ORAT/Operations Specialist Job in Sydney Recruiting by Bechtel Corporation

**Requisition ID: 264458** + **Relocation Authorized: None** + **Telework Type:** **Full-Time Office/Project** + **Work Location: Sydney, NSW** # Company Overview Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel are our values ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Bechtel, a global leader in project management, engineering, procurement and construction, has been selected by Western Sydney Airport Co as its Delivery Partner for the Western Sydney Airport, a $5.3 billion greenfield facility in Badgerys Creek, New South Wales.

This will be a landmark project for both New South Wales and Australia and is due for completion at the end of 2026. __ Western Sydney Airport will provide much-needed additional aviation capacity to meet growing demand in the Sydney basin and improve access to flights for people in Western Sydney.

One of Australia's most significant infrastructure projects in decades, the international and domestic airport will open in 2026, bringing social and economic prosperity to the Western Sydney region. Learn more about this exciting project at the following: https://westernsydney.

com.au/ # Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer / Operations Specialist The ORAT / Operations Specialist reports to the Project Completions Manager.

The ORAT / Operations Specialist has responsibility to proactively: + Ensure proper early planning and execution for Testing & Commissioning activities from Contractors, with a specific focus on Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical and Fire & Life Safety elements to allow on-time transition into handover and ORAT; + Provide interface coordination and input for interfacing tests, and ensure that these are planned early resulting in smooth systems integration; + Ensure that Completions requirements are set, tracked, and well understood by the contractors to allow on-time transition into handover and ORAT. + Ensure Contractors adhere to their contract obligations for Completions requirements; + Monitor and enforce safety and quality standards; + Monitor progress relative to the schedule and report status of Testing &Commissioning/Completion and Handover activities through to the Package Manager/Project Completions Manager.

The ORAT / Operations Specialist is responsible for providing operational readiness and handover oversight to the various WSA development project teams to ensure that all the required activities and deliverables are complete, documentation compiled and turned over as well as providing coordination with the Assets and Operations teams and other stakeholders. A specific technical focus of the role is on facility familiarisation, induction and training, and in the development of the trials program so that the Contractor completion program is aligned with the trials program and opening scenarios.

# About the role: **The ORAT / Operations Specialist will:** + Participate in and support planning, ramp up and execution of the various elements of Airport and Airline Operational Readiness Programs + Support the development of ORAT and handover strategies and plans, plus guidance documents, trial programs and templates as required. + Actively ensure Contractors are complying with safety requirements and encourage Contractors to perform their work in a safe manner through proper planning and adherence to site requirements.

+ Promote a zero-harm performance and culture including promoting a positive safety culture and supporting all safety related initiatives. + Ensure that ORAT documentation flows in a progressive and manageable way from the contractors to the end-user for review and acceptance, including delivery system acceptance test report production, system Operation and Maintenance (O&M) manuals, and O&M training documentation.

+ Review, provide input, monitor progress and provide oversight of the Contractors Testing & Commissioning Management Plan, and Completion & Handover Management Plan to align with ORAT program. + Establish and maintain strategic relationships with senior representatives of key stakeholders including the customer and the airport business community to ensure all stakeholders are engaged in the ORAT program + Attend weekly Contractor progress meetings between Contractors, Subcontractors, Delivery Partner, and WSA.

+ Review relevant Contractor submittals and provide input or approval as applicable, to include ORAT plans, procedures, schedules, costs, reports, changes, and trends as required. + Provide input into the project procedures for ORAT and handover, as required.

+ Review and provide input into Contractors management plans. + Review the flow of information required from third parties to facilitate the timely progress of the operational readiness activities + Review project ORAT progress against approved schedules, evaluate changes and advise corrective action when required.

+ Review Project schedules, testing and close out plans for development of detailed turnover plans including duties & responsibilities of all parties + Bring both cost and schedule changes/deviations to the attention of the Project Completions Manager for inclusion in the project Critical Items Action Report, Project Trend Register, weekly and monthly reports. + Communicate technical issues and recommend solutions as required.

+ Promote the creation of a project work environment, supported by leadership on the project / program, which fosters openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction. + Participate with regular performance reviews in accordance with approved procedures and hold career development discussions with direct reports if applicable.

# What you bring: + A recognized degree in engineering from an accredited university, OR extensive 21+ years’ experience on Airport Operational Readiness teams on new terminal facilities at large domestic or international airports + Comprehensive knowledge of industry practices for airport/airline systems and operations + Possess technical skills in project management, aviation operations, training, documentation, communications, and/or operational or technology testing + Advanced in MS Excel and PowerBI, proficient in Microsoft suite + Experience working with and managing contracts. + Proficient knowledge of project Commissioning & Completion processes and procedures.

+ Advanced skill in oral and written communication. + Interpersonal skills and able to interact closely with customer and contractors while maintaining necessary levels of commercial awareness.

+ Demonstrated skill in project management. + Right to work in Australia is required.

**_Shaping tomorrow together_** **_Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth.

Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals.

Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

_** **_www.bechtel.

com_** **_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.

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