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Lead Piping Field Engineer

Job in Lake Charles, Lake Charles area, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 70602, USA
Listing for: Bechtel
Full Time position Listed on 2026-11-07
Job specializations:
  • Engineering

Job Description & How to Apply Below

Location: Lake Charles

Requisition   Relocation Authorized:
National - Family Telework Type:
Full-Time Office/Project

Work Location:

Various Work Locations USA, Brownsville, TX, Lake Charles,LA, Port Arthur, TX Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

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.

We serve the Infrastructure;
Nuclear, Security & Environmental;
Energy;
Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report. Project Overview:

The selected candidate will initially be placed on one of our four Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Projects in the US Gulf Coast Region for our Energy Global Business Unit, but we may also require the selected candidate to have future mobility to one of our other Global Business Units in a different location. The ideal candidate will have market sector/ sub sector construction industry experience in energy (liquefied natural gas), manufacturing and technology (semiconductor, chemical, pharmaceutical, data centers, fire power generation), infrastructure (aviation, rail, roads/bridges),  mining and minerals (water treatment plant, mineral extraction, metal refining), & nuclear, security, and environmental (nuclear power epc, power distribution, combined cycle, defense and space, environmental cleanup).

As needs arise in our growing business, there will be expectation for the candidate to be fully mobile.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will manage a team and provide field engineering leadership for work planning and packaging, material management, quantity validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing knowledge, and coordination of system turnover and subcontracts. Your oversight will ensure field engineering activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements. #LI-BH1

Major Responsibilities:

Provide ES&H leadership to personnel assigned to the piping department. This includes preparation and implementation of safety procedures and leading Bechtel and subcontractor safety meetings.

Performing end of year performance reviews for field professional staff direct reports.

Performing inspections and initiating supporting documentation for all discipline system installations on an ongoing basis. Providing support to field supervision in establishing requirements for workforce, tools, equipment, and material requirements for a given work evolution.

Developing installation work packages for scopes of work in support of the construction schedule.

Preparing short- and long-term schedules, and interfacing with the superintendents and other discipline field engineers.

Providing input to the quantity tracking applications and reporting on weekly installed quantities to Project Controls.

Preparing field material requisitions for equipment and materials, and monitoring status of purchase orders and deliveries.

Assisting field procurement in receipt inspection and reporting of associated equipment and materials and preventive maintenance requirements.

Trouble-shooting the design and resolving issues with engineering and/or fabricator using formal field documentation processes.

Ensuring all installations are per latest revisions of design drawings, specifications, standards, and codes.

Acting as point of contact for coordination and resolution of all technical issues related to select subcontractors on site who provide technical services for the execution of the permanent plant piping systems scope of work, including initiating all formal subcontract change documentation to support the subcontract administrator.

Completing and verifying quality documentation per inspection and test plans.

Completing final system walk-downs, deficiency tracking, and close-out.

Completing and reviewing as-built…
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