Field Survey Engineer

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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, 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.

Job Summary:

Assigned to the Construction organization as a Survey Engineer/Party Chief (PC), responsible for providing field and office support as required to the construction survey team. The PC reports directly to the Area Lead Surveyor (ALS). The PC interprets design drawings and specifications to determine associated commodities and equipment locations and provides direction and supervision to his/her assigned field survey team in support of the civil, structural, mechanical, and piping installations in the work area. #LI-TH1

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction to direct-hire survey crews. 
• Provide support to both Field Engineering and Field Supervision 
• Support the survey team’s implementation of the project safety, quality, and environmental programs. 
• Responsible for the accurate layout of construction work, recordation of field data according to job specifications and appropriate methods of performing survey activities. 
• Perform duties of a Party Chief on a direct-hire survey crew 
• Utilize survey instruments in conjunction with Bechtel survey procedures including Robotic Total Station and GNSS equipment. 
• Develop and maintain survey data. 
• Perform Calibration Baseline checks of survey instruments. 
• Support the administration of the survey work request program. 
• Perform and/or check survey computations as required in the performance of duties. 
• Provide Civil project completion documentation including "As-Built" records 
• Perform verifications of subcontract survey work 
• Support the UAV/Drone team’s operations. 
• Support the 3D Laser Scanning operations, including reality capture. 
• Support the Metrology team’s operations. 
• Providing direction and training to less experienced survey team members 

Education and Experience Requirements:

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of engineering and construction methods and processes customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience
• Knowledge of Bechtel’s “Zero Incidents” safety program.
• Knowledge of Bechtel quality standards. Must have a solid record of successful project completion with little to zero rework
• Knowledge of construction survey principles
• Knowledge of supervisory functions relating to industrial surveying field & office activities
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check, including verification of employment and education
• Must be physically capable to participate in project walkdowns, which may require the following activities:  extensive walking in and around a construction site, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, walking on elevated platforms, walking on uneven surfaces, climbing in, or maneuvering around very small and/or confined spaces, and lifting up to 40lbs without assistance.
• This project may have multiple work schedules that are subject to change and may require employees to work overtime, weekends and/or night shift when a business need arises.
• Prior Bechtel Survey Mega-Project experience
• Working knowledge of Bechtel construction procedures

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