What to Expect
As a Field Engineer you will be playing a critical role in the construction of Tesla’s first lithium refinery plant near Corpus Christi, TX. You will pro-actively aid the Construction Management team in front-line field support and coordination. This role will require collaboration across functional groups to resolve technical design issues, ensure quality installations, track and report cost/schedule metrics, and model safe work practices. This is a role that requires sound technical judgement and creative problem-solving skills to support field operations.
Day to Day
- Review and approve contractor quality plans and procedure
- Develop Inspection Test Plans with contractors per project specifications
- Construction QC/QA - perform/witness required inspections of self-perform and contractor construction work
- Management of RFI/FCN/NCR processes
- Review and consolidate turnover documentation
- Identify and provide a path of resolution to technical field issues as they arise in collaboration with engineering, applicable contractors, and other parties as required
- Coordinate third party inspections as required
- Support development/review of project scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, work plans, and resource requirements
- Evaluate contractor change orders and provide recommendations to project management
- Assist safety personnel with accident investigations
- Ensure all field activities are being executed per project specifications, procedures, and current design documents
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience (heavy industrial, oil & gas, complex chemical plants) – 5-15 is the sweet spot
- Instrumentation and Controls background
- 24V to 480V
- Instrumentation process
- Process tubing, terminations
- Medium and high voltage experience
- Going through models, ISOs, verifying designs, drawings
- Review and procuring equipment – generating POs from bids
- Previous experience on $200M+ projects, preferably with experience on both “owner” and “contractor” side
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills are a must
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and technical specifications
- High proficiency in Bluebeam, Autodesk Navisworks
- Proven ability to identify field issues and propose efficient solutions
- Willingness to spend a high percentage of time in the field and to get hands dirty as needed to complete objectives or find the correct information
- Ability to work within a high-performance, cross-functional organization with extremely tight timelines and aggressive goal
Plusses
- Degree in engineering (very highly preferred)
- EIT or PE is a huge plus
