Bechtel

Procurement Planner

Bechtel • $80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience
  • Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling
  • Strong knowledge of procurement, materials management, and logistics processes
  • Experience with procurement and materials management systems like DSCS and MAP
  • Proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and project reporting tools
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain procurement and materials management schedules using Primavera P6
  • Integrate project schedules across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and logistics activities
  • Establish schedule logic between engineering deliverables and project needs
  • Monitor procurement performance against project milestones and identify risks
  • Perform schedule analysis, including critical path evaluation and float analysis
  • Support development of mitigation strategies for procurement impacts
  • Prepare procurement status reports and management presentations

Benefits

  • Robust benefits to promote employee well-being
  • Programs to enhance company culture
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Time-off policies to recharge
  • Commitment to sustainable growth and legacy building
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 299166
  • Relocation Authorized: National - Family
  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
  • Work Location: Houston, TX


Project Overview:

Bechtel's Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world. #LI-SM2

Job Summary:

In this role, you will develop, maintain, and analyze procurement, materials management, and logistics schedules to support project execution objectives. You will collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Materials Management, Construction, Project Controls, suppliers, and client teams to ensure material and equipment deliveries align with project milestones and construction needs. You will provide schedule analysis, forecasting, progress measurement, and reporting to support timely procurement execution and material availability. #LI-SM2

Major Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain procurement, materials management, and delivery schedules using Primavera P6.
  • Integrate engineering, procurement, fabrication, expediting, logistics, and site delivery activities into project schedules.
  • Develop procurement execution plans and delivery sequences for equipment and material commodities.
  • Establish and maintain schedule logic between engineering deliverables, procurement activities, fabrication, delivery, and construction need dates.
  • Support development and maintenance of Level 3 and Level 4 procurement and materials management schedules.
  • Monitor procurement and delivery performance against project milestones and identify schedule risks, trends, and recovery opportunities.
  • Perform schedule analysis, including critical path evaluation, float analysis, forecasting, and what-if scenario assessments.
  • Support development of mitigation and recovery strategies to address procurement and delivery impacts.
  • Utilize procurement and materials management systems to support progress measurement, forecasting, material status tracking, and reporting.
  • Prepare schedule analyses, procurement status reports, milestone updates, and management presentations.


Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience


Required Knowledge and Skills:

  • Proficiency in Primavera P6 and a strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling principles.
  • Knowledge of procurement, materials management, expediting, logistics, and supplier delivery processes.
  • Understanding of engineering-to-procurement interfaces and construction-driven material delivery requirements.
  • Experience with procurement and materials management systems such as DSCS and MAP. DSCS supports procurement planning, procurement execution, materials management, logistics, and reporting activities across projects. [How-to-Req...ss-to-DSCS | SharePoint], [Command Ce...nt Planner | SharePoint]
  • Ability to perform schedule analysis, forecasting, progress measurement, and schedule reporting.
  • Proficiency with Excel, Power BI, and project reporting tools.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary project teams and external stakeholders.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience developing procurement, materials, or logistics schedules on EPC projects.
  • Experience supporting fabrication tracking, expediting, material availability planning, and supplier performance monitoring.
  • Experience supporting large manufacturing, semiconductor, life sciences, data center, or other industrial projects.
  • Familiarity with schedule impact analysis, recovery planning, risk analysis, and Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts.


Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

About Bechtel

Bechtel Corporation is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It is the largest construction company in the United States and the 11th-largest privately owned American company in 2018. Its headquarters are in the Reston area of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. Bechtel is a global engineering, construction, and project management company, and they are currently working on projects in over 40 countries. The company is organized into five global business units that specialize in civil infrastructure; power generation, communications, and transmission; mining and metals; oil, gas, and chemicals; and government services.
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