Senior Expediting Specialist

Overview

Oversee expediting to ensure timely material/equipment delivery, manage suppliers and budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• supplier coordination
• material flow
• status reporting
• procurement system
• shipping clearance
• schedule monitoring

Tasks

-Coordinates with area expediting personnel assigned to perform project visits. -Coordinates priorities and delivery dates with planning, scheduling, and construction -Trains and orients new expediting personnel; provides on-the-job guidance -Reports to and receives operational direction from the project Expediting Supervisor. -Maintains relationships with suppliers at operational levels to monitor the progress of material and equipment orders. -Participates in pre/post-award meetings; coordinates shipping and customs clearance -Evaluates supplier schedules and progress; compiles critical items and status reports -At jobsite: liaises with office expediting staff, attends construction meetings, and ensures timely material flow -Receives functional guidance from the Expediting Manager. -Performs sub-supplier expediting and works with supplier quality representatives -Plans, staffs, and budgets expediting operations; monitors job-hours and costs -Contacts suppliers for engineering data, material acquisition, and shipment follow-up -Represents Expediting in project meetings and distributes workload to expeditors -Develops project-specific expediting procedures and prepares supplier evaluations -Verifies material receipt and assists in tracing missing items -Coordinates expediting activities with project management, project procurement, engineering, construction, startup, planning and scheduling, area expediting, and others assigned to the project team. -Maintains expediting files, follow-up systems, and updates procurement systems -Reviews expediting assignments and reports for accuracy and completeness -May at times provide work direction and supervision for Expediting Specialists -Expedites engineering reviews and approvals of supplier data

Requirements

• supply chain
• expediting
• logistics
• metrics
• 10+ years
• engineering degree

What You Bring

-Knows how to deal professionally with suppliers and project personnel. -Thorough understanding of Logistics and Supplier Quality processes. -Proficient in organizing tasks for completion by an agreed deadline. -Thorough understanding of equipment and material fabrication steps and methods. -Proficiency in monitoring supplier performance, back-charge procedures and the resolution of claims and disputes. -Good knowledge of general business practices and administrative procedures. -A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputed University. -Familiar with developing and tracking metrics -Capable of providing early warning to the Project Management of supplier deficiencies or schedule slippage. -Good oral and written communication skills regarding technical and production matters with both project and supplier personnel. -Proficient in interpreting schedules to ensure they are realistic, that required activities occur on time, and that interface between activities is maintained. -Familiar with how to develop expediting budgets. -Post-graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management preferred. 10+ years of industry experience including minimum 5 years in expediting functions.

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About Bechtel

-Operates across multiple sectors, including infrastructure, nuclear, security and environmental, oil, gas, chemicals, mining, and metals, as well as manufacturing, battery production and technology. -Significant presence in North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

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