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Commercial Specialist
Bechtel · 🇺🇸 Lake Charles, LA
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 15 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 15 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Requisition ID: 298670 • Relocation Authorized: National - Accompanied • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project • Work Location: Lake Charles,LA Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects: 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; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report . Project Overview: Louisiana LNG is located approximately 11 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The project includes a mid-scale, mixed-refrigerant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River. There are five identical process plants. Each process plant consists of one gas pre-treatment unit, one condensate stabilization unit, and four Chart heavy hydrocarbon (HHC) removal and liquefaction groups. The facility will include associated utilities, refrigerant storage, three 235,000m3 full-containment LNG storage tanks, and three marine berths. Job Summary: The Commercial Specialist supports Commercial Management in the administration of the project's commercial management processes, helping to identify, assess, track, and report matters that may affect cost recovery, contract compliance, or commercial exposure. The role provides day-to-day support across commercial issue management, including subcontractor and supplier claims, owner claims, backcharges, Agreement Change Notices, trends, notices, entitlement issues, and other commercial matters. Working across disciplines, the Commercial Specialist helps ensure issues are captured early, assigned to the appropriate owner, supported by the right documentation, and progressed toward resolution or escalation. The role maintains visibility of key risks, deadlines, and action items throughout the project lifecycle, and is expected to work with a degree of independence within the priorities and direction set by Commercial Management. #LI-CS1 Major Responsibilities: • Maintain the project's commercial registers for claims, disputes, backcharges, notices, trends, and unresolved matters, and identify emerging issues that may result in cost growth, schedule impact, unrecovered cost, commercial exposure, or dispute risk. • Track owner, subcontractor, supplier, and internal commercial claims from identification through closeout, and support administration of subcontractor and supplier backcharges in accordance with project and corporate procedures. • Review and analyse contracts, change orders, project documentation, cost impacts, delays, and entitlement issues, and provide a reasoned assessment to support the project's position. • Build the evidential record for each issue, assembling correspondence, chronologies, and supporting documents, and identifying and closing documentation gaps. • Prepare clear, defensible claim narratives, briefing materials, and negotiation support, working with Legal and project teams. • Assess change-related documents for commercial impact, entitlement issu