Civil Lead Engineer - Mining & Metals

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Project Overview:

The Ar Rjum Project comprises a green field gold project with three open pit mining operations with associated waste dumps and ore stockpile, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and supporting infrastructure including water supply, power supply, maintenance facilities, offices, temporary and permanent accommodation village.

The Project is situated within the Central Arabian Gold Region, approximately 200 km north-east of Taif towards Riyadh and about 26 km South of Al Mouwayh, which is a small town situated on the Jeddah – Riyadh highway. A desert track connects Al Mouwayh to the Project site.

Bechtel has been awarded the Ar Rjum gold project feasibility study update and related works by Ma'aden, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned mining company. The scope will include updating the existing design capacity from 6 Mtpa to 8 Mtpa and preparing for execution, which is anticipated to kick off execution in 2025.

Job Summary:

As Civil Lead Engineer, you will supervise a team of civil/structural personnel, estimate project staffing needs, and schedule and assign work. You will prepare discipline estimates and work plans and review and approve civil/structural investigations and studies. 

Your leadership will drive high quality work plans, successful implementation of civil/structural components, team support and training, and project performance. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Plans, develops, directs, and participates in the day-to-day Civil/Structural engineering activity on medium to large sized complex projects that require very major Civil/Structural engineering effort, or may be assigned responsibility for multiple smaller projects within a global business unit utilizing relevant Engineering Department Procedures (EDPs), design standards and guides, and Bechtel Standard Application Programs (BSAPs)​. 
• Supervises, coordinates, and reviews the work of Civil/Structural engineering personnel assigned, estimates staffing needs and schedules and assigns work accordingly​.
• Maintains continuous contact with work in progress by reviewing or approving steel and concrete calculations, design documents, supplier drawings and data, material requisitions, and change orders, developed by the project groups and reviewed by the discipline staff.
• Provides the technical input to meet procurement requirements​.
• Develops project Design Control Check List (DCCL) and Design Review Notices (DRNs)​.​ 
• Other responsibilities as designated. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience​

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Establishes operational objectives and work plans, and delegates assignments to subordinates​.
• Objectives reviewed by senior managers to ensure success of operations​.
• Participates in the development, modification, and execution of company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effects.

Working Rights in Australia without employer sponsorship are required.

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Total Rewards/Benefits

There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering you the benefits and resources to live a healthy life.

With a market aligned salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through our strong health and safety focus and private health cover including access to a leading employee assistance program.

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