Scope Manager - Night Shift - FAB62
Role Overview
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. Major Responsibilities: Assume full ownership and accountability for safe, quality, cost-effective, and schedule-driven execution of all night-shift construction activities across disciplines, work areas, direct-hire operations, subcontractors, suppliers, and supporting field organizations. Provide overall leadership and management for night-shift Superintendents, Field Engineering support, Craft Professionals, subcontractors, and field teams; establish expectations, assign accountability, coordinate priorities, monitor performance, and develop the night-shift leadership team. Serve as the senior construction management representative during assigned night-shift hours, with responsibility for project-wide field coordination, work prioritization within the approved plan, immediate decision-making, operational continuity, issue escalation, and emergency response support. Lead pre-shift turnover with day-shift construction leadership to confirm the approved work scopes, sequence, priorities, work packages, permits, constraints, materials, equipment, access, inspections, quality hold points, completion criteria, and expected production outcomes for the shift. Own night-shift schedule performance, productivity, installed quantities, progress measurement, and completion commitments; identify deviations early, remove roadblocks within available authority, implement field corrective actions, and promptly escalate conditions that threaten project milestones. Lead hazard recognition, risk assessment, pre-task planning, permit and control verification, field observations, and intervention. Promoting Bechtel Zero Tolerance Safety Culture. Ensure project and regulatory safety requirements, environmental controls, security expectations, lighting, access, and housekeeping, is maintained throughout the shift. Ensure all night-shift work complies with current approved drawings, specifications, work packages, permits, inspection and test requirements, acceptance criteria, project procedures, applicable codes and standards, and quality requirements. Stop, correct, document, and escalate nonconforming or unauthorized work. Direct multi-discipline interfaces and resolve any sequencing conflicts that arrive so activities remain aligned with the approved schedule and do not create safety, quality, or schedule impacts. Coordinate continuously with day-shift Construction Management, Field Engineering, Project Controls, ES&H, Subcontracts, Logistics/Security, Commissioning, Startup, and client representatives to obtain timely support and preserve continuity between shifts. Lead formal post-shift turnover and handoff to day shift. Provide a clear and accurate account of work completed, quantities installed, remaining scope, changed conditions, active permits, equipment and material status, inspections performed or pending, quality concerns, safety events, unresolved constraints, and required follow-up actions. Review night-shift performance trends, recurring constraints, rework, quality issues, production losses, and turnover gaps; coordinate corrective actions with responsible day-shift and project functions and verify that lessons learned are incorporated into future execution. 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: Extensive knowledge of multi-discipline construction execution, field leadership, means and methods, work sequencing, trade interfaces, temporary works, access, logistics, workface readiness, production control, quality verification, completion, and shift-turnover requirements. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple Superintendents, Field Engineering, Craft Professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, and large field organizations while setting clear expectations, maintaining accountability, developing leaders, and resolving conflict across disciplines and work areas. Advanced knowledge of construction safety leadership, hazard recognition, risk assessment, control verification, regulatory compliance, emergency response coordination, environmental requirements, security, housekeeping, and maintaining optimal safe night-work conditions. Ability to execute approved schedules, work packages, and day-shift priorities through disciplined pre-shift readiness confirmation, short-interval field coordination, production monitoring, constraint removal, recovery action, and post-shift turnover. Working knowledge of project controls, including progress and installed-quantity reporting, schedule performance, productivity analysis, workforce and expenditure forecasts, critical-path impacts, risk identification, change interfaces, and performance reporting. Strong understanding of quality management, inspection coordination, acceptance criteria, nonconformance control, punch-list management, completion evidence, system and area turnover, and the interfaces among Construction, Quality, Commissioning, Startup, and the client. Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, technical judgment, organization, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to maintain continuity between shifts, communicate concise status and risk information, and act decisively during night-shift operations. Preferred skills: Experience leading large, complex, multi-discipline field construction organizations and shift-based execution.
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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: Extensive knowledge of multi-discipline construction execution, field leadership, means and methods, work sequencing, trade interfaces, temporary works, access, logistics, workface readiness, production control, quality verification, completion, and shift-turnover requirements. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple Superintendents, Field Engineering, Craft Professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, and large field organizations while setting clear expectations, maintaining accountability, developing leaders, and resolving conflict across disciplines and work areas. Advanced knowledge of construction safety leadership, hazard recognition, risk assessment, control verification, regulatory compliance, emergency response coordination, environmental requirements, security, housekeeping, and maintaining optimal safe night-work conditions. Ability to execute approved schedules, work packages, and day-shift priorities through disciplined pre-shift readiness confirmation, short-interval field coordination, production monitoring, constraint removal, recovery action, and post-shift turnover. Working knowledge of project controls, including progress and installed-quantity reporting, schedule performance, productivity analysis, workforce and expenditure forecasts, critical-path impacts, risk identification, change interfaces, and performance reporting. Strong understanding of quality management, inspection coordination, acceptance criteria, nonconformance control, punch-list management, completion evidence, system and area turnover, and the interfaces among Construction, Quality, Commissioning, Startup, and the client. Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, technical judgment, organization, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to maintain continuity between shifts, communicate concise status and risk information, and act decisively during night-shift operations.
Preferred skills
- Experience leading large, complex, multi-discipline field construction organizations and shift-based execution. Experience with large industrial project setup, system turnover, completions, commissioning interfaces, and startup readiness. Experience in semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, data center, battery, pharmaceutical, or other high-technology construction environments. 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 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. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy. 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 [email protected]
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