Construction Coordinator

Location

Reston, VA | United States

Job description

Requisition ID: 275154  

•   Relocation Authorized: None  
• Telework Type: Full-Time Telework  
• Work Location: Reston, VA  

Company Overview
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 values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Project Overview

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’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. TerraPower, 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, and 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. Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. 

We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity! 

Position Summary

The Construction Coordinator acts as a representative of the construction functional group and serves as a link between Construction and the Engineering/Procurement teams. Participates in project meetings to represent construction, prepares and provides input to execution planning, schedules, cost, and general construction execution. Will develop a working knowledge of construction procedures, work processes, and automation tools used by construction and other functional organizations. Ensures that construction requirements are made known to the project team in a timely manner and obtains construction responses to the needs of other members of the project team. Early participation in the design development process by providing constructability input, with a focus on improving construction safety and quality, while seeking to optimize cost and schedule.  The position will be full time telework until April 2025 when the selected candidate will relocate to the project site in Kemmerer, WY and convert into a full time at project position.

Responsibilities

• Develop constructability concepts and provide guidance to the design effort during the early phases of the project.
• Participate in constructability reviews during the design process.
• Collaborate with the development of construction procedures, plans, and strategy documents.
• Work with the design teams to ensure requirements are incorporated into the design, layout, and specifications.
• Participate in design development and suggest/implement economical construction details to be incorporated into design drawings and specifications, utilizing lessons learnt from other projects and construction best practices.
• Monitor and track engineering action items critical to support construction activities.
• Monitor the completeness of engineering and procurement deliverables to support the construction schedule.
• Support establishment of logistics strategy with design and procurement teams.
• Support engineering and procurement schedule development.
• Support Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (required on-site date) schedule optimization.
• Represent construction in engineering and procurement schedule review meetings.
• Utilize the plant design model to identify construction sequencing.
• Drive consistency of engineering data to ensure compatibility with construction automation tools.
• Participate in office and field meetings with project team members and client personnel, as required, e.g., project review meetings.
• Identify potential problem areas or trends and work on total installed cost and continuous improvement issues.
• Maintain communication with the field organization and office project team members regarding significant problem areas and potential solutions.
• Perform and coordinate the construction review of engineering drawings and specifications.
• Coordinate the construction review of vendor drawings, shop fabrication details, and erection procedures, on behalf of construction.

Qualifications and Skills
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field from an accredited university and 6+ years of related professional experience, or in lieu of degree, 12+ years related experience.
• Must be able to obtain a site security badge.

Additional Qualifications

• Knowledge of Nuclear Power Construction preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of a specific construction engineering discipline gained through a combination of related education and construction experience.
• Broad based knowledge of the function and interrelationships of field construction entities and operations.
• Knowledge of Bechtel Construction Nuclear Work Process Procedures.
• Understands and applies the requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes to area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of the impact and effect of using field automation tools.
• Knowledge of environmental compliance laws and requirements.
• Knowledge of government compliance standards.
• Knowledge of Bechtel’s Zero Accident Safety Philosophy.
• Knowledge of current industry standards.

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Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

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.

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