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Bechtel Corporation; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Brownsville, Texas is seeking a procurement professional to manage purchase orders, bid packages, and supplier communications for the Rio Grande LNG project. This role focuses on ensuring compliant procurement processes and timely supplier performance to meet project needs.

Responsibilities include forming bid packages, issuing requests, negotiating terms, and preparing purchase orders within authority, while collaborating with Engineering, Construction and Project

Qualifications

• Knowledge of business administration procedures, techniques and ethics.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Experience with materials handling on job sites is desirable.
• Ability to work with limited supervision during purchasing activities.
• Experience coordinating procurement meetings and documenting outcomes.
• Familiarity with Uniform Commercial Code or local equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Prepares bid packages and issues bid requests; coordinates bidders’ questions and proposals.
• Prepares Commercial Bid Summary and recommendations to award.
• Prepares and commits purchase orders within authority.
• Communicates with suppliers and Bechtel teams to define requirements and ensure performance.

Skills

Business administration

Communication

Materials handling

Procurement knowledge

Supervision

Job description

Requisition ID: 299063

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Brownsville, TX

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Project Overview

Bechtel is partnering with NextDecade to support their vision to provide the world access to lower carbon intensive energy with their Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project in Brownsville, Texas. RGLNG is a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal situated on a 984-acre site on the banks of the Brownsville ship channel. The first phase of the RGLNG project consists of three liquefaction trains, two storage tanks and one marine berth. At full capacity, the five-train facility will have a production capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Brownsville, Texas is a city known for its diverse history, tradition, and rich culture. Located in the southernmost region in the beautiful state of Texas, lays Brownsville a rich, tropical oasis bordering the Rio Grande River and near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Brownsville embraces innovation, looks forward to the future and beyond!

Job Summary

In this role, you will perform tasks involved in the formation and administration of purchase orders. You will prepare bidders’ lists, qualify bidders, form bid packages, issue bid requests, participate in negotiations, recommend commitments, secure approvals, communicate with suppliers and monitor supplier performance. Your efforts are to ensure potential and current suppliers comply with purchase order requirements and provide the required service and results to meet project needs

Major Responsibilities

• Communicates with Engineering to assist and/or guide them in the preparation of material requisitions for the procurement of materials and equipment and to achieve the understanding needed to process these requisitions
• Forms bid packages and issues bid requests; coordinates bidders’ questions; and receives bidder proposals
• Prepares Commercial Bid Summary and recommendations to award
• Prepares and commits purchase orders within their authority
• Communicates with suppliers and personnel within Bechtel to establish clear definition of requirements and to assure supplier performance to the obligations within the purchase order
• Identifies, defines, and secures agreement regarding purchase order changes

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires a University Hire with 1-2 years of experience or 5-6 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Knowledge of business administration procedures, techniques, and business ethics.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• When assigned to a jobsite location, actual experience in materials handling operations is desirable.
• Requires light supervision during performance of purchasing activities.
• Prepares and organizes assigned Procurement sponsored meetings, such as bid clarification and post-award meetings, for the purpose of ensuring complete understanding and agreement between Bechtel, the Client and supplier on all contractual matters.
• After reviewing plan and agenda with supervisor, conducts meeting and prepares and issues meeting notes delineating important statements, required actions and schedules.
• Assists project Procurement team when instructed in solving and attending to administrative problems on commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications or supplementary commercial conditions.
• Knowledge of Uniform Commercial Code or the host nation’s equivalent commercial legislation.
• Skilled in working with, and communicating effectively both orally and in writing with other project functional groups, primarily Engineering, Construction, Project Management and other services.
• Knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects of procurement.

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