Lead Specialist, Long Lead Equipment

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Supply Assurance & Capacity Management: Lead proactive supply assurance activities including early identification of critical and long-lead equipment requirements, development of sourcing and capacity strategies, negotiation and management of supplier manufacturing commitments, oversight of EPC procurement performance, and ongoing governance of supplier execution through final delivery and project completion.

EPC Oversight & Leadership: Lead oversight of EPC procurement activities across the full equipment lifecycle, ensuring procurement plans, sourcing strategies, supplier engagements, purchase order execution, expediting, inspection, logistics, and delivery performance align with CenterPoint's project objectives, supply assurance requirements, and contractual commitments.

Supplier Delivery Execution: Serve as CenterPoint Energy's project representative for post-award execution of critical long-lead equipment and strategic materials supporting capital projects. Lead equipment delivery assurance activities from purchase order award through engineering, manufacturing, testing, shipment, delivery, and project handoff to ensure supplier commitments support project schedules and business objectives.

Risk Management & Escalation: Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate risks related to manufacturing schedules, supplier performance, testing milestones, logistics constraints, labor shortages, documentation requirements, and delivery commitments before they impact project execution.

Executive Visibility: Provide leadership-ready reporting on critical equipment status, supplier performance, manufacturing progress, delivery forecasts, risk exposure, mitigation actions, and recovery plans.

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing, Engineering, Project Management, and EPC organizations to define procurement strategies, lead-time assumptions, required-on-site dates, and supply risk mitigation plans during project development and planning phases.
• Lead the early identification, assessment, and prioritization of critical and long-lead equipment, materials, and constrained-supply components necessary to support capital project portfolios and system reliability objectives.
• Establish and maintain forward-looking visibility of supplier capacity constraints, manufacturing lead times, market conditions, and demand forecasts to proactively mitigate schedule and supply chain risks.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts required to negotiate, secure, and maintain supplier manufacturing capacity reservations, production slots, allocation agreements, and delivery commitments for critical equipment and strategic materials.
• Facilitate and coordinate equipment releases, call-offs, scheduling activities, and fulfillment actions associated with CenterPoint capacity reservations, volume commitments, framework agreements, and other strategic supply arrangements.
• Provide governance, oversight, and performance management of EPC procurement activities to ensure alignment with CenterPoint sourcing strategies, negotiated supplier agreements, capacity commitments, and delivery objectives.
• Monitor and evaluate EPC procurement execution, supplier engagement practices, expediting effectiveness, and schedule performance, driving accountability for achieving equipment and material delivery commitments.
• Ensure EPC contractors maintain appropriate visibility, reporting, documentation, and follow-up actions necessary to support successful equipment delivery.
• Challenge supplier and contractor commitments when production schedules, resource availability, manufacturing capacity, logistics conditions, or delivery forecasts create elevated project risk.
• Maintain ongoing accountability for supplier and EPC performance following purchase order award, ensuring contractual deliverables, manufacturing commitments, delivery milestones, and corrective actions remain on track through project completion.
• Lead recurring performance reviews with EPC contractors and strategic suppliers to evaluate schedule adherence, manufacturing capacity utilization, recovery actions, and overall execution effectiveness.
• Drive resolution of supplier and EPC performance issues through structured escalation, corrective…