Supplier Procurement Engineer, EPC Procurement Oversight

Job Title: Natrium RECR 636 Supplier Procurement Engineer, EPC Procurement Oversight (TP-PR-00013957)
Location: Bellevue WA or Remote
Duration: 12 months (possibility of multiple 12 months extension)
Rate offered: $69 - $115/hr on W2
Some travel required
Full Time: 40 hrs/week

Job Description
TerraPower, LLC. is seeking to contract with a highly motivated Supplier Procurement Engineer (SPE) to support the Natrium team. This individual is responsible for oversight, management and coordination of Natrium’s Engineer-Procurement-Construction (EPC) partner’s procurements of heavy industrial components and equipment. Responsibilities include coordination of budget and schedule management, contract terms, and technical details with TerraPower engineering, project management, contracts, and legal teams.

Tasks
• The SPE acts in a project management capacity for EPC procurement performance management and oversight.
• The SPE will apply classic project management tools to oversee EPC Procurements, including cost, schedule, and submittal technical oversight,
• Key collaborator with internal technical, commercial, legal, and project management teams to ensure fidelity to contract and technical direction with EPC.
• Coordinate reviews of EPC specifications, bid packages and bid assessments to ensure TerraPower’s interests are appropriately considered.
• Provide oversight and coordination of EPC procurement schedule and budget, to ensure EPC procurements awards are on track and support cost evaluations against planned budgets,
• Support TerraPower contracts team in developing contract documents relevant to EPC supplier’s scope of work.
• Provide oversight of EPC procurement delivery, working with the contract administrator to ensure timely delivery of materials, data and other deliverables.
• Support technical interfaces between EPC procurement team and Natrium technical team.
• Manage technical deliverable submittal process between EPC and Natrium Team.
• Maintain awareness of EPC’s technical capabilities, organization changes and relationships to ensure positive feedback to Natrium.

Key Qualifications and Skills
• Technical degree preferably in mechanical, electrical, chemical, nuclear, systems, or civil engineering preferred.
• 10-20 years’ experience in supplier oversight required.
• PMP certification preferred or equivalent training.
• Prefer 3-5 years of manufacturing oversight in either fabrication or heavy industrial environment.
• Understanding of fabrication travelers, welding, and similar manufacturing processes, and implementation of quality programs in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience defining heavy industrial equipment and component supplier work scope to include development of SOWs, RFPs and providing direction and oversight of supplier projects required.
• Demonstrated skills in management of heavy industrial suppliers in design and manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated skills in supporting contractual/commercial aspects of customer/supplier relationships.
• Previous experience in technical interface with engineering groups for review and input to supplier activities.
• Required experience with project controls and organization along with tools and processes to support the same.
• A broad understanding of the mechanical, electrical, and nuclear engineering disciplines and how they interrelate is important.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills desired
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.