Director, Project Procurement

About the Role

The Director, Project Procurement will lead procurement for major capital projects and ensure supplier selections, sourcing strategies, and commercial agreements support project cost, schedule, quality, safety, compliance, risk, and long-term operating objectives. The Director will play a critical role in identifying, qualifying, and securing capable Engineering, EPC, General Contractor, equipment, construction, and specialty service vendors, and will lead the development of fit‑for‑purpose contracts that properly allocate risk and support successful project execution.

• Lead procurement strategy and execution for capital projects ranging from approximately $10M to $1.5B, including facility builds, plant upgrades, outage projects, and new power plant development.
• Identify, prequalify, evaluate, and maintain a strong vendor network across Engineering, EPC, General Contractor, construction, equipment, and specialty technical services.
• Develop sourcing plans aligned with project scope, budget, schedule, technical requirements, risk profile, and operating needs.
• Lead bid strategy, RFP/RFQ execution, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiation, award recommendation, contract development, and post‑award supplier management.
• Lead the development, review, and negotiation of EPC agreements, engineering service agreements, general contractor agreements, construction contracts, equipment purchase agreements, installation contracts, and specialty service agreements.
• Negotiate key commercial terms, including risk allocation, indemnity, warranties, liquidated damages, performance guarantees, insurance, bonding, change order controls, and government flow‑down requirements.
• Provide commercial leadership across different contracting models, including full EPC structures and separately managed engineering firms, general contractors, equipment providers, and specialty service providers.
• Partner with Engineering, PMO, Operations, Legal, Finance, Environmental, and business leadership to align procurement decisions with project objectives.
• Strengthen project procurement governance, competitive bidding discipline, contract compliance, change order controls, supplier accountability, and supplier performance management.
• Use data‑driven analysis to evaluate bids, identify cost drivers, assess supplier performance, support decisions, and resolve project procurement issues.
• Support commercial productivity and total cost‑out opportunities, including scope optimization, specification alignment, demand management, and lifecycle cost improvement.
• Build executive‑level summaries and project procurement reports covering sourcing strategy, commercial risks, award recommendations, savings, cost exposure, and supplier performance.
• Lead, coach, and develop project procurement managers and sourcing professionals.
• Drive change management, influence stakeholders, communicate assertively, and operate effectively under pressure in a deadline‑driven project environment.

• 15+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, project procurement, supply chain, commercial management, or contract management experience.
• Experience supporting or leading high‑value EPC, construction, or major capital project procurement, including projects of $100M+.
• Experience managing EPC contractors, engineering firms, general contractors, major equipment suppliers, construction service providers, and specialty technical service providers.
• Experience managing project procurement managers or sourcing professionals.
• Strong knowledge of project procurement processes, including competitive bidding, technical and commercial evaluation, contract negotiation, award recommendation, and post‑award management.
• Experience negotiating complex EPC, construction, equipment supply, change order, warranty, guarantee, indemnity, insurance, bonding, liquidated damages, and government flow‑down terms.
• Familiarity with major EPC firms, engineering firms, general contractors, and equipment providers active in the U.S. market.
• Strong executive communication, analytical reporting, negotiation, financial, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management…