Expediting Specialist

About the role

KBR is providing project management services for Sonangol's multi-billion-dollar Lobito Refinery Project in Angola, covering engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning. The Expediting Specialist acts as KBR's home-office expediting representative, working with the China-based project management team to fulfill KBR's contractual obligations to the owner. The candidate must be fluent in Chinese and English and interface with KBR's Houston home office and other global resource centers.

Key responsibilities

• Oversight of the EPC Contractor's procurement team, monitoring and tracking major equipment, minor equipment and bulk materials against purchase orders and maintaining schedule.
• Ensure the EPC Contractor follows expediting requirements, including approved vendors, guarantees and extended warranties, logistics, quality assurance, progress measurement, records and reporting.
• Review supplier deliverables and coordinate with engineering teams on the timely submission, review and return of technical documents and drawings.
• Validate material and equipment delivery schedules against the project schedule and flag gaps to the project controls and management teams.
• Monitor the material control system so that material location and status are tracked from purchase order to field receipt.
• Maintain purchase order files, documentation and records, and update expediting status reports in the Integrated Project Management System (IPMS).
• Use Documentum to track supplier data, engineering documents and drawing submittals.
• Support construction teams with overages, shortages, damaged materials and quarantined equipment, and assist Accounts Payable by verifying milestones and supplier invoices.
• Supervise assigned expediting personnel and collaborate with project management, engineering, construction and suppliers to mitigate schedule risks.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or 15+ years of directly related experience in lieu of formal education.
• 7+ years of directly related progressive experience.
• Fluency in Chinese and English.

Required skills

• Documentum
• Integrated Project Management System (IPMS)

What we offer

• Possible benefits such as a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off or flexible work schedule.
• Career advancement through professional training and development.