Natrium, Lead Field Welding Engineer

Relocation Authorized:
National - Family

Telework Type:
Full-Time Office/Project

Work Location:

Kemmerer, WY

Requisition

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on Terra Power’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. Terra Power, 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.

Leads construction engineers in a broad range of construction engineering work within a specific engineering discipline for a particular area of the project. Provides engineering assistance to superintendents, directs assigned personnel in meeting cost and time schedules, verifies materials, equipment, and quality and assures results meet design requirements. On a large project, functions as a lead discipline engineer, coordinating related discipline activities and interfacing with other areas/disciplines on the jobsite.

On a small to medium-sized project, performs the duties of a lead engineer in an area, coordinating and directing a variety of disciplines, or performs the duties as a Project Field Engineer or Project Field Quality Control Engineer coordinating activities related to the operation of the assigned operating section of the jobsite.

• Demonstrates a personal commitment to safety
• Implement and maintain Bechtel Field Welding program.
• Provide specialized welding engineering support for construction to ensure construction meets all code and Bechtel procedures.
• Provide technical expertise for ASME, API, and AWS or other code designed and fabricated items.
• Responsible to manage pre- and post-weld heat treatment program whether self‑performed by Bechtel or subcontractors.
• Responsible to manage rod room and rod room attendant to ensure all weld filler materials are controlled and meet Bechtel and Code requirements.
• Responsible to manage the NDE subcontract to include scheduling and coordinating with construction and subcontract for the best possible shooting schedule at the least cost and least impact to construction.
• Responsible to manage and monitoring welder qualification test lab to ensure high quality welders are being properly tested and hired.
• Work with Supervisors, Foreman, and craft so to maintain weld documents and ensure the credibility/accountability of the Welding Program.
• Responsible to manage issues and maintain welder qualifications and welder stamps. Able to work extended work schedules and night shift as required to support the project execution plans and schedules
• Provides leadership and takes personal accountability for site safety, environmental and health program
• Participates in Project Chromium Material Assessments, and Hex Chrome mitigation activities

• Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering and 12 years’ experience or equivalent experience, 14 years welding and heavy construction related experience.
• More than 12 years’ experience minimum experience in field welding engineering relating to heavy construction industry, Fossil, Nuclear.
• Must have minimum of 2 years previous experience as a Bechtel Lead Field Welding Engineer.

• Working knowledge of current industry quality construction procedures and standards.
• Must be computer literate in Microsoft…