Field Material Controller

About the role

Your impact At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures, we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing facilities that are changing our world. Your role as a Field Material Controller will involve managing materials and equipment for these projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of material control processes, procedures, and tools, basic procurement principles and practices, techniques of ensuring task completion, project delivery processes, and supplier relationship expectations
• Utilize established policies, procedures, systems, and tools
• Review Shipment Release Request related Supplier documentation and ensure that Shipment Authorizations are approved in accordance with terms and conditions agreed within the purchase order and the Material Control Execution Plan
• Advise stakeholders how to create & initiate shipment releases and help them in understanding the overall shipment authorization process
• Administer Material Receiving Reports (MRRs), Material Issue Requests (MIRs) and Over shipment / Under shipment / Damaged Reports (OS&Ds)
• Maintain a register of Materials requiring preservation activities to be performed
• Evaluate facts surrounding material control related problem areas and apply remedies to resolve them
• Maintain material control documentation in a repository
• Identify and advise management of material control related risks
• Participate in the coordination of OS&D resolution
• Work under close supervision. No direct reports or supervision responsibilities
• Cook up and coordinate material control activities with project or departmental personnel

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, construction, supply chain, operations management, or equivalent project experience
• 2-5 years of experience in capital equipment material control is preferred
• 2+ years of hands-on site experience within complex, large-scale construction environments
• OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate. OSHA 30 preferred
• Experience in Advanced Manufacturing (or related industry) projects is ideal
• Experience using MS Office tools, including intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills
• 2+ years of experience using Materials Management software &/or Enterprise Purchasing Systems, including hands-on expertise with inventory control and procurement processes (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Smart Materials)
• An expressed interest in pursuing a career in Construction Management or Procurement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work and thrive in a team environment
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills
• A drive to solve complex and challenging problems
• Ability to work on-site in Saint Francisville, LA

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Interest in pursuing a career in Construction Management or Procurement
• Experience in Advanced Manufacturing (or related industry) projects is ideal
• Experience using MS Office tools, including intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills
• 2+ years of experience using Materials Management software &/or Enterprise Purchasing Systems, including hands-on expertise with inventory control and procurement processes (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Smart Materials)
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills
• Ability to work on-site in Saint Francisville, LA

Skills

• Basic knowledge and understanding of materials management concepts, principles and practices
• Techniques of ensuring task completion
• Project delivery processes
• Supplier relationship expectations

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• The ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• Deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
• U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy
• Seven paid holidays
• caregiver leave
• Additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock

Pay

$61,700.00 to $84,800.00

Schedule

Hybrid working policy, allowing employees to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.