Principal Package Specialist - EPCI

Mc Dermott; Dubai; On-site; AED 312,480 - 502,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to international suppliers

Strengthen commercial and technical experience

Work on high-value projects

Job summary

Mc Dermott is seeking a Principal Package Specialist to oversee EPCI package delivery in Dubai, UAE. This senior role entails managing purchase orders and subcontracts while ensuring compliance with quality, cost, and schedule requirements.

The ideal candidate should have 8-12 years of experience in project management and a strong understanding of EPCI phases. This position emphasizes effective communication and stakeholder coordination to deliver high-value projects successfully.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, package management, or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of project phases from Engineering, Procurement, Construction, to Installation.
• PMP or Professional Engineer certification is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchase orders and subcontracts from planning through execution.
• Ensure packages are delivered within budget and schedule.
• Track package costs and provide accurate outlooks.

Skills

Package management

EPCI project delivery

Supply chain coordination

Purchase order management

Subcontract management

Supplier performance tracking

Commercial correspondence

Cost forecasting

Schedule control

Risk and opportunity management

QHSES compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management

Job description

Principal Package Specialist – EPCI

Location: Dubai, UAE

Industry: Oil and Energy; Function: Supply Chain; Experience: 8–12 years; Job Type: Full-time

Salary: 28,000–45,000 (estimated)

Gender: Any; Candidate Nationality: Any

Role Overview

Principal Package Management Specialist in Dubai, UAE is a senior EPCI package delivery role focused on managing purchase orders, subcontracts, supplier performance, cost control, schedule alignment, commercial coordination, and QHSES compliance. This role leads complex packages from award through execution, manages risks and opportunities, coordinates stakeholders, and provides executive-level progress visibility to project leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned purchase orders and subcontracts from early planning through execution, delivery, closeout, and lessons learned.
• Ensure packages are delivered within approved budget, schedule, quality, safety, environmental, security, and project requirements.
• Maintain clear communication with the Project Management Team and provide accurate short-term and long-term package outlooks.
• Identify package risks, opportunities, mitigation actions, contingency plans, and recovery measures throughout execution.
• Track package costs, commitments, changes, forecasts, bid basis, actual performance, and commercial exposure.
• Coordinate with Project Controls to align cost forecasts, schedule priorities, progress updates, and reporting requirements.
• Review required-on-site dates with schedulers and support priorities for installation work packages or advance work packages where applicable.
• Interface with suppliers, subcontractors, engineering, supply chain, QHSES, construction, installation, commissioning, joint venture partners, clients, and end users.
• Arrange and attend progress meetings, kick-off meetings, PIMs, supplier reviews, client meetings, and other key package coordination sessions.
• Manage formal correspondence with suppliers, clients, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee day-to-day package processes, resolve technical and commercial bottlenecks, and ensure the right stakeholders are involved at the right time.
• Enforce management of change requirements, project change notices, contractual flow-downs, and variation administration.
• Manage documentation priorities between suppliers, McDermott, and clients to support cost-effective and schedule-driven delivery.
• Review key documents including technical bid evaluations, commercial bid evaluations, purchase orders, supplier data, and package execution records.
• Oversee team planning, resource allocation, package performance, and stakeholder alignment during project execution.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a relevant discipline.
• 8–12 years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, package management, manufacturing, supply chain, or related EPCI project environments.
• Strong understanding of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation project phases.
• Practical knowledge of package execution, supplier coordination, procurement workflows, expediting, logistics, material management, and post-award activities.
• Commercial understanding of contracts, purchase orders, variations, commitments, supplier correspondence, and project change control.
• Familiar with the requisitioning process from bid stage, clarifications, purchase order award, execution, receiving, and commissioning support.
• Strong awareness of QHSES requirements and the ability to ensure compliance across package activities.
• Proactive in identifying risks and opportunities related to quality, safety, budget, delivery, and schedule.
• Strong leadership style with the ability to engage shop-floor teams, project teams, suppliers, clients, and executive management.
• Excellent written, verbal, negotiation, reporting, and public speaking skills.
• Willing to travel to supplier shops, offices, headquarters, job sites, laboratories, and other project-related locations when required.
• PMP or Professional Engineer certification is an advantage.

Skills Set

• Package management
• EPCI project delivery
• Supply chain coordination
• Purchase order management
• Subcontract management
• Supplier performance tracking
• Commercial correspondence
• Contract flow-down administration
• Cost forecasting
• Schedule control
• Risk and opportunity management
• Management of change
• Project change notices
• Technical bid evaluation
• Commercial bid evaluation
• Expediting coordination
• Logistics coordination
• Material management
• QHSES compliance
• Stakeholder management
• Executive reporting
• Supplier meetings
• Contingency planning
• Lessons learned

Why Join Us

• Manage high-value EPCI packages that directly influence cost, schedule, quality, and project delivery outcomes.
• Work closely with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, suppliers, clients, and project leadership across complex energy projects.
• Strengthen commercial, technical, and leadership experience in a global Oil and Energy project environment.
• Gain exposure to international suppliers, job sites, subcontractors, and strategic package execution decisions.