Senior Expeditor

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is partnering with NextDecade to support their vision to provide the world access to lower carbon intensive energy with their Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in Brownsville, Texas. RGLNG is a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal situated on a 984-acre site on the banks of the Brownsville ship channel. The first phase of the RGLNG project consists of three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks and one marine berth. At full capacity, the five-train facility will have a production capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).
Brownsville, Texas is a city known for its diverse history, tradition, and rich culture. Located in the southernmost region in the beautiful state of Texas, lays Brownsville a rich, tropical oasis bordering the Rio Grande River and near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Brownsville embraces innovation, looks forward to the future and beyond!

Job Summary:

In this role, you will participate in the planning, staffing, and budgeting of project expediting operations. You will distribute workload, monitor assignments, evaluate production schedules and progress, and develop procedures. You will contact suppliers, initiate follow-up, monitor quality, and prepare supplier evaluations. Your planning and problem solving will ensure expediting operations meet project needs. #LI-CS1

Major Responsibilities:

• Participates in the planning, staffing, and budgeting of project and area expediting operations for small sized projects 
• Distributes workload to assigned project expeditors according to the experience and ability of the expeditor, the degree of complexity of the work and the urgency of the need for action 
• 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 suppliers’ programs and work progress meet jobsite requirements 
• 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 
• 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 Logistics representative 

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:

• Demonstrated experience in project or shop expediting for engineering and construction projects, with a strong understanding of procurement processes, supplier manufacturing activities, and material delivery requirements.
• Proficiency in evaluating supplier production schedules and progress reports, identifying risks to required delivery dates, and coordinating corrective actions and recovery plans with suppliers and project teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to discuss technical and production issues, resolve delivery concerns, and coordinate priorities across suppliers, engineering, construction, procurement, logistics, and supplier quality.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate expediting assignments, provide guidance to less experienced expeditors, and support workload planning, resource estimates, and expediting budgets.
• Proficiency in procurement and expediting systems and Microsoft Excel to maintain accurate status information, analyze supplier performance, and develop reports and metrics to support project decisions.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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