Job Overview:
The Senior Principal Package Management Spec is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that broadly impact the business. They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. The Senior Principal Package Management Spec is considered a specialist in Package Management and offers a broad base of knowledge about the Supply Chain function. The Senior Principal Package Management Spec impacts the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and works within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Package Management Spec role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Package Management challenges.
ResponsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Functionally, report to Area Package Management Lead On project, reports to SCM Lead & dotted line to PM
- Drive Engineering, Supply Chain, QHSES & Supplier to deliver the package on schedule & budget
- Take full delivery ownership of critical, high-value POs or Subcontracts
- Interface across various functions to identify and resolve bottlenecks and delays
- Act as a point of contact for communications with vendors with a focus on delivery
- Identify, document, quantify, escalate, and manage risk related to package delivery
- Maintain accurate accounting of package cost, commitments, changes, and forecast
- Arrange and attend periodic status meetings with vendors and clients as required
- Liaise with project planning to provide reporting and updates on the delivery schedule
- Develop and maintain contingency planning and lessons learned
- Ensure timely handover of vendor documentation
- Enforce Management of Change process and Project Change Notices (PCNs)
- Identify talented individuals to join the package management discipline
- Investigate technologies & processes that increase productivity/schedule confidence
- Interact with the client as agreed to with the project management team
- May be tasked with Process ownership for Package Management body of knowledge
- May be responsible for managing multiple package managers
- Assigned the largest, multi-discipline Project Packages at the discretion of the function & project
- Act as the Formal point of contact for all communications with assigned Package Vendors after the PO award
- Overall responsible for the delivery of all assigned engineered packages through the project life cycle
- Established key progress measurements on the package to ensure focus is maintained on key engineering deliverables, issue of long lead procurement, tracking of sub-orders, manufacturing, and testing
- Establish & maintain relationships with the Client & Vendors
- Ensures that the Prime Contract is correctly administered, including the agreement to the variations
- Manage Vendors/Suppliers to ensure that no delays or schedule/cost overruns occur, and where such impacts are identified, shall inform the project and assist in detailing actions to mitigate the event
- Manage escalation process within the greater organization, including category management and functional management team
- Manage all commercial Interfaces and ensure all parties are informed, issues recorded, communicated and closed
- Ensure compliance with the Contract to deliver assigned packages
- Monitors and manages the delivery risk profile & mitigation measures with assistance from relevant departments
- Oversee the planning, performance, and resource allocation of Package team personnel throughout the project
- Drive the resolution of issues or conflicts between departments or the client on designated packages
- Liaise across project functions and relevant discipline engineers to ensure the timely issue and completion of all necessary deliverables that impact package delivery
- Monitor costs (actual + forecast) against budget costs continually
- Ensuring the delivery of the critical package activities adheres to the requirements of the Quality Management System
- Manage formal correspondence and oversees the control of all related correspondence
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure that company guidelines on safety and environmental issues are passed on to the supplier, understood, and adhered to
- Provide leadership and commitment to HSES matters within the project
- Ensure the handover of vendor information as required by the Engineering schedule
- Ensure that all delivered products are fit for purpose per client requirements
- Ensure that project execution processes are adhered to, from the preparation of procedures, readiness reviews, and task plans to the execution
- Arranges and attends meetings with Client & Vendors
- Overseeing contingency planning and lessons learned for the delivery scope
- Liaise with project planner and fabrication team reporting and updating against baseline delivery dates and advising project management of any anomalies
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management (or a relevant discipline)
- 10-16 years of relevant experience
- Well-versed in the prime and vendor contractual obligations
- Substantial commercial, technical, and business acumen, written and & verbal communication skills
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a relevant discipline
- 10-16 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of prime and vendor contractual obligations
- Substantial commercial, technical, and business acumen
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
McDermott International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials cite a minimum of 23 PTO days and 14 paid holidays, indicating a broad leave offering. Paid time off and holidays are positioned as a comparative strength within the package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Field and offshore roles often include overtime, per diems, and project allowances that can materially increase earnings. These extras are a notable component of total compensation in project-driven roles.
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McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. From concept to commissioning, our expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. It is called the “One McDermott Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 40,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.
