Lead Expeditor - OGC Market

Kiewit • Houston, TX

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Expeditor is a senior individual-contributor role responsible for leading expediting responses when complex equipment, supplier performance issues, or manufacturing delays threaten project schedules. The role owns challenging supplier packages, evaluates recovery plans, and provides project and supplier leaders with evidence-based facts and options to improve delivery reliability. It combines manufacturing knowledge, schedule analysis, and supplier influence, while providing technical leadership and mentoring to other expeditors.

The position works within the approved project expediting framework and recommends changes to surveillance, escalation, and resources. Formal staffing, personnel management, and program governance remain with the designated lead or manager. The role is based in the Houston, Texas office and may also involve supplier-shop and project-site work, with locations and conditions varying.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in expediting, procurement, manufacturing, construction, or project supply chain, including substantial direct responsibility for complex supplier packages and delivery recovery; equivalent combinations of relevant training and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge detailed manufacturing schedules, analyze critical dependencies, and evaluate recovery options with suppliers and project teams.
• Experience verifying progress at supplier facilities and identifying material, capacity, labor, sub-supplier, and inspection constraints.
• Strong understanding of the interfaces among supplier documentation, engineering release, procurement, fabrication, testing, shipping, receiving, and closeout.
• Ability to influence supplier and project leaders, lead difficult delivery discussions, and clearly explain risk and recommended action.
• Sound commercial awareness, disciplined evidence management, and judgment about when a decision requires Contract Management, Engineering, Quality, or project leadership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, to analyze data and review reporting accuracy.
• Ability to use AI assistants and large language models (LLMs) to streamline and automate daily tasks, coach others in applying these tools, and validate outputs.
• Regular, reliable attendance; ability to work productively, meet deadlines, communicate and interact effectively and professionally, follow instructions and safety policies, and perform work safely and effectively.
• Ability to work at various locations and in varying conditions.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, construction management, business, or a related field; a degree is not required when relevant experience demonstrates the required capabilities.
• EPC experience with major engineered equipment, complex fabrication, international suppliers, or multiple tiers of supply.
• Experience reviewing detailed supplier schedules and using material management systems across different platforms and project workflows.
• Experience contributing to expediting plans, supplier performance reviews, or improvements to project reporting and work processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain contract-specific expediting plans within the approved project framework; manage complex, long-lead, or schedule-critical packages through engineering, manufacturing, shipment, receipt, and closeout.
• Contribute pre-award input on supplier schedule realism, reporting and document requirements, sub-supplier visibility, shop access, recovery expectations, and closeout deliverables for assigned high-risk packages.
• Challenge detailed supplier schedules, critical and near-critical dependencies, remaining durations, resource assumptions, and lower-tier commitments; reconcile supplier dates with contractual milestones and construction or commissioning needs.
• Lead reviews of supplier recovery plans, testing root causes, revised schedule logic, labor and shift assumptions, material availability, inspection readiness, and transport options; track recovery actions and escalate repeat misses.
• Plan and lead targeted shop-expediting visits with appropriate project approvals; verify physical progress, capacity constraints, critical materials, sub-supplier status, and evidence supporting promised completion dates.
• Resolve difficult delivery interfaces with Engineering, document control, Supplier Quality Surveillance, Logistics, and site teams; involve supplier leadership in escalations when commitments remain unsupported or unresolved.
• Present delivery-risk assessments with evidence, affected milestones, options, action owners, and decisions needed; recommend changes to package surveillance and expediting intensity through the project lead.
• Maintain reliable forecast history and prepare factual delay chronologies and milestone evidence for Contract Management; route requests for cost or schedule relief, changed scope, and commercial remedies to authorized decision-makers.
• Lead complex supplier performance reviews and follow corrective actions; coach expeditors in schedule analysis, supplier questioning, recovery follow-through, and report quality; use lessons learned to improve methods and data quality.
• Follow through on difficult receiving exceptions and incomplete final documentation so assigned packages reach closeout with complete records or an explicit transfer of remaining actions.
• Work during normal operating hours and work overtime and weekends as required.
• Follow applicable safety requirements and perform the essential duties of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

• Top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents.
• Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Life insurance.
• Disability plans.
• Retirement plans with matching.
• Generous paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed