Job Description

Overview

Bechtel is seeking a Structural Field Engineer to provide field engineering support for structural steel activities in the Module Yard of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing Facility in Houston, TX. The role focuses on ensuring safe and quality-driven execution of structural work.

Responsibilities

  • Provide field engineering support for structural steel fabrication, erection, assembly, fit-up, alignment, inspection, completion, turnover, and release-for-shipment activities.
  • Support structural execution within module boundaries, including permanent steel, temporary bracing, transport supports, platforms, ladders, handrails, grating, embeds, and related interfaces.
  • Review IFC drawings, structural details, specifications, vendor data, work packages, Inspection and Test Plans, lifting/transport requirements, and project procedures.
  • Support work planning, sequencing, constructability reviews, constraint removal, schedules, and work package development.
  • Verify structural material readiness, receiving status, kitting, traceability, shortages, substitutions, and preservation requirements.
  • Perform field walkdowns to verify fit-up, bolt-up, welding interfaces, alignment, dimensional control, access, temporary works, coating/fireproofing interfaces, and protection of completed work.
  • Coordinate with Quality and welding/NDE personnel to confirm inspection records, weld records, bolting records, survey reports, dimensional control, NCRs, punch items, and acceptance documentation are complete.
  • Maintain structural quantity takeoffs, installed quantity verification, progress reporting, forecasting, and input to quantity tracking systems.
  • Coordinate with Engineering to resolve design, constructability, interface, material, dimensional, and inspection issues affecting module completion or release.
  • Coordinate with Procurement, Materials Management, suppliers, and subcontractors to confirm delivery, storage, preservation, traceability, and readiness of structural materials.
  • Monitor interfaces with piping, electrical, instrumentation, coatings, insulation, fireproofing, rigging, logistics, and turnover teams.
  • Support punch list closure, carryover items, work-to-go lists, redlines, as-built records, turnover packages, and module release documentation.
  • Document field design changes, non-conformances, and technical clarifications using approved project processes, including RFIs, FCDs, and NCRs.
  • Participate in readiness reviews, progress reviews, completion walkdowns, module release reviews, and load-out readiness reviews.
  • Implement project ES&H and quality requirements and support Zero Accidents expectations.
  • Maintain construction engineering, inspection, material, redline, as-built, punch list, and turnover records required for module completion and handover.

Additional Information

  • Relocation Authorized: National - Family
  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
  • Work Location: Houston, TX

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 74 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 313 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 175 different employers. 81 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,092 other active welding openings from 492 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Bechtel Corporation currently has 4 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (29), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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