Purchasing Supervisor

Bechtel; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Equipment Operations, Inc. in Sugar Land, TX leads project procurement across global projects. This full-time role directs purchasing personnel to bid, evaluate, and award commitments while ensuring compliance with Bechtel policies.

You will review bids, negotiate terms, monitor supplier performance, and coordinate with project teams to deliver on schedule and budget, supporting Bechtel's Drive for safe, reliable project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or international equivalent with 8–10 years relevant experience, or 12–14 years’ experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience in the formation and administration of purchase orders.
• Experience in all phases of procurement including negotiation of contracted terms and award of commitments.
• Experience monitoring supplier performance and handling claims/disputes.
• Understanding of equipment fabrication steps and effective written and oral communication.
• Ability to provide early warning of supplier deficiencies or schedule slippage.

Responsibilities

• Supervises assigned personnel and several projects through bidding, evaluation and award per policy and governance.
• Reviews bid tabulations for accuracy; recommends and approves supplier selections within authority.
• Ensures commitments have proper approvals and are reflected in procurement documents.
• Reviews and recommends bid selections requiring higher procurement approval.
• Executes commitments within signing authority.
• Reviews customer contracts and Bechtel pro-forma documents for appropriate provisions.
• Works with project procurement to ensure project proformas and access to buyers.
• Collaborates with commercial manager to establish project matrix and engagement levels.
• Develops and maintains Bechtel Equipment Operations pro-forma documents, including legal remarks.
• Directs negotiations and proposes plans when necessary.
• Ensures purchasing aligns with Bechtel directives and governance.
• Coordinates procurement operations across project control and support offices.

Skills

Purchase orders

Bid evaluation

Supplier relationships

Negotiation

Contract terms

Project procurement

Scheduling awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent)

Job description

Requisition ID: 300688

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family




• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project




• Work Location: Sugar Land, TX

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Project Overview:

Bechtel Equipment Operations, Inc. (BEO), a wholly owned Bechtel affiliate company, functions as the construction equipment asset manager of Bechtel Group and is actively engaged in projects across all business lines. In support of its involvement, BEO uses sophisticated estimating and scheduling systems to assist projects in developing bis proposals, equipment lease versus purchase analysis, tool and consumable utilization forecasts, scaffold estimating and supply, and overall construction fleet utilization plans. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, BEO also manages several permanent global equipment storage and support facilities.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead purchasing personnel in the performance and completion of project procurement commitments through bidding, evaluation, and award. You will supervise preparation of bidder lists, review bids for accuracy, and recommend bid selections. Your oversight will ensure commitments are accurately represented and that supplier performance meets requirements. #LI-TH1

Major Responsibilities:

• Supervises assigned personnel and several projects in the orderly performance and completion of project procurement commitments through the several steps of bidding, evaluation, and award, in accordance with established policies and Supply Chain Governance




• Reviews commercial bid tabulations for accuracy, bidder recommendation, completeness, and approves selection of suppliers within delegated approval authority




• Ensures all commitments made by subordinate personnel are accurately presented and have proper global business unit approval and signing authorities, as contained in the Procurement Procedures




• Reviews and recommends bid selections that require higher Procurement approval authority




• Executes commitments within delegated signing authority




• Reviews prime contract between customer and Bechtel and makes recommendations to ensure appropriate provisions are reflected in the BEO pro-forma documents.




• For projects that we are renting under project paper, work with project procurement manager to ensure we have the proper project proforma documents in our folder for all buyers to access.




• Works with the commercial manager for projects to understand the relationship between BEO and projects and helps establish a project matrix on each business line and the level of engagement.




• Develops, monitors, and maintains BEO Purchasing pro-forma documents, including legal comments to commercial terms and conditions




• Directs negotiations and prepares proposed negotiating plan in the commitment and resolution of commercial conditions of purchases when such action is agreed as necessary by the designated manager




• Assures that project purchasing of equipment and materials is consistent with Bechtel Directives, Management Instructions, and Supply Chain Governance




• Coordinates Purchasing operations in both the project’s control office and support offices to assure compliance with project requirements

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in leu of degree.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficiency and experience in the formation and administration of purchase orders.




• Proficiency in all phases of procurement including knowledge of and skill in communicating effectively with suppliers, bidder prequalification, preparation of bidders’ lists, compilation of bid requests, knowledge of Uniform Commercial Code or applicable commercial legislation, negotiation of contracted terms and conditions, and award of commitments.




• Proficiency in the administration of commitments, monitoring supplier performance, back-charge procedures and the resolution of claims and disputes.




• Good understanding of equipment and material fabrication steps and methods. Skilled in working with, and communicating effectively both orally and in writing with other project functional groups.




• Capable of providing early warning to Project Management of supplier deficiencies or schedule slippage. Capable of interpreting schedules to ensure they are realistic, that required activities occur on time, and that interface between activities is maintained.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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