Senior Principal Package Management Spec

Role overview

Package delivery and coordination

• Own delivery of assigned engineered packages throughout the project lifecycle, including critical, high-value, and multidisciplinary packages.
• Coordinate engineering, supply chain, QHSES, suppliers, and project teams to deliver packages on schedule and within budget.
• Act as formal vendor contact after purchase order award and maintain relationships with clients and vendors.
• Track engineering deliverables, long-lead procurement, sub-orders, manufacturing, testing, and vendor documentation handover.
• Coordinate status meetings and report progress against delivery schedules and baseline dates.

Commercial, risk, and project controls

• Identify, document, quantify, escalate, and manage package delivery risks and mitigation measures.
• Track package costs, commitments, changes, and forecasts against budget.
• Administer prime and vendor contracts, variations, commercial interfaces, correspondence, and package contract compliance.
• Enforce Management of Change processes and Project Change Notices.
• Oversee package team planning, performance, and resource allocation; resolve cross-functional and client issues.

Quality, safety, and improvement

• Ensure execution follows quality management, safety, environmental, and project execution requirements and delivered products meet client requirements.
• Develop contingency plans, capture lessons learned, and investigate technologies and processes that improve productivity and schedule confidence.
• Support package management discipline development and may own its body of knowledge or manage multiple package managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a relevant discipline.
• 10–16 years of relevant experience.
• Well-versed in prime and vendor contractual obligations.
• Substantial commercial, technical, and business acumen, with written and verbal communication skills.