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Bechtel Corporation Senior Expeditor in Houston, Texas

Requisition ID: 276941

  • Relocation Authorized: None

  • Telework Type: Part-Time Telework

  • Work Location: Houston, TX

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report .

Project Overview:

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

Performs expediting activities on a project, in a support office, or at a jobsite to ensure the timely delivery of materials and equipment to meet project needs. . #LI-AM3

Major Responsibilities:

  • Contacts suppliers to obtain timely submission of engineering data and to follow-up on material acquisition, production progress and shipment.

  • Evaluates production schedules and progress reports from suppliers to determine if their programs and work progress meet jobsite requirements.

  • Compiles data needed to prepare the critical items reports or other supplementary reports as required. Coordinates theaccumulation of data from project expediters and issues reports for the expediting group.

  • Coordinates with planning and scheduling, field material coordinators or jobsite project expeditors and construction to establish priorities, sequences and required delivery dates and instructs suppliers accordingly.

  • Expedites Bechtel engineering for the timely review, approval and return of engineering data submitted by suppliers.

  • Represents expediting at project team meetings.

  • Maintains a working file of expediting related documents and memoranda of conversations to record expediting activities.

  • Maintains a system to initiate follow-up actions at appropriate times.

  • Provides information for area expediting assignments for prime and suborders as necessary.

  • Monitors outstanding area expediting assignments, reviews expediting reports, and takes corrective action on problems identified in the reports.

  • Updates Bechtel Procurement System (BPS) and Supplier Performance Database (SPD) in a timely manner.

  • Obtains copies of supplier’s orders for material, performs sub-supplier expediting, where necessary, and works closely with supplier quality representatives to ensure awareness of materials subject to quality performance and their locations of manufacture.

  • Participates in pre and post-award meetings to review and discuss schedules and potential problem areas that may impact required shipment dates.

  • Coordinates shipping arrangements or tracking requests with the project traffic representative.

  • Reviews material receiving reports against shipping documents to verify that material has been received at jobsite. Assists interacting missing material.

  • Subject to project requirements, monitors the issuance of material requisitions, and other project and procurement actions affecting material deliveries.

  • Supports Project Expediting Supervisor in reporting to Project or Client, attending meetings, and other roles and responsibilities as needed or required. Provides assistance, support and training to Expediting team as needed or required.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ability to work with engineering, construction and the other procurement team members.

  • Good understanding of production methods and stays abreast of all supplier fabrication steps.

  • Provides early warning to the Expediting Supervisor of supplier deficiencies or schedule slippage.

  • Familiar with expediting points of order for pre-award and post-award meetings with suppliers.

  • Skilled in the use of Bechtel Procurement System (BPS) and the Supplier Performance Database (SPD) functions

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of engineers and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at bechtel.com/total-rewards.

Diverse teams build the extraordinary:

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.

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