Natrium, Area Field Engineer; KTC

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

Work Location:

Kemmerer, WY

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on Terra Power’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re‑establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. Terra Power, a leading advanced‑generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium.

The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost‑competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier, less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing.

With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power.

Assigned to the Construction organization as the Area Field Engineer (Area FE) for the KTC building. Responsible for the organization, process/procedures, and direction of Construction Field Engineering and support staff. The Area FE reports directly to the Construction Site Manager and is responsible for all Field Engineering activities for the KTC project.

• Manages all field engineering processes and procedures to ensure project, code and corporate compliance.
• Develops the Field Engineering organizational structure with input from the Construction Site Manager.
• Performs or delegates all personnel evaluations for field engineering and support staff.
• Ensures that field engineering and support staff are developing skill sets that align with Bechtel's and the individual's career goal.
• Ensures procedures align with Bechtel functional requirements and coordinates functional approvals.
• Generates site specific procedures as required to assure construction operations conform to engineering design and specifications and unique customer or regulatory requirements as applicable.
• Develops and is responsible for the Construction Work Package process to ensure timely deliverables (material, inspection records, packages, etc) to field personnel.
• Develops and is responsible for the Work Control program in coordination with document control.
• Responsible for the Subcontract Technical Representative program overseeing the technical aspects of all construction managed subcontracts.
• Coordinates with Supervision to plan construction activities for immediate (4 weeks) and long‑range planning (90/180/270 day) activities.
• Responsible for the effective development and implementation of the Field Engineering inspection process.
• Establishes an Engineering/Field Engineering working relationship and lines of communications.
• Responsible for the constructability program within the construction function and coordinating constructability issues with Engineering. Manages the Construction Field Change/Non‑Conformance process and performs trend analysis on a periodic basis. Responsible for the Quantity Reporting program within the Construction function including control and reporting of weekly construction quantities.
• Develops and supports the construction automation plan and its associated programs including Teamwork’s, Set route, eTrack, WITS, X‑fighters, and more.
• Manages the process for the preparation, approval and periodic receipt inspections for field procured materials.
• Oversees the Issues Management team for Construction including the creation/closure of corrective action plans (CAPs) and Condition Reports (CRs) as applicable.
• Coordinates and manages the field engineering turnover process and deliverables with the Start Up group in preparation for system turnovers.
• Manages the Construction Action Item List to support/resolve constraint that impact field activities and CWPs.
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