Field Procurement Manager

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on TerraPower’s Natrium team. Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. TerraPower, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels. It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining, or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power. Other Team Natrium partners include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, PacifiCorp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities. This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U.S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity. 

Job Summary:

In this role, you will manage project procurement personnel located at the jobsite in Kemmer, WY.  You will participate with the project management team in defining and developing the scope of work, and in preparing and coordinating procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets for Field Procurement. You will ensure procurement operations comply with corporate, business unit and project requirements.#LI-SF1 

Major Responsibilities:

• Participates with the project team on a small to medium sized project in defining and developing the scope of Procurement work, and in preparing and coordinating Procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets 
• Contributes Procurement input to the preparation and/or modifications of the project’s prime contract 
• Prepares and/or directs preparation of commercial terms and conditions for use on all project purchase documents, ensuring that requirements of the prime contract are incorporated 
• When assigned by the global business unit Manager of Supply Chain, prepares, coordinates, and submits Procurement input to business development proposals, soliciting input from global business unit and Corporate Procurement personnel as necessary 
• Develops, coordinates, and makes Procurement presentations to project and/or Customer personnel 
• Prepares or directs preparation of the project Procurement procedures in conjunction with global business unit and Corporate functional management; contributes to the project procedures; monitors the Procurement team’s implementation of the project procedures; revises procedures and secures approvals as necessary 
• Manages the development of the Supply Chain Assignment Schedule and the division of responsibility 
• Coordinates Procurement execution plan with Engineering and Construction plans and operations to ensure that input from these disciplines will enable Procurement to perform its functions in accordance with project plans 
• Plans and directs the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including destaffing, settlement of claims and back-charges, and resolving punch list items assigned to Procurement 
• Subject to required approvals, makes presentations to units of Bechtel, Customers, supplier organizations, or trade associations 

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13  years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with and knowledge of Field Procurement operations particularly pertaining to Procurement operations at temporary operating and jobsite locations, including Purchasing, Inspection, Expediting, Traffic & Logistics, and Field Materials Management Skilled in the supervision of personnel and all aspects that are involved with total personnel administration, such as requisitioning, interviewing, performance reviews, development or monitoring of mandatory training course completion, and career discussions and development.
• Skilled in working with, interfacing, coordinating, and communicating effectively with other project functional groups, primarily Engineering, Construction, Project Management, and other services.
• Basic understanding of managing government property and experience working under NQA-1 quality requirements is preferred.

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