Solar Project Procurement Lead

Black & Veatch; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401k plan

Bonuses

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a Project Procurement Manager 1 in a staff full‑time role in the United States. The position involves leading procurement for proposals/projects, negotiating contracts, managing budgets, and coordinating with internal teams and clients.

You will work within a hybrid environment with potential travel, contributing to cost control, schedule adherence, and procurement strategy across projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience.
• Experience in procurement, contracts and budgeting processes.
• Understanding of project procurement lifecycle and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Purchases assigned equipment, construction, and service contracts for projects following established policies and procedures
• Assists in project setup of procurement related activities
• Executes and manages the procurement process on assigned contracts including bid list preparation, solicitation of quotes, and evaluating, negotiating and awarding of contracts.
• Leads negotiations for assigned procurements and/or construction contracts
• Collaborates to resolve complex claims or other contract issues
• Ensures contract documents are issued correctly and on schedule
• Assists with the development and monitoring of project budgets and schedules (man‑hours, cost, procurement milestone durations)
• Assists with the establishment and/or monitoring of procurement goals
• Monitors project procurement activities and reports status
• May develop, create and lead presentations to internal and external client and joint venture partners
• May be responsible for soliciting budgetary pricing for equipment, material, or labor to support estimating/proposal efforts for a project or projects
• May also lead and coordinate the entire budgetary pricing effort on a project or projects
• Files appropriate documents and follows filing rules
• Acts in capacity of a "lead person"
• Does not have management responsibility for the professionals to whom they provide work direction
• Possible positions receiving direction: Procurement Representative, Procurement, Administrator, Expediter

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Budgeting

Analytical

MS Office

Presentation skills

Negotiation

Project management

Stakeholder comms

Team collaboration

Education

BA/BS in Supply Chain

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Black & Veatch is seeking a Project Procurement Manager 1 in a staff full‑time role in the United States. The position involves leading procurement for proposals/projects, negotiating contracts, managing budgets, and coordinating with internal teams and clients.

You will work within a hybrid environment with potential travel, contributing to cost control, schedule adherence, and procurement strategy across projects.