Material Controller

Role Overview

Material Controller at Samsung E&A, based at an engineering and construction project site.

Company Overview

Samsung E&A is a specialized EPC company providing comprehensive solutions across the plant industry. With 50 years of pioneering experience in the Korean plant industry, the company has successfully executed numerous projects worldwide and grown into a globally competitive engineering firm. Samsung E&A expands its business across engineering disciplines including Oil and Gas processing, Refinery, Petrochemical, Energy Transition, Environmental, Industrial, and BIO areas. The company delivers services spanning feasibility studies, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations and maintenance.

Role Purpose

Organize and direct warehouse operations to effectively manage receipt, storage, and distribution of materials to site in engineering and construction projects. Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials between various departments while ensuring cost control, safety compliance, and timely resolution of material issues.

Key Responsibilities

Material Receipt and Storage

• Manage the administration and control of material receipts, issues, and storage.
• Check material delivery at site.
• Maintain details of receiving and issuing material, reviewing material receiving reports for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Prepare storage plans for materials.
• Check inventory.
• Prepare color coding of locally procured materials.

Material Problem Resolution

• Decide the disposition of material overages, shortages, or materials received damaged.
• Advise where insurance claims are applicable.
• Initiate Overage, shortage, damage, and reject reports.
• Monitor filed changes reports for materials which are missing, lost, damaged, or changed.
• Identify the cause of material losses and take corrective action.

Planning and Coordination

• Supervise forecast of future material use at job site and control construction allowances.
• Participate in material scheduling meetings and recommend adjustments to work schedules if necessary to reflect the availability of critical materials.
• Coordinate with the respective chief engineer for preparation of requisitions for material to be produced locally.
• Prepare or check arrangement for the disposal of surplus materials.
• Coordinate with other departments such as procurement, field control, and field engineering to proceed with material problem solving.

Safety and Equipment Management

• Ensure the safety regulations are observed by subordinates.
• Ensure construction equipment and tools are in safe condition.

Cost and Resource Control

• Control costs through productivity of personnel, efficient usage of storage space, and proper protection of stored materials.

Subcontractor and System Management

• Manage and monitor subcontractors.
• Operate and utilize FMC system.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in a supervisory role.
• Project-based warehousing experience gained within the Oil and Gas industry or petrochemical industry.
• Comprehensive knowledge of material management.

Skills & Competencies

• Organization management.
• Planning performance.
• Resource and work front management.
• Quality and safety management.
• System utilization skills.
• Communication skills.
• Client management.
• Subcontractor management.
• Document management.
• Risk management.
• Inventory management.
• Cost schedule understanding.
• Subcontracting knowledge.

Additional Information

• Accommodation provided.
• Transportation provided.
• Flight tickets provided.
• Medical insurance provided.