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Position Summary:

Provides expertise, advice, and direction for project and field materials management activities to ensure the overall organizational effectiveness among all functions responsible for the materials management process.  Establishes policy and monitors and approves the development of execution plans involving automated and manual material management and inventory control systems.  Plans, directs, coordinates, and monitors personnel actions for material management staff.

Job Dimensions:

A.  Supervision Received

Reports to and receives operational direction from the Project Manager or designee.

Receives functional guidance from the global business unit Manager of Procurement.

B.  Supervision Exercised

Provides operational direction to personnel assigned to the project materials management group, both in the project and field offices.  Includes both materials coordination and materials planning specialists/supervisors.

C.  Contacts

Maintains direct working relationships with Project Management, Project and Field Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, Project and Field Procurement personnel, and the Customer to ensure mutual understanding, development, and attainment of objectives, plans, and requirements for materials management of the project.

Responsibilities:

Reviews the initial master schedule, detailed timing and sequence of each functional group, and actual progress of each group to confirm that materials meet required delivery dates.  Reviews any schedule revisions for impacts and participates in the development of contingency planning.

Ensures adherence to the project execution plan and that key activities are performed in the right sequence.

Coordinates the project plan for identifying major equipment and bulk materials with Engineering.  Identifies what information can be imported from Engineering programs, and that tag numbers are compatible with the automation program fields.

Ensures that items on the equipment list have been identified for requisition and purchase, and that requisition issue dates support project detail schedules.  Monitors Engineering progress in the preparation and issuance of material requisitions.

Issues the material responsibility matrix to reflect the agreed division of functional responsibilities for material activities among project, support, and field offices. 

Interfaces between Construction and Procurement to identify, requisition and establish delivery dates for material requirements resulting from design changes, rework, contingency/work arounds, scope changes, or materials missed in Engineering takeoffs.

Monitors Procurement reports and activities to ensure that purchasing and expediting are working effectively to maintain milestone schedule dates.

Reviews plans at the jobsite for adequacy of material warehousing, maintenance, control and handling.  Ensures efficiency of all material issue to Construction.

Coordinates with Construction and Field Procurement the plans for material identification, material availability in support of installation plans, and equipment requiring special handling at the site.

Formulates specialized training and career development programs necessary to assure that all assigned material management personnel are properly trained and qualified.

Prepares annual reviews regarding performance for assigned Material Planners and Coordinators.

Prepares or assists in the preparation of work hour estimates and organizational charts for the project and obtains management approval.  Establishes long-range personnel requirements and coordinates timely staffing of positions.  Monitors personnel utilization throughout the duration of the project.

Qualifications and Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and 13 years of related work experience

Additional Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of all procurement operations related to the management of materials at area, regional, temporary and jobsite office locations.

Advanced knowledge in Field Engineering and Construction activities, and knowledge of Standard Work Process Procedures related to materials management functions.

Advanced knowledge of all Engineering disciplines, the work process and the deliverables produced.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of applicable Bechtel policies, instructions, and Procurement procedures and guidelines.

Advanced knowledge and experience in the use of the Bechtel Procurement System (BPS), and related engineering and other project data systems that interface with BPS.

Prior experience in major global, direct hire and contract management projects, which include Engineering, Procurement and materials control activities.