Buyer, Engineering

Location: Louisiana

# What You'll Be Doing
** Primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
*** Order materials as specified by TA planning.
* Receive and analyze Bids from vendors and contractors, qualifies commercial proposals.
* Work with Reliability department to provide technical clarifications during bid processes.
* Provide support to TA Manager to map Procurement and Material Management Process.
* Issue periodic contract and purchase order status reports to the TA Team until all contracts are in place.
* Participate in Lessons Learned.
* Review scope, work packages, and material requirements with planners, schedulers, and engineers.
* Build detailed material lists (BOMs) and validate specifications with SMEs.
* Identify long-lead equipment and initiate early procurement actions.
* Evaluate vendor capabilities, lead times, and risk factors.
* Secure budgetary quotes to support cost estimates and TA planning.
* Issue RFQs/RFPs for materials, parts, and contractor services.
* Evaluate bids based on cost, delivery schedule, technical compliance, and past performance.
* Conduct commercial negotiations to secure competitive pricing and favorable terms.
* Prepare purchase orders with TA-specific terms (expedited shipping, penalties, warranties, etc.).
* Secure vendor commitments
* Track and expedite all critical orders to ensure arrival before scheduled need dates.
* Maintain daily/weekly expediting reports for the TA leadership team.
* Coordinate with logistics, warehouse, and QA/QC for incoming inspections.
* Resolve shipping issues, vendor delays, or material discrepancies immediately.
* Arrange special logistics (hot shots, same-day couriers, international freight, weekend deliveries).
* Align vendors with TA schedules, milestones, and emergent needs.
* Hold progress calls to confirm readiness, fabrication timelines, and delivery risks.
* Coordinate field service labor, technicians, or OEM reps needed during the event.
* Review vendor documentation (MTRs, ITPs, weld logs, etc.).
* Issue emergency POs and source last-minute parts/services under extreme time constraints.
* Coordinate with planners/schedulers when materials impact the TA critical path.
* Monitor material staging areas to ensure parts are available for crews.
* Maintain accurate PO status, spend tracking, and budget updates.
* Support daily TA cost meetings with procurement and logistics data.
* Verify vendor invoices, resolve discrepancies, and enforce contract terms.
* Conduct vendor performance evaluations.
* Assist in closeout reports and supply chain lessons learned.# Ideal Background
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* Education:

** High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Degree in Construction Science, Building Science or related field is highly preferred.
** Certification:
** AACE International or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification is preferred.
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* Experience:

** Requires 5+ years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control and estimating.
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* Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

*** Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
* Extreme attention to detail.
* Possesses a comprehensive understanding of the function of all engineering disciplines.
* Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
* Ability to set priorities.
* Ability to effectively discuss and correspond with engineering disciplines and/or contractors to ascertain and understand pertinent information concerning schedules, scopes of work, estimates and/or project costs.
* Excellent listening and communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Excellent presentation and organizational skills.
* Knowledge of other disciplines deliverable development to ensure coordination of efforts.
* Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all project controls deliverables.
* Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and SAP
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* Physical Requirements:

*** Ability to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.#LI-BT2# Hargrove Culture We work to create an environment founded on trust, personal integrity,…