TCEQ - Purchaser IV (TCEQ Employees Only)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional 401(k) and 457 plans

Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental

Paid holidays

Job summary

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) seeks an experienced Purchaser to support the Water Supply Division with complex procurement activities, bid evaluations, and vendor negotiations.

Responsibilities include coordinating purchases, maintaining records, reviewing invoices, and ensuring compliance with state purchasing guidelines and procurement-card rules. Standard business hours apply.

Qualifications

• Graduation from standard senior high school or equivalent plus four years of full-time procurement experience.
• Five years of full-time administrative experience involving purchasing responsibilities; college hours can substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level purchasing support for the Water Supply Division (WSD) of TCEQ.
• Coordinate purchases of equipment, materials, supplies and services; evaluate bids; negotiate with vendors; prepare purchasing reports.
• Track inventory, maintain spreadsheets and databases; review invoices; ensure compliance with purchasing guidelines and procurement-card rules.

Skills

Purchasing experience

CAPPS Financials

Bid evaluation

Procurement card (P-card)

Budget reporting

Vendor negotiation

Education

High school diploma + 4 years procurement experience

Five years admin experience w/ purchasing (substitution)

Tools

CAPPS Financials

Job description

Are you an experienced Purchaser?

Note:

To determine qualifications, TCEQ job postings require fully completed applications with a detailed job history. Incomplete applications may lead to disqualification. See below for more details.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas' water resources. See details about what we do.

Job Description

Are you an experienced Purchaser?

Note: To determine qualifications, TCEQ job postings require fully completed applications with a detailed job history. Incomplete applications may lead to disqualification. See below for more details.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas' water resources. See details about what we do. This position is a member of our Water Supply Division.

Here’s What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide senior-level purchasing support for the Water Supply Division (WSD) of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
• Coordinate purchases of equipment, materials, supplies and services for the Division, including purchases made under the state procurement-card program, serving as the primary point of contact with vendors, Procurement and Contracts, and Financial Administration regarding Division purchases; research available suppliers; solicit, evaluate, and tabulate bids, analyze vendor responses to determine best value, negotiate with vendors as needed, and recommend and award bids; prepare and review purchasing reports for the WSD; interpret Division and Agency purchasing policies and procedures; and advise management on state and agency purchasing requirements. Monitor the receipt of goods, check for damages, and prepare related documents for the Division; monitor vendor performance and initiate corrective action on late deliveries, non-conforming goods, and vendor disputes.
• Track and maintain inventory of Division purchases; maintain spreadsheets, databases, logs, and files, including documenting activity related to each purchase; and track expenditure levels. Review invoices, procurement-card statements, and reports associated with purchases; reconcile expenditures; identify incorrect payment activity and verify and correct errors; ensure documentation is entered into the agency purchasing system in an accurate and timely manner; and ensure compliance with purchasing guidelines, procurement-card rules, and the Prompt Payment Act.
• Support the Division management, Budget Liaison, and Grant Manager with purchasing-related information and analysis, including encumbrance status, expenditure tracking and projections, purchase history, and reports; maintain the spreadsheets and databases that support this work; participate in meetings and projects related to budget, grants, and contract procurement and management; analyze relevant information and make recommendations regarding budget deviations and other issues as related to purchasing, budget, grants, and contracts.

Key Qualifications

• One year of experience serving a purchaser for an organizational unit within a State of Texas agency or university or Texas political subdivision (county, city, school district, river authority, or similar) with responsibility for making purchases, soliciting or evaluating bids or quotes, interpreting purchasing policies, and/or reviewing purchasing documents from requisition through receipt.
• Experience preparing, evaluating, or awarding procurements under multiple solicitation methods, including invitations for bid, requests for proposal, requests for qualification, requests for offer, and sole-source procurements.
• Experience with all requirements as a State of Texas procurement card holder including documentation and tracking of purchases and holding credit card use privileges.
• Experience using CAPPS Financials as a requisitioner or similar function for purchases or contracts including the entering and tracking of requisitions.
• Experience preparing purchase related budget-status reports or analysis in support of budget, grant, or contract functions, including maintaining the spreadsheets or databases used for that tracking.
• Completion of the Comptroller's Basic Texas Purchaser course.

Required Education & Experience

Graduation from a standard senior high school or its equivalent plus four years of full-time experience in procurement.

OR

Five years of full-time experience in administrative capacity* involving purchasing experience and responsibilities.

Fifteen semester hours from and accredited college or university may be substituted for each six months of the required experience with a maximum substitution of four years.

• Administrative capacity is work where primary duties consist of performing administrative tasks of an office, excluding work such as clerical, secretarial, sales, equipment operations, and manual labor.

TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE HOURS Or COURSE WORK

See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above.

Work Schedule

Standard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Individual and work group schedule determined by the TCEQ Water Supply Division.

Benefits

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner in HQ
• Work-Life Balance

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.

In compliance with ADA, if you need accommodation during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at [phone].

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.