Lead Procurement Engineer

Scope

Planning and contractor oversight

• Prepare internal procurement plans and procedures when required; review and approve contractor procurement and subcontracting plans and procedures.
• Ensure contractors submit project plans and procedures on time, covering procurement, purchasing, expediting, inspection, shipping, packing, traffic, spare parts, and site material management.
• Review contractor procurement organization charts and ensure adequate resources for purchasing, expediting, inspection, shipping, and spare parts teams.
• Monitor contractor compliance with procurement and subcontracting obligations, project requirements, and project schedule.

Procurement execution and reporting

• Monitor procurement milestones, including plans, procedures, enquiries, technical bid evaluations, award recommendations, purchase orders, subcontracts, expediting, inspection, shipping, duty exemption requests, and progress reports.
• Monitor contractor procurement reports, including bid inquiry status, procurement service register, inspection and expediting, shipping status, and spare parts status.
• Review and process technical bid evaluations, award recommendations, vendor prequalification requests, duty exemption requests, letters of assistance, and other procurement correspondence.
• Prepare company position papers, analyses, approvals, records, and control documents for procurement and subcontracting matters.
• Monitor post-order expediting and shipping activities.

Team coordination and risk management

• Cooperate with project team members and other parties across FEED and EPC phases to support project and organizational goals.
• Maintain procurement and subcontracting status reports and provide regular status updates.
• Advise on procurement and subcontract matters, recommend solutions and improvements, and support timely review and approval of project documents.
• Keep management informed of procurement risks and provide mitigation and execution plans.
• Work daily with the contractor procurement team to maintain effective communication with the company; oversee the procurement department.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent from an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant oil and gas or petrochemical industry experience.
• At least five years in a similar position on major oil and gas or petrochemical projects, managing specialists, senior engineers, and engineers.
• Minimum 15 years of FEED/EPC project experience and minimum five years in a similar role on international oil and gas projects.
• ADNOC and offshore project experience are preferred.
• Experience on large and mega projects with international and multicultural teams; petrochemical and oil and gas experience is highly valued.
• Strong procurement knowledge, ability to execute independently, and ability to guide and advise on procurement matters.
• Able to interact with client, PMC, contractor, and EPC teams; strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player.