Senior Expeditor

Senior Expeditor

• Join a world-class major mining development project
• Office-based in either Vancouver, Calgary or Edmonton
• Lead expediting activities across critical equipment, materials and supplier packages in a collaborative and high-performing project environment.
• High-impact role supporting project delivery, schedule certainty and supply chain performance
• One-year initial contract on multi-year programme
• Potential for long-term engagement as the project progresses.

About Us

Augment Resources provides project management interim, permanent, and consulting resources across private industry and the public sector. We support and inspire our community of practitioners to create great outcomes for our clients, and we operate across Canada, Australia & New Zealand.

We recruit experienced project management professionals for complex project and operational environments, supporting clients with sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and project commercial delivery.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Expeditor to support a major capital project currently entering a critical delivery phase.

This role will be responsible for leading expediting activities across a diverse portfolio of engineered equipment, fabricated packages, bulk materials and specialist supplier contracts. Working closely with procurement, engineering, quality, logistics and project delivery teams, you will ensure suppliers meet key milestones and contractual commitments, enabling successful project execution.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project procurement, supply chain or expediting professional who enjoys working in complex project environments where proactive problem solving and stakeholder management are critical to success.

The Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading expediting activities across engineering, fabrication, inspection and delivery phases.
• Developing and implementing expediting strategies aligned with project objectives and critical path requirements.
• Monitoring supplier progress and ensuring contractual delivery commitments are achieved.
• Reviewing supplier schedules against project milestones and identifying delivery risks.
• Proactively managing recovery plans and mitigation strategies for delayed equipment, materials or documentation.
• Coordinating closely with engineering, procurement, quality, logistics and materials management teams.
• Managing supplier performance and driving corrective actions where required.
• Supporting inspection activities and coordinating resolution of quality issues impacting delivery schedules.
• Ensuring shipping documentation, packing lists, release approvals and export documentation are complete and accurate.
• Maintaining robust reporting, schedule visibility and risk management processes across the supply chain.

About You

Successful candidates will bring:

• Extensive experience in project expediting within mining, energy, infrastructure, industrial or large capital project environments.
• Experience managing supplier performance across engineering, manufacturing, inspection and logistics stages.
• Strong understanding of fabrication, manufacturing, engineered equipment and supply chain processes.
• Proven ability to manage complex delivery schedules and critical project milestones.
• Experience working with procurement, logistics, quality and project controls functions.
• Strong commercial awareness and contract administration understanding.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
• Advanced problem-solving capability with a proactive, risk-based approach.
• Experience using ERP and project delivery systems such as SAP, Ariba, Aconex or similar platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and reporting skills

Ideal Background

We would particularly like to hear from candidates with experience in:

• Mining and resources projects
• Oil & gas developments
• Major infrastructure programmes
• Heavy industrial construction
• Capital equipment procurement and delivery
• Supplier quality and inspection coordination
• Fabrication and manufacturing environments

Professional qualifications in Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Logistics or Project Management will be highly regarded.

About Augment Resources

Augment Resources was formed by a team of specialist recruiters and project management practitioners setting out to deliver a unique customer service offering to both clients and practitioners alike. We work across Procurement, Commercial, Supply Chain, Project Controls, Contract Management and Project Delivery functions throughout Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

By practitioners, for practitioners.

If you are an experienced project procurement or commercial professional looking to contribute to a major capital project, we would welcome a confidential discussion.

Apply now or contact the Augment Resources team for more information.