Materials Coordinator

Bechtel; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel is leading a greenfield mining project in Australia, seeking a Senior Materials Planner to support material coordination and implement the Material Management Plan. You will liaise between Project and Field Procurement and Construction to ensure timely reporting of materials and delivery for work package installation.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 10–17 years of relevant experience, with strong leadership, strategic thinking, and end-to-end materials management skills.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree and 10–13 years of relevant experience or 14–17 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong leadership presence and accountability.
• Strategic and commercial thinking.
• Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) expertise.
• End-to-end materials management knowledge.
• Supply chain risk management capability.
• Customer-focused decision making.
• Ability to integrate Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, Warehousing, and Construction into a single execution strategy.

Responsibilities

• Implements the Material Management Plan and coordinates the specification, identification, and quantification of materials with Engineering and Construction for a large project.
• Follows guidelines to optimize the materials planning work processes for key material commodities.
• Ensures consistent material identification methodology and clearly defined responsibilities between project functions and the commodity work processes for efficient Purchase and Supply.
• Maintains direct working relationship with Project Controls, Discipline Engineers, Supply Chain, Automation Support and/or Construction Coordinator to ensure timely materials provision.
• Monitors Engineering and Supply Chain deliverable schedules to meet the construction schedule.

Skills

AWP expertise

End-to-end materials management

Supply chain risk management

Executive-level communication

Strategic/commercial thinking

Leadership presence

Cross-functional integration

Proactive, results-oriented

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Project Overview:

The Project is a greenfield mining, process, material handling and ship loading project with a focus on sustaining production, minimise environmental impacts, strengthen long-term relationships with neighbouring communities and foster local economic development.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will support material planning and/or material coordination for a large project site. Planning will include implementation of the Material Management Plan. Coordination will include serving as a liaison between Project and Field Procurement and Construction for accurate reporting of materials. Your efforts will ensure the site receives materials required for work package installation.

Major Responsibilities:

• Implements the Material Management Plan and coordinates the specification, identification, and quantification of materials with Engineering and Construction during the front-end execution activities in the project office for a large project
• Follows guidelines to optimize the materials planning work processes for key material commodities
• Ensures consistent material identification methodology and clearly defined responsibilities between project functions and the commodity work processes that allow for an efficient and economical Purchase and Supply process
• Identifies any “special” or potentially lengthy approval requirements that could impact the timely issuance of the key engineering deliverables that drive the materials work process
• Identifies, in coordination with Engineering, critical design drawings and data required from suppliers that may affect the timely issuance of other design deliverables, or are needed by Construction well ahead of material delivery
• Works with Engineering in implementing the project’s component numbering approaches, as required by sound materials management practices and the project Automation Plan, including tagged materials, bulk materials, and spares
• Verifies that material requisitions clearly identify required pay items and reflect a level of detail in which materials will be shipped and identified for storage and control prior to distribution to Construction for installation
• Assists in identifying out-of-sequence engineering deliverables or lengthy approval requirements that could impact the timely issuance of the key engineering deliverables that drive the materials work process
• Maintains direct working relationship with Project Controls, Discipline Engineers, Supply Chain, Automation Support and/or Construction Coordinator to ensure that construction personnel are provided with materials to support the completion of the construction work
• Monitors Engineering and Supply Chain deliverable schedules and ensures will meet the construction schedule

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong leadership presence and accountability.
• Strategic and commercial thinking.
• Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) expertise.
• End-to-end materials management knowledge.
• Supply chain risk management capability.
• Customer-focused decision making.
• Ability to integrate Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, Warehousing, and Construction into a single execution strategy.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive, results-oriented approach to project delivery.

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