Lead Procurement Engineer

Role scope

Procurement delivery

• Prepare internal procurement plans and procedures as needed; ensure contractor plans and procedures are submitted on time and review and approve them.
• Review contractor organization charts and verify that procurement teams have adequate resources.
• Monitor contractor compliance with contractual procurement and subcontracting obligations and project schedule requirements.
• Track procurement milestones, including enquiries, technical bid evaluations, award recommendations, purchase orders, subcontracts, expediting, inspection, shipping, and duty exemption requests.
• Ensure contractors maintain and submit current bid inquiry, procurement service, inspection and expediting, shipping, and spare-parts status reports.
• Process technical bid evaluations, award recommendations, vendor prequalification requests, duty exemption requests, letters of assistance, and related correspondence.
• Prepare company position papers, analyses, approvals, records, and control documents for procurement matters.
• Coordinate across FEED and EPC phases and maintain procurement status reports for management.
• Advise on procurement matters, recommend improvements, identify risks, and propose mitigations and execution plans.
• Monitor post-order contractor activities, coordinate daily with contractor procurement teams, and support timely review and approval of project documents.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent from an accredited university.
• At least 15 years of relevant Oil & Gas or petrochemical project experience, including at least 15 years with FEED/EPC projects.
• At least five years in a similar position on major Oil & Gas or petrochemical projects, managing a team of specialists and engineers.
• At least five years in a similar position on international Oil & Gas projects.
• Five or more years of GCC experience is preferred; ADNOC and offshore project experience is preferred.
• Experience on large and mega projects with international and multicultural teams is valued.
• Strong procurement knowledge, independent task execution, leadership, communication, interpersonal, and teamwork abilities are expected.

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