Field Expediting Supervisor

Bechtel•Town of Clay, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will supervise project expediting activities and lead and train a team to ensure timely delivery of supplier material and equipment to support the project schedule. You will review staffing, workloads, budgets, production schedules, and progress reports and forecast future staffing needs. Your recommendations will optimize operations and resource allocation, so project requirements are met.

Requirements

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience
Participates in the planning, staffing, and budgeting of project and area expediting operations for small sized projects
Distributes workload to assigned project expeditors according to the experience and ability of the expeditor, the degree of complexity of the work and the urgency of the need for action
Contacts suppliers to obtain timely submission of engineering data, and to follow-up on material acquisition, production progress and shipment
Evaluates production schedules and progress reports from suppliers to determine if suppliers’ programs and work progress meet jobsite requirements
Coordinates with planning and scheduling, field material coordinators or jobsite project expeditors and construction to establish priorities, sequences, and required delivery dates and instructs suppliers accordingly
Expedites Bechtel engineering for the timely review, approval, and return of engineering data submitted by suppliers
Participates in pre- and post-award meetings to review and discuss schedules and potential problem areas that may impact required shipment dates
Coordinates shipping arrangements or tracking requests with the project Logistics representative

Responsibilities

Supervises expediting activities on a small to medium size project
Directs activities of the project expeditors in ensuring delivery of supplier material, equipment, and technical data to support project schedule
Monitors suppliers’ performance and provides advice or direction to ensure compliance with policy, procedure, or guidelines
Coordinates actions with global business unit expediting and, where necessary, requests senior Supply Chain management aid to resolve the problems
Forecasts project staffing requirements and coordinates personnel assignments to meet these needs
Reviews material status reports, critical items reports, updates Bechtel’s Digital Supply Chain System (DSCS) and Supplier Performance Database (SPD) data to ensure that adequate accurate information is assembled and presented to the assigned project
Represents Expediting in project team meetings
Contacts suppliers to obtain timely submission of engineering data and to follow-up on material acquisition, production progress, and shipment
Evaluates production schedules and progress reports from suppliers to determine if suppliers’ programs and work progress meet jobsite requirements
Coordinates with planning and scheduling, field material coordinators, or jobsite project expeditors and construction to establish priorities, sequences, and required delivery dates and instructs suppliers accordingly
Expedites Bechtel engineering for the timely review, approval and return of engineering data submitted by suppliers
Participates in pre- and post-award meetings to review and discuss schedules and potential problem areas that may impact required delivery dates
Coordinates shipping arrangements or tracking requests with the project Logistics representative