Field Buyer

Overview

Oversee purchase order development, negotiation, and supplier compliance for projects.

Key Responsibilities

• bidder lists
• po compliance
• purchase orders
• negotiations

Tasks

-Prepares, maintains, and monitors project bidder’s lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups -Ensure purchase order terms and conditions are compliant with Bechtel and project requirements -Forms, issues, and administers purchase orders -Directs negotiations in the commitment of purchases, following review and approval of the proposed negotiating plan by the designated supervisor

Requirements

• purchasing
• order drafting
• negotiation
• bachelor's
• po administration
• material management

What You Bring

-Experience in purchasing, agreement / order drafting (with legal support as required), administration and negotiation of changes, effective correspondence, planning and scheduling. -Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience -Working knowledge purchase order administration, home office and field procedures and documents relating to a multi-discipline construction projects. -General knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting, purchasing, and material management practices, applicable government and commercial regulations and practices, and industry policies, procedures and work practices -Possesses experience and knowledge of project purchasing and PO administration activities.

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About Bechtel Corporation

-The firm began building railroads and dams in the American West and grew into a pioneer of mega-projects. -Post-war, it laid massive pipelines across the Middle East and ventured into nuclear power, building the USA’s first commercial plant. -Its projects include Boston’s complex “Big Dig” tunnel, the Channel Tunnel, and Intel megafab campuses. -It operates in global markets across Energy, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & Technology, Mining & Metals, and Nuclear/Security/Environmental sectors. -Typical projects include highways, bridges, ports, airports, LNG plants, data-centers, environmental cleanups, and nuclear facilities.

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