Field Procurement Manager

Bechtel Corporation; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a senior procurement leader for a Lake Charles, LA project. The role involves managing project procurement personnel, defining scope, coordinating procurement plans, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.

The incumbent will work with the project management team to develop budgets, forecasts, and schedules, and to support proposals and customer interactions. The position requires extensive experience in procurement leadership on large-scale projects,

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree and 13–19 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in managing managers, budgets, and project procurements.
• Ability to mentor and coach team members.
• Strong planning, scheduling, and governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Defines and develops the scope of procurement work on large projects.
• Prepares and coordinates procurement plans, schedules, estimates, and budgets.
• Ensures procurement operations comply with contracts and corporate requirements.
• Provides procurement input to proposals and customer communications.
• Directs development of project procurement procedures and related governance.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National - Accompanied
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Lake Charles,LA

Requisition ID: 299114

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Project Overview

Louisiana LNG is located approximately 11 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The project includes a mid-scale, mixed-refrigerant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River. There are five identical process plants. Each process plant consists of one gas pre-treatment unit, one condensate stabilization unit, and four Chart heavy hydrocarbon (HHC) removal and liquefaction groups. The facility will include associated utilities, refrigerant storage, three 235,000m3 full-containment LNG storage tanks, and three marine berths

Job Summary

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. .

Major Responsibilities

• Participates with the project team on a large 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
• Reviews evaluations with global business unit functional managers and the global business unit Manager of Supply Chain
• 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

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Experienced in managing the work efforts of managers, supervisors or professionals.
• Ability to mentor and coach less experienced team members.
• Ability to work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Experienced in establishing and adhering to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.

Additional Information: Work requires the physical ability to conduct field inspections including but not limited to: extensive walking in and around a construction site often in high heat and high humidity conditions, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, working on elevated platforms, working on uneven surfaces, and working in small or confined spaces. Some lifting may be required. Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).

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