Material Planner

Requisition ID: 296201

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family

• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework

• Work Location: Houston, TX

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Project Overview:

Bechtel's Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. 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:

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

• Follows a strict set of 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

• Assists 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 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of Bechtel or other Engineering Contractor's work processes, procedures and administrative practices and has experience of applying these.

• Understanding of engineering planning and control methods including computerized methods.

• Experience with tools necessary to manage, order and track material deliveries (excel, access).

• Understanding of the roles played by other departments on projects.

• Experience of Civil/Architectural/Structural or Piping materials and ordering/storage/usage of the materials.

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