Material Coordinator

Requisition ID: 277873

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Oak Ridge, TN

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Project Overview:

Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI), Bechtel's government services business, is one of the top providers to departments and agencies of the U.S. and British governments. Its successes include many large, first-of-a-kind projects in government site management, environmental restoration, defense, space, energy, and national and homeland security. This position will provide support to the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) located at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

UPF will be a first-of-its-kind complex for enriched uranium operations in support of Y-12 missions. UPF is one of the Department of Energy's largest investments in Tennessee since the Manhattan Project and one of the National Nuclear Security Administration's largest construction projects. When complete, UPF will: replace a 70-year-old facility with modern buildings, reduce operational costs and energy consumption, improve worker safety, and provided enriched uranium capabilities well into the future.

The UPF project works on a 4-10 schedule. Start times are flexible but the standard work week is: Monday – Thursday 6:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Eligibility for this position requires US citizenship; successful candidate must provide proof of US citizenship in order to obtain badge access to the site. Candidate must complete security questionnaire and successfully clear site access requirements check. All employees are subject and agree to random drug and alcohol testing as a condition of employment. Must be able to obtain a security clearance, as applicable.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will support material planning and/or material coordination for a small to medium project site. Planning activities will include clear identification of required materials, and details for how they will be stored and shipped. Coordination activities will include reporting of material work package statuses for installation. Your efforts will support adequate and accurate materials and equipment at the jobsite. #LI-SF1

Major Responsibilities:

Level 1

• Verifies that material requisitions clearly identify required pay items and reflect a level of detail in which materials will be shipped and identified for storage and control prior to distribution to Construction for installation
• Ensures the material identification methodology permits accurate statusing and distribution of materials according to the priority and sequence of construction activities
• Assists in identifying out-of-sequence engineering deliverables or lengthy approval requirements that could impact the timely issuance of the key engineering deliverables that drive the materials work process
• Works with Expediting to obtain critical design drawings and data required from suppliers that may affect the timely issuance of other design deliverables or are needed by Construction well ahead of material delivery
• Assists engineering in implementing the project's component numbering approaches, as required by sound materials management practices and the project Automation Plan, including tagged materials, bulk materials, and spares
• Assists with coordination of material planning activities for a material discipline area of responsibility
• Coordinates adherence to the Materials Management Plan and identifies deviations to the Plan
• Maintains direct working relationship with Project Controls, Discipline Engineers, Supply Chain, Automation Support and/or Construction Coordinator to ensure that construction personnel are provided with materials to support the completion of the construction work
• Monitors Engineering and Supply Chain deliverable schedules to ensure they will meet the construction schedule

Level 2

• Monitors materials components aspects of the project Automation Plan related data transfers between the functional groups with respect to assigned discipline area of responsibility
• Recognizes deficiencies in data input source documentation and ensures that corrections are made

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Level 1: Typically a University Hire with 1-2 years of experience or 5-6 years of relevant work experience
• Level 2: Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience
• Must be a US citizen
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check which includes verification of employment, education and travel
• Must be able to obtain site security badge for access to work site.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in material receiving processes and material coordination with Engineering
• Understanding of physical counts and inspection of arriving material.
• Experience in inventory control mechanisms and processes
• Knowledge of material control, and coordination with Construction
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition regulations and applicable Agency Supplements
• Understanding of Supply Chain Management processes.
• Thorough knowledge of work packaging, pre-buy methodology, and materials status reporting.

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