Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:
Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.
We are seeking a Procurement Operations Manager, Logistics/Handover/Interface to support hyperscale data center construction projects in a PMC/owner’s representative capacity.
This role focuses on heavy and oversize equipment logistics, site delivery sequencing, and formal equipment handover and acceptance at delivery.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Track and confirm construction readiness milestones are aligned with planned equipment delivery dates before equipment is released for shipment.
- Coordinate with the GC and project team to verify site conditions support delivery and installation sequencing.
- Coordinate import logistics for heavy and oversize equipment.
- Manage freight forwarding, port handling, and customs coordination.
- Coordinate oversize load permitting for large equipment movements.
- Plan site delivery sequencing with GC and project teams.
- Manage equipment arrival, handover, and acceptance at delivery.
- Document custody transfer from vendor or owner to GC.
- Conduct visual damage inspections during equipment delivery.
- Produce written acceptance records and handover documentation.
- Escalate delivery, access, permitting, or handover risks.
- Coordinate logistics interfaces between vendors, carriers, GC, and owner teams.
- Maintain logistics trackers, delivery records, and acceptance logs.
- Support the resolution of delivery issues impacting construction sequencing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Logistics, or related fields.
- 7+ years of logistics, procurement operations, or construction delivery experience.
- Experience coordinating import logistics for heavy or oversize equipment.
- Experience with freight forwarding, port handling, and customs coordination.
- Experience coordinating oversize load permitting for large equipment movements.
- Experience in sequencing site deliveries with GC or construction teams.
- Experience in physically managing equipment handover and acceptance at delivery.
- Experience documenting custody transfer between vendor, owner, and GC teams.
- Ability to conduct visual damage inspections and produce acceptance records.
- Experience working on large capital construction or infrastructure programs.
- Strong documentation, coordination, communication, and issue-resolution skills.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center or mission-critical projects.
- Experience in a PMC, owner’s representative, developer, or client-side environment.
- Experience in oil and gas, LNG, power plant, or heavy industrial construction.
- Experience with transformers, generators, switchgear, or other critical equipment.
- Familiarity with logistics planning tools, procurement systems, or delivery trackers.
- Experience with Procore, Oracle Unifier, Smartsheet, Power BI, or Microsoft Project.
POSITION DETAILS
- Location (On-site):
- Corsicana, Texas
- Sweetwater, Texas
- Position: Procurement Operations Manager, Logistics/Handover/Interface
- Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours
- Current work permit required. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment (e.g., H-1B visa sponsorship or transfer not offered)
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft 365
Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.
