Avis de : Process Engineer chez Bechtel

Avantages

People - the best thing about Bechtel is its people. The vast majority are talented, have a good attitude and above all have integrity. Working with colleagues is a pleasure. Work - work is varied and there is a lot to be learned even after 10 years of experience. Pay - pay is competitive. Overtime can be requested during busy periods. Pension is superb. Location - London is a good place to be.

Inconvénients

Pressure - work can be fast-paced and meeting multiple deadlines during peak times can be challenging.

Conseils à la direction

Management are some of the best I have seen. Keep it going!

Avantages

Global Mobility Varied assignments Work / life balance

Inconvénients

Too structured Not diversified Top heavy Promotion is relies more on time spent in the company rather than performance.

Avantages

Good benefits package, 4 wks vacation, 401k & retirement plan match. 9/80 flex schedule

Inconvénients

Workforce reduction is biased, employees with more years with the Co are kept, even poor performers.

Conseils à la direction

Beware of low cost centers, they are not low if quality is low (rework), inexperienced, and inefficient. Don't implement policies that hamper leads in the name of VVC. Leads have a tough job being in the middle, having to please everyone above and below and yet are highly scrutinized.

Avantages

Bechtel is among the most respected engineering, project management, and construction companies in the world.

Inconvénients

I do not have Cons

Avantages

4 weeks vacation, 9/80 schedule, good benefits package

Inconvénients

opportunity for career growth slim to none unless highly favored by management - could take years to get the promotion and pay you deserve, a lot of favoritism and politics - have to know how to play the game, pay is awful in comparison to competitors and other companies, lot of managers micromanage and lack the soft skills required to lead a team, no work life balance at all - they expect you to work like a slave... even your weekends, management make promises and guarantees just to hush you up and never follow through on anything, new hires advance and get more opportunities (assignments abroad) lately than employee with 8-10 yrs of experience that actually know the work processes, if family already employed there you're good - they'll create a role for you even though you have zero experience or even lack a degree in that area e.g. engineering, those that take field assignment for 1st 3 years with company come back to U.S. and are made supervisors and receive bump in pay SMH

Conseils à la direction

Take some time to focus on the mid-career employees with 5-10 yrs of experience by offering them opportunities to advance, go out to the field, even the WOMEN. Scratch the ranking system, actually give raises based on documented annual review, not just from someone's opinion of you. Increase budget for education reimbursement program. Actually take the time to converse with employees that don't sit on the 7th floor.... Scratch the "Great Place to Work" initiative, you obviously saw employees were unhappy or that you were doing something wrong to roll out this initiative, so now management is trying to be friendly hosting these "Get to know the manager" meetings, but just stop, it's all fake.

Avantages

They do have a well written mission, value statements. The office is a lake, much needed to breathe

Inconvénients

If you're not of a certain race, and want to continue your successful career as an engineer, you just ruined it by joining Bechtel and its affiliates. I haven't seen a worse environment of politics. Employees are ugly on the outside and the inside is even uglier. They hired few older process engineers and got rid of them within 3 months (Both suffered emotionally and 1 had a heart attack). It's harsh corporate... private company. They replace people always. Bechtel family work among employees in a sneaky way and big brother the employees. All the employees are emotionally scared that work inside, that the admin gets mad if you request a pen. No leadership and your boss is follower of old way of thinking. They rarely have any projects to clock hours to and managers always protecting themselves on someone's else behalf and likely it's going to be you. They don't teach anything at all. Lastly, save some of the money to sue!!

Conseils à la direction

Balance between employees and management.

Avantages

The focus of the company is on good engineering, with good resources and excellent engineering checking/ quality control. The company as a whole is stable, though individual business lines may rise and fall, leading to layoffs if you're not willing to move to work on a new project. The business is organized with a discipline chief engineer structure to oversee the development of individuals as well as a project... management structure to oversee the engineers' day to day work. This gives role clarity, as well as a clear path to develop your career. This job gave me a solid foundation for my career.

Inconvénients

Bechtel is huge and slow moving. Bechtel's focus is a little more towards engineer management and construction and a little more away from engineering these days. You may have to move geographically periodically to stay with the company.

Conseils à la direction

Not that I regret leaving Bechtel for my present position, but I would have stayed with Bechtel indefinitely if I could have stayed in the SF Bay area.

Avantages

Very intelligent people to work with.You will gain loadz of experience

Inconvénients

The general cons of an EPC company.layoffs when there are no projects.