Workface Planner - Electrical

Location & Compensation

• Location:
  
  Thacker Pass, NV
• Relocation Authorized:
  National – Single
• Telework Type:
  Full-Time Office/Project
• Salary Range: $90,990 - $138,760 per year

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far — enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team of contractors engineering and building the facility.

We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services. Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long‑lead equipment is underway. The project is located in the high desert and wide‑open spaces of north‑central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno.

Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium. Bechtel is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project.

In this role, you will provide project field engineering specialization and expertise with work planning and packaging, material management, quantity verification and validation, safety and quality control, technical inspection and testing knowledge, and subcontract coordination. Your recommendations will ensure field engineering activities operate safely, are complete, and conform to quality standards and project requirements.

• Prepares construction packages complete with drawings and sketches.
• Facilitates planning construction methods and procedures.

• Initiates requisitions for field purchases.
• Prepares quantity takeoffs of field purchased material and equipment.

• Verifies commodities on quantity tracking systems or other computer database systems as required.

• Ensures zero accident philosophy and requirements are implemented and adhered to by craft and others when in the operational area, and tools and equipment are in safe condition and operated safely.

• Proactively considers continuous learning or shows interest to pursue appropriate learning activities.

• Develops firm understanding of system and area scoping and drawings required for package development.

• Required bachelor’s degree and 5‑8 years of relevant experience, or 9‑12 years of relevant work experience.

• Knowledge of engineering and construction methods and processes customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
• Extensive knowledge of TEAMWorks and associated applications is required.
• Experience with other Bechtel Standard applications, including UNIFIER, SETROUTE, DSCS and ACONEX.
• Good understanding of Bechtel standard construction work processes and procedures (SWPP’s).
• Intermediate level capability with MS Excel and Access is required.
• Knowledge on Advance Work Package (AWP) and its implementation.
• Intermediate Level SQL database and reportability platforms is required (SQL, SSRS - SQL Server Reporting Services, PBI).
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving ability.
• End User, System Administrator or Construction Automation experience with one or more of the following apps: eTrack, TEAMWorks, Tool Hound, xFighters, Smart Completions and WITS.
• Experience working with Windows Servers including installation of server‑side applications, setup of shares, scheduled tasks, etc. Working knowledge of Citrix and Web applications would be a plus.
• Experience supporting project Field Engineers, Procurement & Inventory Specialists, Timekeepers and End Users on multiple projects.
• Hands‑on field…