Procurement Manager

Company Overview

Sterling Industrial, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana was founded and incorporated in 1982. Our company began and grew from a need for swift, reliable service for utilities in southern Indiana. Meeting the needs of utilities through small emergencies, we found an increasing need to add pipe fitters and millwrights to our operation, and from there our company continued to grow.

As a multi-craft union contractor, we provide civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical services for new construction and maintenance/retrofit projects. Our core markets include power generation, metals, pulp/paper, plastics, and chemical markets. We pride ourselves on being a full-service contractor attentive and responsive to the needs of our customers; providing a full range of services and solutions for construction and maintenance projects.

• Safety is a top business priority and commitment driven by top management throughout the company with a full-time safety department.
• Project management and project controls combine with a professional approach to complete our projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Union Building Trades Crafts employed include boilermakers, pipe fitters, ironworkers, laborers, millwrights, operating engineers, electricians, carpenters, teamsters, and cement masons.
• Full-service boiler repair and maintenance for the industrial and power generation sectors. Complete boiler and associated equipment installation and repair. Refractory repair/replacement.
• Installation and repair of pollution control equipment such as scrubbers, precipitators, fabric filters, and ancillary equipment.
• Foundations, steel erection, equipment setting, and precision alignment, piping, electrical and instrumentation. Rigging/setting and assembly of plant equipment.
• Largest employer of boilermakers, pipefitter, ironworker, electricians and millwright crafts in the nation.
• Maintains ASME and NBIC Accreditation for PP, S, U, U2, and R stamps.
• Numerous Maintenance Agreement/Alliance Contracts in force in our region.
• Specialize in 24/7 service to meet the customer’s needs.
• 150,000 square feet of shop fabricating and machining facilities and specialized equipment. Specialized focus on fabrication, installation, and welding of special/exotic alloy metals for the chemical and power generation industries such as duplex stainless steel, and high chromium/high nickel alloys.
• Full Time Quality Control Group for both field and shop work, including personnel certified by AWS and ASNT for various types of NDE.

In addition to the Power Generation and Heavy Industrial markets, Sterling Industrial provides new construction and maintenance services for the Building Construction and Institutional market sectors. We have performed new construction work for pre-engineered buildings, concrete foundations, structural and ornamental installation, plumbing, electrical, and architectural finish work on commercial/institutional applications such as offices, banks, stores/malls, schools, churches, and warehouses. Additionally, we provide maintenance and repair services for the same type of facilities.

Skilled craftsmen are employed in providing these services including carpenters (form and finish), laborers, cement finishers, ironworkers, plumbers, and electricians.

Manages the effective and timely procurement of goods and services to meet the needs of the Estimating and Operating Units, ensuring compliance with operational procurement policies and procedures.

• Contract Administration: Develop documentation to ensure scope, notices, terms and conditions are included within estimate solicitations and supplier contracts.
• Procurement Strategy: Lead and develop the Project Procurement Plan and ensure its implementation reflects the company and project strategy; procure sustainably to secure best value supply of materials and services at consistent quality and reasonable cost; leverage buying power relationships to achieve lowest total cost of ownership; ensure compliance with supply chain management strategy.
• Prequalification and…