Senior Expediting Inspection Coordinator

Salary: €58,000 monthly

Azienda: The Wood Group

Tipo Lavoro: Full Time

Location: Corsico (Milan)

Work arrangement: Hybrid – possibility to work from home up to two days per week.

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Expediting and Inspection Coordinator to join its Projects – Process and Chemical team focusing on post order activities of complex plants in the Chemical, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical and Energy industries. The position will be based in Corsico (Milan) office, with the possibility to work from home up to two days per week.

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The Senior Expediting and Inspection Coordinator oversee and manages the activities of the expediting team and will be the main contact for all expediting activities, both at the desk and shop levels.

You will be working for major international clients in the energy market and material market, and you will be part of a team results focused that will provide technical solutions.

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across chemical, petrochemical, oil&gas and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Compensation –details provided at the end of the job advert
• Benefits package; Free shuttle bus from Metro station to the office, company canteen, biannual free medical check-up, free company parking, extra-working accidents insurance
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

The key objectives for this role are:

• Oversee and manages the activities of the expediting team
• Be the main contact for all expediting activities, both at the desk and shop levels
• Participate in meetings during the pre-award phase and provides input to the Project Supply Chain Manager regarding supplier evaluation
• Prepare a comprehensive expediting plan, assigning criticality levels to all purchase orders and identifying the critical path purchase orders that require specific expediting plans
• Assign purchase orders to Desk Expeditors and regularly reviews their performance
• Review and approve the use of third-party expediting and inspection resources
• Coordinate and facilitate expediting activities between different disciplines within the project
• Agree on the format, frequency, and ownership of project expediting status reports
• Review and reassess the criticality levels of purchase orders to ensure they align with project priorities
• Attend regular engineering review meetings to prioritize specific data requirements and ensure appropriate actions are taken by the expediting team
• Serve as the first point of escalation for purchase orders experiencing poor performance and are responsible for implementing strategies and corrective actions to mitigate delivery slippages
• As needed, attend shop visits to critical path suppliers, supporting ongoing expediting activities
• Provide a single point contact to manage the interface between the Client and Wood for all matters relating to the inspection
• Prepare and issue Source Inspection Plan and Procedure, including Inspection and Test Instruction to Vendors, set-up and update inspection files
• Review all direct purchase orders and Vendors’ suborders against material requisition and job specifications to determine if inspection is required and develop an equipment list for inspectable items
• Define the Level of Inspection for all inspectable items by the Criticality Rating assigned to the specific commodities included in the Material Requisition
• Ensure that dedicated Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) will be prepared by Vendor as minimum for each equipment and materials
• Schedule and supervise the review of Vendor's ITP and inspection procedures by Inspectors
• Ensure that notification of readiness for inspection marked-up as “Witness” and “Hold” on the ITP will be prepared by Vendor and issued to Wood
• Co-ordinate execution of Inspections through assigned Wood Inspectors and/or agency Inspectors
• Maintain an efficient inspection program on Vendor supplies