Expeditor II

Expeditor II
Omaha, NE 68114
6 Months - Contract
 
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Expeditor II is responsible for driving and tracking all pre-delivery document submittals in accordance with the contract and project schedule. Drive improvement in Suppliers on-time delivery performance by prioritizing outstanding supplier documents. This includes expediting new, missing or returned documents from the supplier and/or Engineering. Conduct weekly analysis on supplier documentation performance to improve on poorly performing suppliers. Participate in weekly Engineering call to provide updates and status of document submittals. Participate in weekly Project Expediting meeting to ensure submittals are received for Engineer review and returned to vendor per the schedule. This role requires an individual with good communication, problem solving skills and must use your own initiative to source and close document submittal issues. Identify and escalate ongoing supplier documentation issues to the Project Expeditor and/or the Expediting Manager. The Expeditor II role emphasizes a proactive, systematic & standardized approach which aggressively pursues all available courses of action to detect and avert delays to the contractual delivery date stated within the contract. Provide detailed updates to all stakeholders on the status of supplier document submittals. To provide effective document expediting support and co-ordination for the Engineering and Construction Teams. Dependent upon project requirements other tools or systems may be used to support Expediting efforts. Additional responsibilities will include meeting agenda preparation, publishing meeting minutes and misc. expediting functions as required to support the project.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Perform all Expeditor duties in accordance with the Project Expediting Standard Operating Procedure for the project in which assigned with focus on Documents as defined above.
Run Expediting calls with suppliers and project team to support assigned packages and Document status.
Provides updates to the project team on deliverables according to the contract to support Advanced Work Packaging.
Attends weekly project meetings.
Performs expediting activities associated with ensuring on-time delivery of equipment/material and documentation.
Could be required to embed in fabrication facility or jobsite as required
Travel required up to 25% of time for home office positions

QUALIFICATIONS
High School Diploma or GED
1-3 years relevant work experience
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Windows, Excel, Outlook, Word, etc).
Critical thinking skills/problem solving skills to Plan and perform work where only general policies or procedures are available
Experienced communicator with effective verbal and written communication that allows for relationship and rapport building
Ability to work independently with minimal direction
Ability to recognize timelines and deadlines to prioritize work accordingly

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate or bachelor's degree
2-5 years of relevant experience
Expediting experience in large industrial construction project
Experience leading and managing others
Experience/Working knowledge of Oracle
Intermediate to Advance knowledge of working with Microsoft Office Suite (Windows, Excel, Outlook, Word, etc)