Senior Materials Planner - Bulk Material Management (NMD)

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is seeking to expand its decades long relationship with Reliance by providing Project Management Consultant (PMC) Services and Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Services for offsites and utilities (OSBL) for a multi-billion-dollar upgrade / expansion of existing petrochemical facilities in India. Reliance plans to augment its existing petrochemical facilities in Dahej, Gujarat, and Nagothane, Maharashtra, to expand its PVC capacity. The PMC Services will be led out of India with personnel deployed in Mumbai region, the project sites in India, as well as several key contractor locations across India. The EPCM Services for OSBL will be led out of Bechtel’s India offices. The positions on the project will start as assignment in Nagothane.

Job Summary:

The Field Planner- Bulks is responsible for supporting the Lead Field Planner AND Bulk Materials Manager with planning and scheduling for the jobsite; schedule development, maintenance, monitoring and recovery planning; 3-week and 90-day lookaheads; subject schedule development; assimilation of reports and general support activities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop and coordinate quantity estimates using parameters for all bulk commodities.
• Performs routine data analysis and development, as directed.
• Assists in investigating requirements for estimating bulk materials data.
• Support in the implementation of the project Integrated Materials Management Program, and monitor its execution across Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Controls and Construction.
• Coordinate the project plan for identifying bulk materials with Engineering, along with information and data that will be exported from Engineering automation tools to downstream Supply Chain, Construction, and Project Control systems
• Monitor acquisition progress for items on the equipment list for completeness, progress, and that requisition issue dates support project detail schedules.
• Establish and facilitate coordination with commodity-specific functions in Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, and Project Controls, ensuring adherence to execution plan and performance in the right sequence, and material availability in support of installation plans.
• Monitor data integration execution for consistency with plan and that exchange timing support the project requirements.
• Prepare commodity-specific cross-functional reports communicating acquisition progress identifying issues requiring attention or escalation.
• Interface between Construction and Supply Chain to identify and acquire goods and establish delivery dates for material requirements resulting from design changes, rework, contingency/work arounds, scope changes.
• Monitor Supply Chain reports and activities to ensure that purchasing and expediting activities are executed effectively to maintain milestone schedule dates.
• At jobsite locations, provide detailed coordination with Field Engineering, acting as a liaison to upstream Engineering functions, design office Supply Chain functions, and suppliers and subcontractors, as necessary, to facilitate timely delivery of materials to support planned installation.
• Determines work sequences for a specific discipline or specialty. Identifies inter-discipline constraints or interfaces that define activity sequence. Works with the performing organizations and units to determine information requirements in support of milestone events and project needs. 
• Reports schedule deviations for an assigned discipline or specialty and recommends corrective action/work around solutions for project considerations.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• University/B.S degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Construction Management
• The ideal candidate will have commensurate years of field material planning experience

Additional Information:

This position has responsibilities that include exposure to changing environmental, construction and operational conditions. Working at a Construction site may involve the following (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 for short periods of time. Candidate must be able to use standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Candidate may be required to initially mobilize to a Home office location and eventually to the jobsite.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be proactive in determining project direction and communicating that direction to the supervisor.
• Must have an advanced working knowledge of Excel and advanced knowledge the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Intermediate knowledge of Primavera (P6), TeamWorks, and SetRoute.
• Knowledge of standard industry automation tools used in construction planning. 
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and interact with team members effectively & positively in a collaborative team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve in high pressure situations.
• Experience in planning supporting a Downstream Petrochemical/Refinery projects in the Americas, India or Middle-East.
• Experience in planning supporting a PMC project.

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