Project Materials Manager

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.

Purpose of the Role

The Project Materials Manager is responsible for leading and managing all materials management activities supporting the bp Kirkuk Project, ensuring that equipment and materials are accurately received, inspected, preserved, controlled, stored, tracked, issued, reconciled, and transferred throughout the project lifecycle.

The role provides leadership of the project's materials management function and is accountable for establishing robust processes, systems, and controls that ensure materials are available at the right time, in the right condition, and at the right location to support construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and startup requirements.

Working closely with Procurement, Expediting, Logistics, Construction, Commissioning, Quality, and Project Controls teams, the Project Materials Manager ensures complete material visibility, traceability, inventory accuracy, and preservation compliance while minimizing material shortages, damage, losses, surplus inventory, and schedule impacts.

The role plays a critical part in supporting construction productivity and schedule certainty through effective material planning, warehouse management, inventory control, preservation management, certification control, and material readiness reporting.

Given the project's location and operating environment, the position is expected to effectively manage material control requirements across complex logistics routes, remote operating locations, customs interfaces, construction work fronts, and local Iraqi infrastructure constraints.

Primary Responsibilities

• Demonstrate visible leadership in HSSE and promote safe material handling, storage, preservation, and warehouse operations.
• Lead all project materials management activities in support of project execution objectives.
• Develop and implement project materials management procedures, systems, controls, and reporting processes.
• Ensure accurate material visibility throughout the project life cycle from receipt through installation and project close-out.
• Establish and maintain efficient warehouse, inventory, preservation, and material control processes.
• Ensure material availability supports engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup requirements.
• Lead material readiness planning and reporting to support project execution priorities.
• Minimize material-related schedule delays through proactive planning, monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with project governance, quality, traceability, and audit requirements.
• Manage and develop project material control and warehouse personnel.

Key Accountabilities

Materials Management Leadership

• Develop and maintain the Project Materials Management Plan.
• Establish project materials management procedures, work processes, and systems.
• Lead and supervise material control, warehousing, preservation, and inventory management personnel.
• Coordinate materials management activities across project offices, warehouses, yards, and construction sites.
• Ensure effective integration between Procurement, Expediting, Logistics, Construction, Quality, and Commissioning functions.
• Provide materials management expertise and advice to project leadership.

Material Receiving and Inventory Control

• Manage material receiving, inspection, verification, and inventory recording activities.
• Ensure all incoming materials are accurately identified, recorded, and controlled.
• Establish and maintain inventory management processes and controls.
• Monitor material consumption, shortages, overages, and excess inventory.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure inventory accuracy and system integrity within approved materials management systems.

Warehouse Operations

• Manage warehouse and laydown yard operations.
• Ensure materials are stored in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and project requirements.
• Establish material storage, segregation, handling, labelling, and preservation standards.
• Ensure warehouse operations comply with HSSE and quality requirements.
• Monitor warehouse capacity and optimize storage utilization.
• Implement effective controls to prevent material loss, damage, and deterioration.

Material Readiness and Construction Support

• Develop and maintain material availability and readiness reporting.
• Monitor material status to identify actual and potential constraints to construction activities.
• Support construction work planning and execution through accurate material availability information.
• Coordinate resolution of material shortages and supply issues.
• Ensure material priorities align with construction and commissioning schedules.
• Work closely with Construction and Project Controls teams to support milestone achievement.

Material Traceability and Certification Management

• Establish and maintain material traceability processes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure complete control and retention of Material Test Reports (MTRs), certifications, inspection records, and supporting quality documentation.
• Maintain auditable records supporting material traceability requirements.
• Coordinate transfer of material records to Quality, Mechanical Completion, and Commissioning teams.
• Ensure compliance with project, regulatory, and client requirements relating to traceability and documentation.

Preservation Management

• Develop and implement equipment and material preservation programmes.
• Ensure preservation requirements are identified, documented, and maintained.
• Monitor preservation activities for long-term stored equipment and critical materials.
• Maintain preservation records and compliance reporting.
• Coordinate restoration and handover requirements prior to installation.

Commissioning and Startup Support

• Support mechanical completion, commissioning, turnover, and startup activities.
• Ensure material records support system turnover requirements.
• Coordinate final material reconciliation and outstanding material close-out activities.
• Assist commissioning teams with material availability and certification requirements.
• Support final handover documentation and turnover dossiers.

Surplus and Close-Out Management

• Manage surplus material identification, recovery, redeployment, and disposal activities.
• Coordinate returns to suppliers where appropriate.
• Support project close-out through final inventory reconciliation and reporting.
• Ensure material records are complete and archived in accordance with project requirements.
• Participate in lessons learned and project close-out reviews.

Governance and Reporting

• Maintain material status reports, inventory reports, shortage reports, and management dashboards.
• Monitor KPIs relating to inventory accuracy, warehouse performance, preservation compliance, and material availability.
• Ensure compliance with project procedures, client requirements, and audit expectations.
• Support internal and external audits as required.
• Promote continuous improvement across material control processes and systems.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Logistics, Business Administration, Materials Management, or a related discipline.

Preferred

• APICS/ASCM, MCIPS, PMP, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Professional certification in Materials Management, Logistics, Warehousing, or Inventory Management.
• Membership of a recognised professional supply chain institution.

Essential Experience

• Minimum 12-15 years of experience in Materials Management, Warehouse Management, Inventory Control, or Project Supply Chain Management within Oil & Gas, Energy, Petrochemical, Infrastructure, or Industrial sectors.
• Demonstrated experience supporting major EPC, EPCM, PMC, or Owner's Team project execution environments.
• Proven experience leading material control, inventory management, warehouse operations, and preservation programmes on major capital projects.
• Experience supporting large-scale construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Experience implementing and administering materials management systems, including SAP, SmartPlant Materials (SPM), Hexagon Materials Management, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong experience managing material traceability, quality documentation, certification control, and turnover processes.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary material control and warehouse teams.
• Previous Middle East project experience is preferred.
• Iraq project experience, or experience operating within remote, security-sensitive, or logistically complex environments, is highly desirable.
• Experience managing materials across multiple warehouses, laydown areas, fabrication sites, and construction locations is preferred.

Knowledge and Competencies

• Proficiency in ERP, materials management and reporting systems including ERM.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end project materials management principles.
• Extensive knowledge of warehousing, inventory management, material control, preservation, and traceability practices.
• Strong understanding of construction-driven material management processes.
• Knowledge of material certification requirements, MTR management, and turnover documentation.
• Good understanding of logistics and supply chain interfaces supporting project execution.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability.
• Experience developing material readiness and shortage management reporting.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced project environments.
• High attention to detail and commitment to process compliance.

Key Success Measures

• Safe execution of all materials management activities.
• Accurate inventory visibility and material status reporting.
• Material availability aligned with project construction and commissioning schedules.
• Effective management of preservation and material traceability requirements.
• Minimal material loss, damage, deterioration, or inventory discrepancies.
• Successful support of construction productivity and commissioning readiness.
• Effective management of surplus materials and project close-out requirements.
• Compliance with project governance, quality, and audit requirements.
• Strong integration with Procurement, Logistics, Expediting, Construction, and Commissioning teams.

Moving forward together

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