Field Welding Superintendent

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Project Overview:

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead and represent a workforce services (WFS) team and manage systems and processes for streamlining or optimizing routine tasks or complex workflows. You will lead the design, test, and implementation of new workforce services processes and solutions. Your supervision and technical expertise will guide innovation to increase efficiency and enable continuous improvement. #LI-BH1

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with Discipline Superintendents and the Lead Field Welding Engineer to validate manpower and welder qualification requirements. 
• Provides direction to Welding General Foremen and Foreman as necessary to support welding initiatives across the project, ensuring the welders assigned to each task have the skill sets necessary to satisfactorily provide first time quality with minimal rework.   
• Reviews weekly scheduled work plans with discipline superintendents for pipe commodities to ensure the project has the welder resources available with the proper qualifications to support the planned work scopes.    
• Ensures that scheduling concerns and constraints are identified and elevated to construction management team.   
• Provides input to weekly production meetings to ensure sufficient welder support is also scheduled and available by area.   
• Supervises and coordinates daily with direct hire and subcontract representatives on pipe construction activities. Included but not limited to fabrication team and materials management team.   
• Ensures the welding commodities, equipment, and consumables gases are available and staged in assigned areas.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9 -12 years of relevant work experience​

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive working knowledge of construction planning, monitoring and control.
• Familiar with construction tools and equipment as well as their uses.
• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in welding operations to ensure adequate coordination with all stakeholders for smooth and safe execution.
• Proficient in Microsoft suite in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications
• Experience managing union craft Heavy industrial US direct hire construction experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the application and requirements of the Project Environmental, Safety & Health (ES&H) Handbook and the Bechtel Core Processes as they relate to area of responsibility.
• Knowledge of safety and relevant OSHA requirements and regulations.
• Knowledge of Bechtel's "Zero Accidents" safety program. Excellent customer relations and communication skills. 

Work includes field inspections and the physical ability to conduct field inspections which require the following activities: extensive walking in and around a construction site often in high heat and high humidity conditions, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, working on elevated platforms, working on uneven surfaces and working in small or confined spaces. Some lifting may be required. Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).  

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