Procurement Specialist

**Requisition ID: 270066**
- ** Relocation Authorized: None**:

- ** Telework Type: Part-Time Telework**:

- ** Work Location: Perth, WA**

**COMPANY OVERVIEW**:
Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

An immediate opportunity exists, within our Mining and Metals business unit to be part of the exciting Kalgoorlie Smelter Renewal (KSR) project in Perth, WA. The Project to undertake the brownfields upgrades to its existing Kalgoorlie Smelter facility. The proposed Project is planned to be delivered using an E+PCM model where the Engineering Partner will complete the engineering and design deliverables and the PCM partner will undertake procurement and construction management activities as agent for and on behalf of the Project.

The Home Office team will be based in the Perth, WA, supported by some engineering team in Brisbane, QLD. The Field Office team will be located at the job site with camp accommodation provided and a FIFO work roster.

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Performs purchase order formation and administration activities when required by workload, complexity, or other factors. Performs duties in the purchasing, including bidder prequalification, bidder lists, bid solicitation, bid analysis, negotiation and commitment of purchase orders in accordance with Project Procurement Procedure and Supply Chain IWPP. Performs administration of purchase orders following commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications, or supplementary commercial conditions. Develops and monitors purchasing master pro-forma documents for both domestic and international projects. Participates in the planning, work hour calculations and budgeting as it relates to project purchasing activities.

**ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES**:

- Develops and prepares project master purchases pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms and conditions to be included in purchase documents on project commitments. Reviews prime contract terminology and transfers applicable legal and commercial terms into the pro-forma documents.
- Reviews and develops other commercial and technical data prepared by Engineering, Construction, Finance, Traffic & Logistics, Insurance, Tax and other procurement functional groups and inputs suitable terminology into pro-forma documents.
- Participates in the development of project purchasing procedures.
- Prepares, maintains and monitors project bidders lists, prequalifies bidders, form and issues bid packages, prepares commercial bid summary and recommendation letter, establishes files and controls for all incoming/outgoing correspondence, and, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups.
- Monitors supplier’s performance for conformance to commercial terms including activities by engineering and other in-house functions to ensure compliance with the order terms.
- Participates in the planning, work hour calculations, budgeting and other related activities in projecting purchasing staffing requirements for projects.
- Reviews international project commercial conditions of purchasing to ensure purchasing pro-forma terms, conditions and procedures are compatible with applicable Bechtel Directives, Instructions and Procurement Procedures.
- Forms, issues, and administers purchase orders. Communicates with suppliers to achieve required service and meet project needs. Communicates with Engineering to assist and/or guide them in the preparation of material requisitions. Prepares and organizes assigned Procurement sponsored meetings.
- Directs negotiations in the commitment of purchases, following review and approval of the proposed negotiating plan by the designated supervisor.
- Provides training and guidance to other purchasing personnel regarding all aspects of formation and administration of purchasing forms, procedures, and buying goods.
- Assists project Procurement team when instructed in solving and attending to administrative problems on commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications