Field Buyer / Expeditor

Bechtel Corporation•Millersport, OH

21h

About The Position

The Field Buyer / Expeditor performs tasks involved in forming and administering purchase orders and expediting materials and equipment to support project needs. The role communicates with suppliers and Bechtel personnel to clarify requirements and help ensure performance in accordance with purchase order terms and conditions. The position prepares bidder pre-qualifications and lists, solicits and analyzes bids, recommends and secures approvals for awards, and prepares and commits purchase orders. It also administers orders, monitors supplier performance and reporting, and processes agreed purchase order changes while tracking their effects on scope, cost, and schedule. The role supports a 1.3 GW simple-cycle power generation facility under construction in Millersport, Ohio, adjacent to a hyperscale data center campus. The project includes gas turbines, reciprocating engines, battery energy storage systems, substations, and associated balance-of-plant infrastructure. Construction includes civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, underground utility, control systems, and commissioning work, with direct-hire and subcontracted labor, modularization, pre-assembly, offsite warehousing, and advanced work packaging.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent and 2–5 years of relevant experience, or 6–9 years of relevant work experience.
Experience with purchase order formation and administration, including bid solicitation, bid evaluation, order commitment, status reporting, and supplier follow-up.
Ability to prepare bidder lists and prequalify bidders; form bid packages; issue bid requests; and coordinate bidders’ questions.
Ability to prepare Commercial Bid Summaries and award recommendation letters.
Ability to recommend and secure approvals in accordance with established procedures.
Ability to maintain order control documents and correspondence files.
Ability to monitor supplier performance and in-house compliance with order terms and contract conditions.

Responsibilities

Prepare bidder lists and qualify bidders.
Communicate with Engineering to assist with or guide preparation of material requisitions and clarify requirements for processing them.
Form bid packages, issue bid requests, coordinate bidders’ questions, and receive bids.
Prepare Commercial Bid Summaries and recommendations or recommendation letters for award.
Recommend and secure approvals in accordance with established procedures.
Prepare and commit purchase orders, and maintain order control and status-reporting documents.
Establish files and controls for incoming and outgoing correspondence for assigned orders.
Communicate with suppliers and Bechtel personnel to define requirements and support performance to purchase order requirements.
Monitor supplier performance for conformance to commercial terms.
Monitor Engineering and other in-house functions for compliance with order terms.
Initiate follow-up with suppliers or in-house functional groups to ensure performance in accordance with contract terms and conditions.
Identify and define purchase order changes and secure agreement regarding them.
Initiate and process purchase order revisions reflecting the scope and effects on cost and schedule of agreed changes.
Inform or work with other project Procurement personnel in order administration, as assigned.
Analyze and distribute supplier reports specified in the order or contract.
Perform expediting activities to support timely delivery of materials and equipment.