Bechtel

Lead Piping Superintendent

Bechtel$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years without a degree.
  • Experience in semiconductor, EV battery, data centers, or pharmaceuticals preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and On-Site Manufacturing (OSM) strategies.
  • Proficiency in digital execution tools, 4D/5D planning, and analytics desired.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and supervise craft professionals and superintendents for the project.
  • Monitor and coordinate subcontractor activities and schedules to ensure compliance with project requirements.
  • Oversee the planning of direct hire work to align with project schedules and budget constraints.
  • Enforce safety and quality policies during material installation and construction activities.
  • Support construction staff with technical document interpretation and engineering solutions.
  • Ensure high-quality piping work and adherence to all specifications and codes.
  • Integrate activities across multiple disciplines to avoid operational clashes.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance for family members is available.
  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic international environment.
  • Access to robust employee benefits focused on career advancement and personal wellbeing.
  • Time-off programs to recharge and maintain work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 298244
  • Relocation Authorized: International - Family
  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
  • Work Location: New Albany, OH


Project Overview:

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead a team and supervise superintendents and/or craft professionals on a project. You will direct craft professional activities and work schedules, and coordinate subcontract work activities and team development. Your oversight will ensure craft professionals have the tools required to be productive, comply with project policies, procedures, and job site work rules and procedures, and perform within specifications, schedules and budgets. #LI-CL1

Major Responsibilities:

  • Monitors and organizes subcontractor activities, through coordination and instruction of subcontractor's management staff within the area of responsibility.
  • Role supports on mid-size projects of medium to high complexity with multiple stakeholders' involvement.

Planning
  • Monitors subcontractor construction schedules, resource charts, and material and equipment requirements.
  • Reviews subcontractor construction methods, schedules, manning charts, and material and equipment requirements.
  • Coordinates the construction operations impact on external interfaces to ensure they coincide with the overall established schedules.
  • Supervise and ensure direct hire work is planned to coincide with the overall schedule and budget.

Safety / Quality
  • Monitors installation of materials and equipment to assure conformance with drawings, specifications, vendor, and other requirements
  • Enforces policies, procedures and related work rules as established by field construction management.

Technical
  • Supports Construction Field Engineers, Foremen, and Craft Professionals, in interpreting Engineering design documents, vendor documents, and other technical documents
  • Coordinates engineering solutions with Subcontractors, and Foremen and Craft Professionals.
  • Coordinates with Design on constructability issues.
  • Supervise and ensure direct hire work is executed safely with quality.

Technical
  • Supports Construction Field Engineers, Foremen, and Craft Professionals, in interpreting Engineering design documents, vendor documents, and other technical documents
  • Coordinates engineering solutions with Subcontractors, and Foremen and Craft Professionals.
  • Coordinates with Design on constructability issues.


Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree
  • Experience in semiconductor, EV battery, data centers, or Pharmaceuticals preferred.
  • Hands-on implementation of AWP and OSM strategies; experience with project setup, system turnover, and completion preferred.
  • Proficiency with digital execution tools, 4D/5D planning, and analytics preferred.


Required Knowledge and Skills:

  • Owns safe, high-quality piping execution-expert knowledge of piping installation, welding, NDE, hydrotesting, flushing, reinstatement, and turnover, with strict adherence to specs and codes.
  • Drives piping work using AWP-plans by system and test boundary, manages constraints, sequences supports → install → weld → test → reinstate, and protects system completions.
  • Leads piping craft and subcontractors-sets production targets, enforces standards, resolves field issues quickly, and develops foremen and general foremen.
  • Controls productivity and rework-understands weld rates, spool readiness, material flow, and fit-up quality; attacks bottlenecks before they hit schedule or cost.
  • Integrates across disciplines-coordinates with structural, mechanical, electrical, and commissioning to avoid clashes, enable access, and support clean turnover.


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. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

About Bechtel

Bechtel Corporation is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It is the largest construction company in the United States and the 11th-largest privately owned American company in 2018. Its headquarters are in the Reston area of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. Bechtel is a global engineering, construction, and project management company, and they are currently working on projects in over 40 countries. The company is organized into five global business units that specialize in civil infrastructure; power generation, communications, and transmission; mining and metals; oil, gas, and chemicals; and government services.
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