Material Manager - Nuclear Projects

GTT•Richland, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Material Manager – Nuclear Projects coordinates the materials procurement process across all project phases. Working as a specialist with multiple project teams, the role maintains detailed knowledge and tracking of parts, tools, and materials needed to implement future and active projects. Responsibilities include administratively tracking materials identified during project design and planning, verifying parts shipped to the site, staging materials as required after receipt, and maintaining traceability when materials are issued from the warehouse. The role supports refueling outages, forced outages, and on-line maintenance. It oversees material procurement activities and coordinates with other departments to help ensure work can be implemented as scheduled. The position also inventories and inspects specialty vendor materials, supports shipping and logistics issue resolution, communicates procurement status, validates engineering change bills of material, and handles materials from issuance through installation while maintaining quantity, quality, storage, and traceability requirements. This is an onsite, 12-month contract position in Richland, Washington, with a Monday–Thursday, four-day, 10-hour schedule. Business travel may be authorized. Per diem and mobilization/demobilization are available. On-call work is not required.

Requirements

Meet one of the following education and technical-experience combinations: bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, or a related field from an accredited college or university and one year of technical-field experience; associate's degree in one of those fields or a related technical curriculum from an accredited college or university and three years of technical-field experience; or high school diploma/GED and five years of technical-field experience.
Know basic project management techniques.
Know basic core values related to human performance and cost-effective work execution.
Have basic proficiency with computer software tools, including MS Office.
Be able to operate hand and power tools, including a drill/impact driver, for material inventory and warehouse work.
Be able to operate vehicles such as work trucks.
Be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally and over 50 lbs. rarely, over distances of 5–20 feet.
Be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship or takeover of sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Certification.
Construction Management Certification.
Experience with warehousing, shipping, or receiving.
Familiarity with error-reduction and human-performance-improvement methods.
Familiarity with cost-effective work execution methodologies.
Experience managing projects, on-line work management, refueling or forced-outage management activities, engineering, or standard project management techniques.

Responsibilities

Support projects for refueling outages, forced outages, and on-line maintenance as assigned.
Provide oversight of material procurement, including new Catalog identifications (CATIDs), Material Requests (MRs), and Purchase Orders (POs), and coordinate with other departments to support scheduled work.
Develop, maintain, and improve materials-tracking processes showing the status of project parts, tools, and materials procurements.
Inventory and inspect specialty vendor materials shipped to the site to verify expected quantity and quality requirements.
Assist Supply Chain Services with material shipping and logistics challenges and help resolve Overage, Shortage, Damaged & Discrepancy (OSD&D) conditions.
Prepare and deliver written and oral procurement-status communications to groups including senior management.
Validate that Engineering Change bills of material meet project quality-level and Asset Suite 9 status requirements.
Handle materials from issuance through installation, maintaining quantity, quality, storage requirements, and traceability.
Operate hand and power tools and work trucks as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.