TCEQ - Purchaser IV

Job Description - TCEQ - Purchaser IV )

Job Description

TCEQ - Purchaser IV (  )

State Job Code : 1933

Salary Admin Plan : B

Grade : 19

Closing Date

Closing Date :
Feb 7, 2026, 5:59:00 AM

Description

Are you an experienced Purchaser IV, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency?

Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state’s public health and natural resources.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ Compliance and Enforcement, you would help ensure that those we regulate comply with the state’s environmental laws. See details about what we do .

This position is a member of our Critical Infrastructure Division.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Purchase technical equipment, materials, supplies and services to include. Research suppliers, solicits, evaluates and awards bids; assist with developing, preparing and revising bid specifications. Monitor the receipt of goods and prepares receiving reports; interpret purchasing policies, procedures, and advise staff regarding state and agency purchasing regulations. Develop and implements improvements to the divisions purchasing program.

Review, approve, and track division purchases; maintain spreadsheets, databases and files to include documentation related to each purchase. Audit invoices to ensure sufficient funding is available, and to ensure compliance with Prompt Payment Law; serve as liaison to the Financial Administration Division.

Reconcile division purchases and ensures accuracy of accounting databases such as Uniform State Accounting System (USAS) and Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) and Financial Administration CAPPS Tools (FACT); prepare procurement form change requests to ensure proper utilization of funds; verify the outstanding encumbrances and initiates the appropriate methods for correcting errors or liquidating remaining funds; work with division budget staff to ensure proper and timely use of funds.

Serve as the division Procard Site Coordinator (PSC); ensure compliance with purchasing guidelines and the Prompt Payment Law; provide guidance to other division cardholders within the Office of Compliance and Enforcement by reviewing their transaction logs for accuracy and completeness; ensure transaction logs and all necessary documents are submitted in a timely manner.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Graduation from a standard senior high school or its equivalent plus four years of full-time experience in procurement.

OR

Five years of full-time experience in administrative capacity
* involving purchasing experience and responsibilities. Fifteen semester hours from and accredited college or university may be substituted for each six months of the required experience with a maximum substitution of four years.

* Administrative capacity is work where primary duties consist of performing administrative tasks of an office, excluding work such as clerical, secretarial, sales, equipment operations, and manual labor.

Employees in this classification series may research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, including but not limited to a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Tex. Business & Commerce Code Section 117.001(2). Accordingly, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a requirement to be hired for and to continue to be employed with TCEQ.

TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE HOURS or COURSE WORK:

See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the…