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Bechtel helps customers deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy globally. These large, complex, and multi-disciplined projects create jobs, grow economies, and provide opportunities for local and regional communities. The Eva Copper Mine Project is a greenfield resource poised to become the largest new mine in Queensland, Australia. It is located in Cloncurry on the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people. The Project is owned by Harmony, a world-class gold and copper mining and development company with assets in South Africa, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Bechtel is delivering the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) scope for the Eva Copper Process Plant and Non-Process Infrastructure. Bechtel is providing these EPC services across all disciplines and functions for this exciting capital project.

In this role, you will oversee the development and preparation of project master purchasing commercial pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms and conditions. You will lead the development of purchasing procedures, planning, and forecasting of purchasing staff. You will direct negotiations, solve problems, and communicate with suppliers to ensure compliance with purchase order requirements and achieve the required service to meet project needs.

• By reviewing the prime contract requirements, develops and prepares project master purchases pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms and conditions to be included in purchase documents for project commitments 
• Prepares, maintains, and monitors project bidder’s lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups 
• Forms, issues, and administers purchase orders 
• Participates in the negotiations in the commitment of purchases, following review and approval of the proposed negotiating plan by the designated supervisor 

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience
• Has worked on large projects (>3 billion) in a Buyer role.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects of global procurement of equipment and materials.
• Preferred - familiarity with equipment and processes associated to copper processing.
• Must be willing to work in the office a minimum of 4 days per week

In this role, you will form (bid, evaluate and award) and administer Purchase Orders for complex engineered equipment. You will direct negotiations, solve problems, and communicate with suppliers to ensure compliance with purchase order requirements and achieve the required service to meet project needs.

• • May develop and prepare project master purchasing pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms and conditions to be included in purchase documents for project commitments 
  • Prepares, maintains, and monitors project bidder’s lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups 
  • Forms, issues, and administers purchase orders 
  • Participates in the negotiations in the commitment of purchases, following review and approval of the proposed negotiating plan by the designated supervisor 
  • Communicates with Engineering to assist and/or guide them in the preparation of material requisitions
  • Communicates with suppliers to achieve required service and meet project needs
  • Prepares and organizes assigned Procurement sponsored meetings
  • Participates in the negotiations in the commitment of purchases, following review and approval of the proposed negotiating plan by the designated supervisor
  • May provides training and guidance to other purchasing personnel regarding all aspects of formation and administration of purchasing forms, procedures, and buying of goods
  • Assists project Procurement team when instructed in solving and attending to administrative problems on commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications or supplemental commercial conditions
  • Monitors billing for compliance

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