Project Engineering Manager

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Project Overview

Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

The M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Chile, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

Job Summary

As a Project Engineering Manager you will be responsible for leading a team and interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate the engineering technical aspects for complex projects.

You will participate in project planning, proposal review, and will own the engineering elements of capital estimates. Your technical guidance and recommendations will ensure engineering aspects meet project requirements and remain within scope and budget.

Major Responsibilities

• Providing engineer support for major proposals.
• Developing proposals for minor studies and projects.
• Carry out due-diligence reviews and audits of engineering on studies and projects.
• Responsible for multiple small projects or designated medium to large sized complex engineering assignments (program) within a global business unit.
• Possesses full technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments.
• Participates in project planning prior to proposals to provide technical guidance in the engineering and construction review of proposals.
• Provides input to and owns the engineering elements of a project capital estimate (proposals and execution) quantities and budgets.
• Reviews major changes or deviations in project scope, project material quantities, budget or schedule, and assists particularly with defining the change, obtaining accurate estimates of the hours involved, and recommending budget adjustment.
• Ensures engineering efforts with Project Manager, Procurement, Construction, Startup, Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H) and Project Controls.
• Directs the preparation of project studies, reports, forecasts, special engineering reports and plant data book.

Education and Experience Requirements

Requires 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

• Experience of design development, feasibility studies, detailed design, proposal development, and in managing design consultants, including scoping, technical specifications, tender evaluations, design review, and construction supervision.
• Extensive background in industrial construction projects, managing staff, providing leadership, maintaining good client relationships and developing talent within the project. Computer-literate in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
• Familiar with current industry quality standards.
• Advanced knowledge of cost management including estimating and forecast development.

Total Rewards/Benefits

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth.

Diverse Teams Build the Extraordinary

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to View email address on click.appcast.io.