Senior Project Expeditor

Connect Energy; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading petroleum company in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Project Expeditor to manage complex tasks related to materials and equipment for projects. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience in the oil & gas sector, particularly within EPC environments. This role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to prioritize independently, and experience with project equipment. Competitive compensation is offered for this direct hire position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of overall experience in the oil & gas industry.
• Experience working in EPC O&G industrial is a must.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage expediting activities for materials and equipment.
• Resolve issues in coordination with vendors.
• Monitor project progress and maintain schedules.

Skills

Communication skills

Pressure management

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Senior Project Expeditor

Job Description:

A Petroleum Oil company in Abu Dhabi is currently looking to hire this role for their projects locally as well as overseas. This is a direct hire position where this role as a Senior Expeditor is responsible for high value and complexity tasks.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all expediting activities for material and equipment
• Manage issues and challenges relating to material and equipment to come out solutions and coordinate with vendors to solve the problems
• Ensure vendors Bill of Materials are submitted on time
• Issue critical item reports on weekly basis to summarize activities and status of orders
• Follow up with Company and vendors' engineering diligently to resolve issues
• Alert to management if there's any labour issues in plants
• Check drawings, engineering documents and other non material requirements that are necessary for the project to proceed with detailed engineering
• To perform field expediting
• Issue area assignments in order to follow or spot check certain materials
• Review area expediting reports for content, completeness, and appropriateness and ensure follow up action on items
• Initiate milestone completion certificate for progress and final payments
• Maintain an effective working relationship with all members in company and interfacing organizations
• Ensure that vendor's schedule includes time for disassembly, cleaning and preparation for shipment
• Participate in the overall vendor performance evaluation
• Achieve the target within given time
• Ability to prioritize independently
• Able to handle multi task and wok in fast paced office setting
• Evaluates production schedules and progress reports from suppliers to determine if their programs and work progress meet job site requirements
• Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems
• Prepares supplier evaluation reports for input into the Suppliers Information System.

Requirements

• Degree inEngineering
• MUST have experience working in EPC O&G industrial before.
• Minimum 6 years overall experience in oil & gas industry holding similar role, preferably in MNC environment
• Familiar with project equipment/material for major components/ usage
• Capability in identifying fabrication bottle necks and programs analysis to provide input and recommendation for better performance, knowledge and experience in overall materials procurement aspects, fabrication programs interpretation and analysis, progress verification and reporting, awareness to some familiarity with other fabrication aspects such as vendor's quality surveillance and shipping major related procedures and methods for projects in oil & gas chemical industries with multi interfaces with engineering and other involved disciplines
• Must be an excellent face to face and telephone communicator
• Work efficiently under pressure
• Ability to prioritize independently
• Strong written and oral interpersonal communication skills with the ability to build and supervision of established procedures
• Ability to achieve the target within given time
• Decisive, perceptiveness, dependability in carrying out the area assignments, responsive, flexible, analytical and organized with systematic work approach
• Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
• CANDIDATES WITH LESS THAN 6 YEARS EXPERIENCE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR A JUNIOR POSITION