Procurement Specialist (Buyer) - Minerals and Metals

Ausenco; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career advancement opportunities

Hybrid work model

Wellness programs

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Calgary is seeking a Procurement Specialist (Buyer) to enhance their procurement processes in the mining industry. This role involves developing purchasing strategies and ensuring timely delivery of materials. Ideal candidates should possess 3-5 years of procurement experience with a background in consulting engineering. The firm offers a hybrid work model, focusing on work-life balance and career advancement opportunities, making it an exciting place for ambitious professionals.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of Procurement experience, preferably in consulting engineering.
• Experience with Smart Plant Materials.
• Ability to manage multiple projects or a large single project.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mining projects experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop purchasing strategies and achieve best value for materials and equipment.
• Improve lead time performance within the procurement process.
• Set up the project delivery schedule with milestones.
• Conduct meetings with suppliers and clients.
• Coordinate and prepare EOIs and RFPs.
• Maintain procurement information across schedules, drawings, specs and documents.
• Administer procurement cycles from pre-qualification through award, expediting, inspection, delivery and close-out.
• Administer invoicing and coordinate payments with clients.
• Manage changes in coordination with project teams.

Skills

Procurement experience

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Negotiating skills

Deadline driven

Education

Degree or diploma in relevant field

Tools

EPC/EPCM Procurement automation systems

Job description

If you’re like us, you don’t have much time for the way things are. Ausenco is a global company redefining what’s possible. Our team is based across 22 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide. Combining our deep technical expertise with a 30-year track record, we deliver innovative, value-add consulting studies, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions to the mining & metals, oil & gas, and industrial sectors.

Join our team and be part of an exciting execution‑phase project in the North American mining industry. You'll play a key role in critical project phases, from Basic Engineering and Detailed Engineering to Construction, gaining hands‑on experience across a variety of commodities. This is your opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic and fast‑paced environment.

We are currently seeking an energetic and enthusiastic Procurement Specialist (Buyer) to join our team.

About The Role

• Develop purchasing strategies and achieve overall best value for the supply of materials and equipment in co‑ordination with the project team.
• Improve lead time performance within procurement process ensuring scheduled deliverables are received as planned.
• Set up the project delivery schedule, outlining relevant milestones by obtaining and accurately documenting all relevant information by expediting supplier engineering deliverables received for review.
• Conduct meetings with suppliers and clients.
• Coordinate and prepare EOI’s and RFPs.
• Maintain purchasing and expediting information related to the project deliverables, drawings, specifications and other documents by updating schedules and expeditor system modules.
• Administration of the procurement cycle processes through the effective control of the pre‑qualification stage, bid evaluation process, to Recommendation of Award, expediting, inspection, delivery and close‑out.
• Administration of invoicing, including receipt and validation of supplier submissions, and coordination of payment with clients.
• Management of changes in coordination with project teams.

About You

• Degree or diploma level qualification in relevant field is desirable and/or equivalent work experience.
• 3 to 5 years of Procurement experience, preferably in consulting engineering or within a project environment.
• Experience with EPC/EPCM Procurement automation systems for purchasing and expediting such as Smart Plant Materials.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Mining projects experience an asset.
• The ability to meet the challenge of tight deadlines and providing exceptional services to our clients is a must.
• Exceptional negotiating and networking skills would be a definite asset.
• A proven track record managing multiple projects simultaneously or a single project of major size and scale.

We’re committed to a fair and human hiring process. All applications are reviewed by a member of our team and are not automatically screened or rejected by AI.

Why Ausenco?

We Support Individual Growth And Aim To Allow You To Work In a Way That Plays To Your Strengths. Beyond a Competitive Remuneration Package We Offer

• Career advancement – Embark on a journey of continuous growth through technical training, mentorship initiatives, and networking opportunities.
• Work Life Balance – Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance office days with working from home; and progressive parental leave benefits to foster family needs and professional life.
• Holistic approach to wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access to confidential counselling, information services and a benefits program that supports your health & wellness.
• Accessible leadership team – Work with highly reputable industry leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place. This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Expected Salary: Variation in salary is determined by factors such as qualifications, relevant years of experience, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.

Join us and work a better way.

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