job summary:
Contract position: Engineering & Construction client is looking for a Project Procurement Specialist for a long term Contract opportunity or a possible direct hire opportunity in Kansas City or St. Louis, MO. You need 3-10 years of direct purchasing experience supporting wind and/or solar power EPC projects. ** Hourly rate is commensurate with experience & education **
location: Kansas City, Missouri
job type: Contract
salary: $30 - 45 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Support multiple Wind & Solar power plant EPC projects as a Project Procurement Specialist
- Execute and direct specific procurement plans and programs, to reduce costs to meet schedule requirements and ensure quality.
- Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to procurement practice, mentor and guide less experienced purchasers
- Help prepare procurement documents and agreements
- Help with commercial bid evaluations of supplier proposals and coordinate technical evaluations and recommendations
- Manages supplier submittals to facilitate the execution of agreements
- Oversees the quality assurance and quality control activities and processes
- Evaluate and negotiate the procurement of equipment, materials, and subcontracts as assigned
- Lead in the proposal and selection process and facilitate pre-bid meetings
- Evaluate suppliers' overall performance and recommend and implement process enhancements.
- Review purchase order documents, procurement status reports and expediting reports for submission
- Submit comprehensive and complete procurement packages to the engineering group
- Present Project Procurement Status and Material Status Reports
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qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 3 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors
skills:
- Procurement Specialist (3 years of experience is required)
- Purchasing / Procurement
- Construction Buyer
- Project Buyer
- C.P.M. or CPSM certification
- EPC Procurement
- Claims Management
- Solar Power EPC Projects
- Wind Power EPC Projects
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.