Procurement Engineer

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Reporting to the Project Manager the Procurement Engineer will be part of a high-performing project team dedicated to delivering a multi-year billion-dollar major rail infrastructure project through collaboration and a best-for-project vision. The Procurement Specialist will oversee the end-to-end procurement process including sourcing vendor selection and ensuring timely delivery of materials and services that align with project requirements and budget constraints.

This position is based out of Pickering ON.

What you will be working on:

• Review purchase requisitions and assign technical requirements and procurement clauses as required per the clients procedures

• Researching and identifying potential suppliers assessing them on quality reliability and technical capability

• Identify items with shelf-life restrictions as required;

• Providing oversight review of Technical/Design Specifications and Design/Drawing Bill of Materials (DBOMs) produced by Design Service Providers;

• Assist the project team in Procurement Engineering-related issues as required including spare parts CATIDs creation and setting CATIDs to READY

• Assist the Quality Control (QC) Receiving Inspectors on matters about received items as required

• Work with the vendors DSP engineering and Procurement to ensure selected equipment design and arrangement satisfies customer specifications along with industry codes and standards

• Initiaterequest IDs as required for creating new CATIDs

• Review vendor drawings and documents during contract execution for compliance with specifications and applicable codes and standards.

• Confirms that the selected vendor equipment meets applicable codes and will be able to perform to all required guarantees.

• Identify potential vendors issue RFQs for highly technical items or services and evaluate vendor quotations

• Negotiate contract pricing delivery schedules logistics payment terms warranties commercial terms and other conditions

• Document the supplier selection process and create manage and release purchase orders to vendors

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in engineering.

• Professional Engineering (.) designation is an asset

• Minimum of 5 years experience with power generation or other process related vendor equipment and selection.

• Knowledge of Nuclear Codes and Standards (CSA N Series ASME) and nuclear class equipment procurement.

• Knowledge of other codes and standards (CSA ASTM AWWA)

• Ability to work collaboratively in team environment.

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