About this role
About us
Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.
Position Summary
The Principal Expeditor leads expediting activities for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects, ensuring the timely delivery of critical equipment, materials, and vendor documentation in accordance with project schedules, contractual commitments, and quality requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead expediting activities for major equipment, bulk materials, and long-lead procurement packages.
- Monitor supplier progress from purchase order placement through manufacturing, inspection, release, and delivery.
- Coordinate with suppliers, procurement, engineering, project controls, quality, logistics, and construction teams to resolve delivery issues.
- Identify schedule risks, assess project impacts, and implement mitigation and recovery plans.
- Track vendor documentation, manufacturing milestones, inspection schedules, and shipment commitments.
- Conduct supplier progress meetings and site visits as required to verify manufacturing status.
- Prepare expediting reports, critical-item registers, and supplier performance updates for project management. Assure purchase orders are kept accurately up to date.
- Escalate delays and recommend corrective actions to protect critical-path activities and project milestones.
- Supervise, train, guide, and coordinate with domestic and international team Expeditors.
- Assign orders and assist with staffing resource plan.
Qualifications and Experience
- Extensive experience in expediting, procurement, or supply-chain management within EPC projects.
- Strong understanding of the engineering, procurement, fabrication, inspection, logistics, and construction lifecycle.
- Proven experience managing critical equipment, long-lead items, and complex supplier relationships.
- Strong knowledge of project schedules, supplier performance monitoring, risk management, and recovery planning.
- Excellent supervision, communication, coordination, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
- Experience in oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, refining, or power projects preferred.
Key Success Factors
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, proactive risk management, timely reporting, and the ability to drive supplier accountability, minimize delivery delays, and ensure timely material availability to support project execution and construction milestones.
Moving forward together
We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.
And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.