Austin Industrial, Inc. - We seek an experienced Buyer based in Baytown, Texas.
This position requires a valid Driver's License.
Maintenance position working 5x10s - NO PER DIEM

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost efficiency.

Buyer

This position will provide administration of general purchasing and subcontracting. Responsible for the negotiation, execution, and documentation of master vendor agreements and change orders.  Maintains updated vendor qualification documentation and certificates of insurance.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Functional Areas of Responsibility:

Administration of general purchasing Master agreement administration Vendor and subcontractor certificate of insurance compliance Vendor and subcontractor pre-qualification and requalification Vendor and subcontractor negotiations Process subcontractor and vendor change orders Relationships with vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Administration & Planning

Process and administer formal purchase order and subcontract agreements as assigned Perform a detailed review of master service agreements for buyout purpose and awards agreements when negotiations have been concluded Ensure that subcontractors have all required bonds and insurance policies in place before allowing work to begin Resolve interpretation/administration of agreement problems as they arise Distribute executed agreements and change orders to project teams Perform other duties as assigned

Scheduling

Execute all agreements in support of required jobsite schedule

Technical

Bachelor’s degree in related field required Read and interpret contract language Negotiate agreement terms with vendors and subcontractors Ability to discern and mitigate contractual risk

Position Specific Success Factors

The Behavioral Success Factors selected from Austin’s dictionary of Behavioral Success Factors that are the most important in this position:

Planning and Organizing Building Partnerships Negotiating Perseverance Conflict Management

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education: no minimum education requirements.

Certification/License: A Valid Driver’s License.

Experience: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish. See the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English and Spanish.

 

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

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