Field Procurement Manager

Bechtel Corporation•,

1d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will manage project procurement personnel in all operations for a project. You will participate with the project management team in defining and developing the scope of work, and in preparing and coordinating procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets. You will ensure procurement operations comply with corporate, business unit and project requirements. This position may be based at project sites in or near Lake Charles, LA, Port Arthur, TX or Brownsville, TX.

Requirements

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience
Experience with and knowledge of field procurement operations, particularly pertaining to procurement operations at temporary operating and job site locations, including, purchasing, inspection, expediting, traffic and logistics, and field materials management.
Skilled in the supervision of personnel and all aspects that are involved with total personnel administration, such as requisitoning, interviewing, annual reviews, development and monitoring of mandatory training course completion, career discussions and development.
Skilled in oral and written communications
Manage a large field procurement operation at a job site and operations involving mutiple temporary support locations and job site office. Experience in management of multiple field procurement disciplines on large complex projects.

Responsibilities

Participates with the project team on a small to medium sized project in defining and developing the scope of Procurement work, and in preparing and coordinating Procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets
Contributes Procurement input to the preparation and/or modifications of the project’s prime contract
Prepares and/or directs preparation of commercial terms and conditions for use on all project purchase documents, ensuring that requirements of the prime contract are incorporated
When assigned by the global business unit Manager of Supply Chain, prepares, coordinates, and submits Procurement input to business development proposals, soliciting input from global business unit and Corporate Procurement personnel as necessary
Develops, coordinates, and makes Procurement presentations to project and/or Customer personnel
Prepares or directs preparation of the project Procurement procedures in conjunction with global business unit and Corporate functional management; contributes to the project procedures; monitors the Procurement team’s implementation of the project procedures; revises procedures and secures approvals as necessary
Manages the development of the Supply Chain Assignment Schedule and the division of responsibility
Coordinates Procurement execution plan with Engineering and Construction plans and operations to ensure that input from these disciplines will enable Procurement to perform its functions in accordance with project plans
Plans and directs the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including destaffing, settlement of claims and back-charges, and resolving punch list items assigned to Procurement
Subject to required approvals, makes presentations to units of Bechtel, Customers, supplier organizations, or trade associations