: International - Single
* Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
* Work Location: Perth, WA
Requisition ID: 287727
Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact.
Project Overview
Great infrastructure transforms communities. Our customers' projects have a higher purpose – their roads, rail, communications, airports and energy projects are a gateway to a modern prosperous world. A world that caters for growing populations and keeps up with rapid technological change; a world that is resilient to economic and geophysical setbacks; a world powered by cleaner energy and systems that accelerate the path to global decarbonization; a world connected by smart and affordable transport networks to empower disenfranchised communities and unlock access to opportunities.
Job Summary
As a Field Engineering Manager, you will report to the Construction & Quality SME and provide strategic and operational oversight of field engineering activities across the capital portfolio. You will be responsible for ensuring that all field engineering work is effectively planned, executed, and completed in accordance with established quality standards, project specifications, and organisational requirements.
In this role, you will monitor performance across multiple projects, providing assurance that field engineering practices are consistent, compliant, and aligned with the capital portfolio management team's expectations. You will work closely with project teams, contractors, and key stakeholders to identify risks, drive continuous improvement, and resolve technical or quality-related issues in a timely manner.
Additionally, you will support the development and implementation of best practices, contribute to governance and reporting processes, and help ensure that field engineering activities deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality outcomes across the portfolio.
Major Responsibilities
* Actively interface with engineering, construction interface, health and safety, environment and sustainability, community, workplace relations, contract management and other relevant teams to ensure project delivery priorities are maintained.
* Implements assurance program to monitor that the work by contractors is undertaken in a manner that addresses and eliminates people and environmental hazards, and that risk analysis, health risk assessments, and work method statements, where required, are in place.
Leadership / Supervision
* Proactively engages with teams' development through competency development/assessment and feedback.
* Reviews construction manager and field engineering staffing requirements for effective service delivery.
Planning
* Manage the review of all contractor submittals including construction schedules, management plans, progress reports, and changes as required.
* Establishes a design/field engineering working relationship and lines of communication with project engineering including agreement on engineering deliverables.
* Monitors that contractor construction engineering activities are in compliance with procedures and the contract.
* Coordinates the interfacing between the construction automation plan and the project controls program.
* Supports the engineering team with review of contractor's design for constructability and compliance with the contract.
Construction / Quality
* Coordinates the review of contractor quantity take-offs, reporting and forecasting.
* Coordinates the reviews of contractor submittals, including daily reports of contractor progress and performance.
* Coordinates technical input and oversight for the reviews of contractor construction non-conformances.
* Identifies areas of risk and opportunity in contractor performance.
Contracts / Commercial
* Oversee the preparation of the request for tender documentation, project construction schedule, and interface strategy and actively participate in the procurement phase including evaluations and recommendations for award.
Education And Experience Requirements
* Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience.
Required Knowledge And Skills
* Skill in working and communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, with other project functional groups.
* Proven ability to build strong relationships with customers and team members.
* Technical knowledge of engineering systems, engineering calculations, applications of engineering methods and materials and applications of building information modelling, 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) to engineering problems.
* Demonstrated technical knowledge of related construction systems, applications of engineering and construction methods and materials for major infrastructure or aviation projects.
* Sound working knowledge of contract management.
* Field engineering experience on large construction projects (experience in the management of construction, field engineering or design engineering for major infrastructure or aviation projects is an advantage).
* Prior delivery partner or client-side project management experience is preferred but not essential.
* Prior airport 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. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth.
Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to ********@bechtel.com.
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