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Requisition ID: 280182

• Relocation Authorized: National - Single

• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

• Work Location: Brownsville, TX

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is partnering with Next Decade to support their vision to provide the world access to lower carbon intensive energy with their Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in Brownsville, Texas.

RGLNG is a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal situated on a 984-acre site on the banks of the Brownsville ship channel. The first phase of the RGLNG project consists of three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks and one marine berth. At full capacity, the five-train facility will have a production capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Project Location Overview:

Brownsville, Texas is a city known for its diverse history, tradition, and rich culture. Located in the southernmost region in the beautiful state of Texas, lays Brownsville a rich, tropical oasis bordering the Rio Grande River and near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Brownsville embraces innovation, looks forward to the future and beyond!

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead, implement, and maintain global construction field welding programs and provide specialized welding engineering support. You will manage, inspect, and monitor the welding test lab, the rod room, the weld heat treatment program, and the laboratory quality plan. Your technical advice will help ensure defects, behaviors, and other issues are rectified prior to final inspection.

Major Responsibilities:

Field Welding Engineer

• Coordinates work activities for Project Field Engineer and the Lead Field Welding engineer in implementing the site welding program on medium projects

• Implements and maintains Bechtel Field Welding program for all welding operations.

• Provides technical assistance to field superintendents and crafts.

• Ensures that all supervision and craft personnel involved in welding operations are educated and aware of applicable code and project requirements.

Additional Requirements for Post Weld Heat Treatment Coordinator

• Coordinates work activities of subcontractor and direct hire pre/ PWHT personnel.

• Possesses working knowledge of Bechtel's corporate pre/PWHT procedure (PHT-2) and other welding procedures / standards.

• Supports the crafts in meeting cost and schedules.

Additional Requirements for Welding Automation

• Reviews site Welding, PWHT and NDE subcontractor documentation of daily work for technical accuracy

• Performs Visual and other examination methods in accordance with project developed procedures and standards.

• Implements Design Automation deliverables

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience​.

• PWHT Coordinator​ 8 - 10 years of industry experience performing and implementing Post Weld Heat Treatment on medium-scale projects​.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Candidates should be self-starters, highly motivated, requiring little supervision, and able to work well in a team environment.

• The candidate should have a good working knowledge of current design codes and standards such as UPC, IBC, SMACNA, ASME, AWS, and NFPA.

• The candidate should have a good working knowledge of welding technical and practical applications such as SMAW, GTAW, GMAW STT.

• The candidate should have a good working knowledge of Preheat/Post Weld Heat Treatments, equipment, and consumables.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• A sound knowledge base of environmental, safety and health compliance standards required on government projects.

• Ability to provide clear and precise verbal and written communications with design engineers in order to assist with the project review.

• Mechanical/Piping system construction installation and inspection experience.

• Working knowledge of mechanical/piping engineering principles in the design and installation of structures, systems, and components.

• Strong ability to read, understand and interpret structural/mechanical/piping/electrical construction drawings.

• Technical knowledge of a specialized engineering discipline, cost, scheduling and contracts administration relating to the construction of heavy industrial or commercial complexes.

• Strong understanding of module assembly, completion walk-downs, testing, punch list management, turn over packages and routine interface with Start-Up.

• Knowledge of requirements for Lock Out Tag Out for safety.

• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications in accordance with current Bechtel standards.

• Working knowledge of Bechtel Construction automation systems (e.g., TeamWorks, InfoWorks, WITS, etc).

• Ability to interface with diverse construction disciplines as well as all levels of management.

• A basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications such as Word, Excel, Teams, etc.

• Working knowledge of Bechtel standard programs used on Bechtel EPC projects is preferred (e.g., SmartPlant design tools, Digital Supply Chain, Synchro 4D, Navisworks, xFighters, PowerBI, BookBuilder, SetRoute, Construction Unifier, and EQMS).

• Recent Bechtel experience as a Welding/Mechanical/Piping Field Engineer or Lead Welding/Mechanical/Piping Field Engineer at a large EPC Project.

• Working knowledge of the Bechtel Standard Work Processes Procedures (*SWPPs) and the related Bechtel Standard application Programs (BSAPs) utilized by Construction

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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