Position Summary

Jubail is one of Bechtel’s most remarkable achievements—a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It the biggest civil engineering project in modern times—and it's getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s. Bechtel serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or “owner’s representative” for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local AE firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail Industrial City. In June 2021, Bechtel’s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/ bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port & pipeline expansions, and more. 

Detailed Job Description

SUMMARY:

 The Senior Field Civil Engineer represents the Royal Commission, (the owner), to ensure the safety and quality standards of the project are met. This work is accomplished by the Field Engineer’s review of the Contractors submittals for materials, work plans, safety plans, quality plans, procurement plans and RFI’s for ongoing work activities.

Provides an interface between RC Engineering and the Contractor to resolve technical issues. The Field Engineer assists the Contractor in the writing and review of Technical Query’s.

Coordinates with survey teams to ensure work is constructed in compliance with project drawings and specifications.

Coordinates with the Contractor to document all civil field activities and performs regular inspections to check progress, quality and safety of the projects.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

A. Supervision Received

Receives direction from the Project Field Engineer (PFE) and Resident Engineer

B. Supervision Exercised

No supervisory responsibility

C. Contacts

Works closely with the Resident Engineer to:

Ensure the safety and quality standards of the project are met. 

Provides an interface between RC Engineering and the Contractor/Subcontractors to resolve technical issues.

Major Responsibilities:

Read and interpret contract documents and construction plans related to site development construction.

Review Contractors submittals, work method statements, safety plans, quality plans and traffic control plans for compliance with RC requirements.  

Provide daily safety and quality inspections of the Contractors physical works related to site development construction.  Enforce compliance.

Review and approve the contractor’s monthly pay invoices

Review and monitor the Contractors project schedule for the on time delivery of the work.  

Preform the following onsite operations and inspections for Contractors but not limited to

A. Monitoring Quality Control

Monitoring the laboratory testing of asphalt and evaluation of soil, fracture analysis, aggregate soundness & abrasion, concrete, steel, and other building materials to be applied in a project to ensure compliance with standard and specifications

Monitoring construction of asphalt pavement, concrete activities, and soil compaction field testing at site make appropriate value judgements and corrective work to resolved any problems

Provide guidance and make recommendations solutions for any material failure or site execution problems and product enhancement based on design objectives.

Provide assistance to the contractors to identify defects, raise non-conformance reports and follow through to identify correction procedures to close out.

Monitoring in area handover processes and punch list walk downs

Supports the quality tools (ITP, M.S, QAN/NCR, Lesson Learned, REAL Card, and PBS & PBQ).

Provide guidance and technical advice to the contractor and field engineers to improve the quality of works

Updating materials test and supply volume status for concrete and asphalt installation progress report with in metric dashboard for performance management program.

B. Construction Audit

Conduct SMQE PFE-QE Quality & ESH audit /walk down for contracts and prepares QANs and technical progress report, inspection report and investigation reports.

Conduct quality audit for concrete crusher plant, batch plant, asphalt plant, precast factory and Laboratory and prepares corresponding report

Conduct technical site investigation, root cause analysis, interpret test results and prepares comprehensive report

C. Technical Review

Review and approve technical submittals, shop drawings, as-built drawings, traffic control plans and design packages drawings for compliance with RC requirements.

Familiar with ASTM and other standard specifications

Check and review Technical Submittals TS, TQ, FCD, QAN, NCR, Punch list, IA, FA

Check ad review contractor’s monthly quality control report and develop dashboard and metrics chart to measure contractor’s quality report effectiveness

D. Construction Site Training

Conduct training workshop for ILT/ Virtual ILT and Civil/Architectural/Structural discipline

Perform hand’s on training for asphalt and concrete on site

Skills and Qualifications:

Essential Technical: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized University.

A minimum of 10 years’ experience as a civil field / site engineer in the construction industry working on Infrastructure projects.

Experience in the supervision of construction of civil infrastructure, underground utilities and roads.

Understands standard site supervision safety and quality procedures including implementing inspection & test plans and Work Method Statements.

Essential Behavioral:

Self-motivated individual with a passion to take ownership of projects and provide sound technical leadership to contractors staff and engineers.

Must be able to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills to maintain a positive work environment between all parties including the client, contractors and other stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.

Ability to work independently and exercise professional judgment within the framework of guidelines provided by superiors. 

Is committed to maintaining a strong health and safety approach which is in line with the Bechtel zero accidents philosophy and is able to provide leadership for safe work procedures and safety related matters.

Preferred Technical:

Demonstrated working knowledge of the Royal Commission (RC) Civil/Site Development Construction process.

Previous work with RC as a Contractors employee or previous work for Bechtel on this or other RC projects.

Working knowledge of other discipline scope and interfaces, roles, and responsibilities.

Previous middle east work experience.

Experience and understanding of design drawings, vendor design packages, specifications, reviewing and approving technical submittals and applying industry standard best practice on construction projects.  

Knowledge and experience with Technical Queries (TQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Field Change Documents (FCDs), and Non Conformance/Compliance Reports (NCRs) between project sites, contractors, clients, and home office.

Experience reading and interpreting contract documents and construction plans.

Experience reviewing Contractors submittals, work method statements, safety plans, quality plans and traffic control plans for compliance with contract documents. 

Experience reviewing and processing the contractor’s monthly pay applications. 

Experience reviewing and monitoring the Contractors project schedule.  

Experience performing inspections approval and sign-off of works. 

Preferred Behavioral:

Experience in leading multidisciplinary construction, testing and commissioning activities.

Capable of proactively identifying issues on the project and raising them through the relevant channels in the project organization.

Ability to manage priorities and take on additional evolving responsibilities with demonstrated experience providing direction/supervising to a team.

Serve as a resource for training/mentoring colleagues with less experience

Be quality orientated and work proactively with the contractors to eliminate defects and maintain a zero rework environment.

Capable of working across multiple construction sites and contracts at one time.

Capable of Reporting to Senior Management.