Senior Expediting Tech - Procurement
Posted date [2026-07-07]
(ID: 47671)
McDermott is a global engineering and construction company delivering advanced solutions for the energy sector. The company focuses on transforming energy resources into essential products through innovative, technology-driven approaches across the full project lifecycle, from concept to decommissioning. With operations in more than 30 countries, McDermott combines a skilled workforce, specialized marine assets, and international fabrication capabilities to support large-scale energy projects. The organization plays a key role in developing efficient, reliable, and sustainable energy infrastructure worldwide.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Expediting Tech - ProcurementJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Expediting Tech - Procurement
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Experience: 1-6 years of relevant expediting, procurement, supplier coordination, or project support experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Expediting Tech - Procurement in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity for a detail-oriented expediting professional who can follow up with suppliers, track purchase order progress, support project delivery schedules, and coordinate material, equipment, documentation, logistics, and invoice-related requirements. This role is suited for a proactive candidate who can work with limited supervision, communicate confidently with suppliers and internal teams, and help ensure that project packages move forward without avoidable delays.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Salary: 10000-16000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please
confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Expediting Tech plays a practical role in protecting project schedules by ensuring equipment packages, materials, and supplier documentation are delivered in line with purchase order requirements. The position supports procurement, project, logistics, engineering, accounting, and supplier teams by keeping updates accurate, identifying delays early, resolving expediting issues, and escalating concerns when needed. Through timely reporting, supplier follow-up, and disciplined coordination, this role directly improves package visibility, delivery reliability, and the overall quality of procurement execution.
Key Responsibilities
* Expedite suppliers effectively to support timely delivery of equipment packages, materials, and related documentation required under purchase orders.
* Follow approved expediting procedures while tracking supplier progress, delivery commitments, documentation status, and project requirements.
* Review supplier project schedules and understand different levels of critical activities affecting package delivery.
* Communicate with suppliers in a confident, professional, and persuasive manner through both written and verbal follow-up.
* Prepare and issue daily and weekly expediting reports for assigned purchase orders and packages.
* Coordinate with internal departments to accelerate document review, approval, and return cycles.
* Enter consistent and timely updates into company systems so project teams have accurate visibility of package progress.
* Distribute expediting reports to project teams and suppliers to highlight progress, concerns, risks, and required actions.
* Follow up with sub-suppliers when necessary to support manufacturing progress, documentation completion, or delivery readiness.
* Work with project disciplines to address technical, documentation, schedule, logistics, or supplier-related expediting issues.
* Highlight and escalate delivery risks, supplier delays, documentation gaps, or unresolved concerns to the appropriate team members.
* Identify when field expediting visits are required and perform field visits to verify progress or resolve issues.
* Liaise with logistics teams to arrange transportation, shipment planning, and movement of materials or equipment.
* Coordinate and close out over, short, and damaged shipment issues in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
* Support timely resolution of supplier invoice issues and follow up with accounting teams regarding payment-related matters.
* Assist with purchase order closeout by ensuring documentation, delivery, invoice, and system requirements are completed.
* Maintain tactful, friendly, and confidential communication with project management teams, clients, suppliers, and sub-suppliers.
* Ensure meetings, investigations, follow-up actions, analysis, and support activities are completed thoroughly and properly documented.
* Share practical expediting knowledge with colleagues who have less experience and support consistent team performance.
Ideal Profile
* Associate’s degree, foundation qualification, HSD, GED, IGCSE, or equivalent education in a relevant discipline.
* 1-6 years of relevant experience in expediting, procurement support, supplier coordination, logistics coordination, project procurement, or materials follow-up.
* Experience working with purchase orders, supplier schedules, delivery tracking, expediting reports, and project documentation is preferred.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
* Ability to understand supplier progress, identify delays, and follow up actions until closure.
* Confident written and verbal communication skills for supplier coordination and internal reporting.
* Practical understanding of how procurement, engineering, logistics, accounting, and project teams interact during package delivery.
* Ability to work with limited supervision while maintaining accurate updates and timely reporting.
* Organized approach to tracking multiple orders, documents, issues, deadlines, and stakeholder actions.
* Professional attitude when dealing with suppliers, sub-suppliers, clients, and project management teams.
* Ability to handle atypical or infrequently occurring expediting problems using existing procedures and precedents.
* Strong attention to detail when updating systems, reviewing reports, closing issues, and supporting purchase order completion.
* Willingness to support field expediting visits when required by project or supplier conditions.
Skills Set
* Supplier expediting
* Purchase order follow-up
* Procurement coordination
* Equipment package tracking
* Materials delivery tracking
* Supplier schedule review
* Sub-supplier follow-up
* Expediting reports
* Project procurement support
* Document review coordination
* Document approval follow-up
* Logistics coordination
* Shipment coordination
* Transportation follow-up
* Over, short and damaged issue closure
* Supplier invoice issue follow-up
* Purchase order closeout
* Field expediting visits
* Delivery risk escalation
* Project team coordination
* Supplier communication
* Confidential communication
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Outlook
* Microsoft Access
* System updates
* Progress reporting
* Action tracking
* Oil and energy procurement
Why Join Us
This role offers strong exposure to project procurement and supplier expediting within a global oil and energy environment where timely delivery, documentation accuracy, and supplier follow-up are critical to project success. It is a valuable opportunity for candidates who want to strengthen their procurement coordination experience, support complex equipment and material packages, and work closely with project, logistics, engineering, accounting, and supplier teams.
About the Company
McDermott International, Ltd is a global engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and technology company serving the oil and energy sector. The company delivers offshore, subsea, onshore, and energy transition projects across the energy value chain. In Dubai, McDermott International, Ltd provides opportunities for professionals who want to support safe, efficient, and reliable project delivery through strong technical execution and disciplined procurement support.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Expediting Tech plays a practical role in protecting project schedules by ensuring equipment packages, materials, and supplier documentation are delivered in line with purchase order requirements. The position supports procurement, project, logistics, engineering, accounting, and supplier teams by keeping updates accurate, identifying delays early, resolving expediting issues, and escalating concerns when needed. Through timely reporting, supplier follow-up, and disciplined coordination, this role directly improves package visibility, delivery reliability, and the overall quality of procurement execution.
Key Responsibilities
* Expedite suppliers effectively to support timely delivery of equipment packages, materials, and related documentation required under purchase orders.
* Follow approved expediting procedures while tracking supplier progress, delivery commitments, documentation status, and project requirements.
* Review supplier project schedules and understand different levels of critical activities affecting package delivery.
* Communicate with suppliers in a confident, professional, and persuasive manner through both written and verbal follow-up.
* Prepare and issue daily and weekly expediting reports for assigned purchase orders and packages.
* Coordinate with internal departments to accelerate document review, approval, and return cycles.
* Enter consistent and timely updates into company systems so project teams have accurate visibility of package progress.
* Distribute expediting reports to project teams and suppliers to highlight progress, concerns, risks, and required actions.
* Follow up with sub-suppliers when necessary to support manufacturing progress, documentation completion, or delivery readiness.
* Work with project disciplines to address technical, documentation, schedule, logistics, or supplier-related expediting issues.
* Highlight and escalate delivery risks, supplier delays, documentation gaps, or unresolved concerns to the appropriate team members.
* Identify when field expediting visits are required and perform field visits to verify progress or resolve issues.
* Liaise with logistics teams to arrange transportation, shipment planning, and movement of materials or equipment.
* Coordinate and close out over, short, and damaged shipment issues in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
* Support timely resolution of supplier invoice issues and follow up with accounting teams regarding payment-related matters.
* Assist with purchase order closeout by ensuring documentation, delivery, invoice, and system requirements are completed.
* Maintain tactful, friendly, and confidential communication with project management teams, clients, suppliers, and sub-suppliers.
* Ensure meetings, investigations, follow-up actions, analysis, and support activities are completed thoroughly and properly documented.
* Share practical expediting knowledge with colleagues who have less experience and support consistent team performance.
Ideal Profile
* Associate’s degree, foundation qualification, HSD, GED, IGCSE, or equivalent education in a relevant discipline.
* 1-6 years of relevant experience in expediting, procurement support, supplier coordination, logistics coordination, project procurement, or materials follow-up.
* Experience working with purchase orders, supplier schedules, delivery tracking, expediting reports, and project documentation is preferred.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
* Ability to understand supplier progress, identify delays, and follow up actions until closure.
* Confident written and verbal communication skills for supplier coordination and internal reporting.
* Practical understanding of how procurement, engineering, logistics, accounting, and project teams interact during package delivery.
* Ability to work with limited supervision while maintaining accurate updates and timely reporting.
* Organized approach to tracking multiple orders, documents, issues, deadlines, and stakeholder actions.
* Professional attitude when dealing with suppliers, sub-suppliers, clients, and project management teams.
* Ability to handle atypical or infrequently occurring expediting problems using existing procedures and precedents.
* Strong attention to detail when updating systems, reviewing reports, closing issues, and supporting purchase order completion.
* Willingness to support field expediting visits when required by project or supplier conditions.
Skills Set
* Supplier expediting
* Purchase order follow-up
* Procurement coordination
* Equipment package tracking
* Materials delivery tracking
* Supplier schedule review
* Sub-supplier follow-up
* Expediting reports
* Project procurement support
* Document review coordination
* Document approval follow-up
* Logistics coordination
* Shipment coordination
* Transportation follow-up
* Over, short and damaged issue closure
* Supplier invoice issue follow-up
* Purchase order closeout
* Field expediting visits
* Delivery risk escalation
* Project team coordination
* Supplier communication
* Confidential communication
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Outlook
* Microsoft Access
* System updates
* Progress reporting
* Action tracking
* Oil and energy procurement
Why Join Us
This role offers strong exposure to project procurement and supplier expediting within a global oil and energy environment where timely delivery, documentation accuracy, and supplier follow-up are critical to project success. It is a valuable opportunity for candidates who want to strengthen their procurement coordination experience, support complex equipment and material packages, and work closely with project, logistics, engineering, accounting, and supplier teams.
About the Company
McDermott International, Ltd is a global engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and technology company serving the oil and energy sector. The company delivers offshore, subsea, onshore, and energy transition projects across the energy value chain. In Dubai, McDermott International, Ltd provides opportunities for professionals who want to support safe, efficient, and reliable project delivery through strong technical execution and disciplined procurement support.
