Field Procurement Manager

Requisition ID: 299894 | Relocation authorized: National (single) | Telework type: Full-time office/project | Work locations: Fairbanks Township, IN; Reston, VA | Salary range: $140,800 – $203,700 annually (based on market data; final offer determined by education, experience, and qualifications)

Project Overview

The Infrastructure GBU’s Renewables & Clean Power business line is executing the Maple Creek Combined Cycle Power Project, a new natural gas-fired generation facility designed to provide reliable, efficient, and flexible power generation to support growing energy demand. The project will be executed utilizing Bechtel’s proven Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) execution model, integrated digital delivery tools, and Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) processes to achieve safe, predictable, and efficient project delivery.

About the Role

The Project Field Procurement Manager (PFPM) leads Field Supply Chain activities for a combined-cycle construction project, including field purchasing, purchase order administration, expediting, supplier quality coordination, logistics, receiving, warehousing, inventory control, and surplus disposition. The PFPM develops and executes field procurement plans, staffing, budgets, procedures, systems, and controls to support construction, commissioning, cost, and schedule objectives. The role receives operational direction from the Site Manager, functional direction from the applicable Global Business Unit Supply Chain organization, and coordinates project-to-field interfaces with the Project Supply Chain Manager. The position will initially be based in the Reston, VA office to support preconstruction and project planning activities, followed by a long-term field assignment at the project site in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Responsibilities

• Lead Field Supply Chain operations in accordance with the Supply Chain IWPP, Procurement Management job architecture, Project Supply Chain Managers Guidebook, Field Supply Chain Guidebook, project procedures, the prime contract, and delegated commitment authority.
• Develop and maintain the field procurement and materials strategy, execution plan, staffing, budget, procedures, facilities, warehouse and laydown requirements, reporting, and mobilization and demobilization plans.
• Coordinate Supply Chain interfaces among the project office, jobsite, Construction, Field Engineering, Project Controls, Quality, Environmental Safety and Health, Finance, and suppliers.
• Direct field purchasing from requisition review through sourcing, commercial evaluation, negotiation, award recommendation, commitment, administration, and closeout.
• Ensure competition, sole-source actions, supplier qualification, due diligence, approvals, and commitments comply with applicable requirements and delegated authority.
• Manage purchase order administration, expediting, supplier performance, changes, invoices, claims, backcharges, delivery recovery, and commercial closeout.
• Coordinate supplier quality and logistics for field orders, including surveillance needs, shipment readiness, routing, site access, unloading, and delivery documentation.
• Manage receiving, inspection coordination, storage, preservation, inventory, traceability, material issue, shortage and damage resolution, security, and surplus disposition.
• Implement approved Digital Supply Chain System applications and maintain accurate procurement, delivery, inventory, cost, schedule, risk, and performance data and reporting.
• Identify and mitigate Field Supply Chain risks affecting safety, quality, cost, schedule, construction sequencing, commissioning, or turnover.
• Lead and develop Field Supply Chain personnel, establish priorities and accountabilities, and support audits, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.
• Plan and execute orderly field closeout, including final order reconciliation, equipment and tool disposition, surplus management, records archiving, and completion of procurement obligations.

Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in supply chain management, business, engineering, construction management, or a related discipline and 10–13 years of relevant experience; or 14–17 years of directly related experience.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of project procurement and Field Supply Chain practices, including purchasing, order administration, expediting, supplier quality, logistics, warehousing, inventory, and materials management.
• Working knowledge of the Supply Chain IWPP, Project Supply Chain Managers Guidebook, Field Supply Chain Guidebook, commitment authority, supplier qualification, competition, ethics, records retention, and project procedures.
• Strong understanding of EPC and combined-cycle construction sequencing, balance-of-plant materials, temporary facilities, tools and consumables, commissioning, and system turnover.
• Demonstrated ability to develop procurement strategies, staffing and work-hour plans, budgets, procedures, sourcing plans, warehouse plans, material controls, and closeout plans.
• Strong commercial acumen in requisitions, bid evaluations, award recommendations, purchase orders, terms and conditions, changes, invoices, claims, warranties, and related commercial instruments.
• Knowledge of supplier qualification, due diligence, risk assessment, performance management, recovery planning, and issue escalation.
• Proficiency with Digital Supply Chain System applications and the analysis of cost, schedule, inventory, supplier, logistics, and performance data.
• Effective leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills in a matrixed construction environment.
• Ability to work at an active construction site, manage changing priorities, and integrate environmental, safety, and health requirements into Field Supply Chain activities.
• Prior supervisory or management experience on an EPC construction project is required; field procurement leadership on a power generation or combined-cycle project is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Optional disability and supplemental insurance options
• Generous paid time off: 160 hours annually (accrued at 6.16 hours per pay period)
• Nine paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Discretionary bonuses
• Well-designed 401(k) plan with matching and profit-sharing components

Pay

Salary range: $140,800 – $203,700 annually (based on market data; final offer determined by education, experience, and qualifications).

Location & Schedule

Initial assignment in Reston, VA office for preconstruction and planning; long-term field assignment at the project site in Sullivan County, Indiana (Fairbanks Township). Full-time office/project work; relocation authorized nationally (single).