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September 17, 2024
MTech Mechanical
Westminster
Purchasing Agent
Position Title: Purchasing Agent FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Department: Purchasing/Warehouse/Operations Date: 2024
Reports to: Purchasing Manager Location: Westminster, CO
Wage Range: $25-30/hr. + annual bonus incentive
Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, AD&D, PTO, Employee Assistance Program, additional optional insurances
Job Summary
High paced, client service driven position, multitasking and prioritizing numerous tasks, team atmosphere, daily email workload, vendor selection and daily order entry, relationship building and maintaining, negotiating, and expediting
Essential Job Function
- Field purchasing for Pipefitting, Plumbing, and Sheetmetal trades
- Vendor Relations
- Equipment ordering
- Purchase materials and services for construction operations.
- Solicit bids, analyze quotations and select suppliers.
- Interview prospective vendors.
- Edit material requisitions and issue purchase orders.
- Maintain records of material, prices, inventories and deliveries.
- Alert the Purchasing Manager of items requiring special attention.
- Provide timely information on department’s ability to supply unscheduled or rush orders requiring abbreviated lead times.
- Contact suppliers about deliveries and schedule changes where necessary.
- Facilitate return of incorrect or overage of surplus materials and warranty returns.
- Collaborate within the purchasing department along with other departments of the company to promote better client and supplier relations.
- Cross train with others in the purchasing department to be able to support them during high volume or vacation periods.
- Assist, when necessary, with all Purchasing Department responsibilities.
- Order, track, and call off rental equipment for field personnel.
- Work with others in Purchasing to decide on vendors and terms for rental agreements.
- Work with Accounts Payable on billing discrepancies and vendor terms.
- Participate in negotiations with material pricing contracts with suppliers.
- Assist Estimating with pricing updates, and assist in soliciting bids for items for estimating
- Credit card purchases.
- Work within the purchasing team to solicit bulk material order bids, and set up discount structures for small short orders.
- Work with vendors on warranty and back charge disputes.
- Order equipment and support project managers and project engineers.
- Procurement of specialty items.
- Input field generated orders into purchase orders in Viewpoint software system.
- Assist with inventory and inventory purchase order entry.
- Work within the Viewpoint system to provide an accurate committed cost system.
- Analyze budgets to confirm prices paid for goods are lower than estimating bids
- Explore new ways of becoming more productive, efficient, and profitable.
- Work with all internal clients and perform at a very high level of client service at all times.
- Participate in Purchasing Department monthly meetings.
- Work with subcontractors to get to a Master Subcontract Agreement (MSA) with MTech
- Issue PO’s to subcontractors not being held retention, and field requested subs (coring, GPR, etc)
- Read specifications to confirm which products are to be procured and gather submittals for submission
- Sorting parts in the warehouse and some lifting may be required
- Work with project manager and project engineers to gather information and quote, negotiate, and procure plumbing fixture packages.
- Regular and predictable attendance is expected in order to meet the requirements of this position
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- High School diploma/GED required
- 2 years of construction purchasing experience preferred
- Background in construction purchasing or sales preferred (familiarity with pipefitting and plumbing materials is a plus)
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally, in writing, via email, phone and texting
- Excellent data entry skills and overall computer skills (including typing and working with multiple programs)
- Must be detail oriented with excellent multi-tasking ability
- Outstanding time management and organizational skills with the ability to maintain effective relationships with internal and external clients
About MTech
For over 22 years, MTech has had a goal to build a great company with a great reputation. With that in mind, we want an incredible team. With our values of integrity, commitment, excellence, growth and fun, we are looking for amazing individuals to build upon our success.
Our team members are our greatest asset, and we have a people-centric culture. We value the contributions they make towards growing MTech into being the premier design-build mechanical contractor in Colorado. MTech provides an environment that promotes genuine communication so that our team members can freely collaborate. We offer competitive employment packages and care about everyone’s safety and wellness – we show this through initiatives like Mental Health Month, Employee Assistance Programs and Construction Inclusion Week participation.
Approximately 500 individuals make up our teams across Colorado. We inspire and develop our talent with internship opportunities, an in-house training program and 100% company paid apprenticeship programs in sheet metal, pipefitting, plumbing and service. We also provide specialty training on topics such as medical gas certifications, DORA required Plumbing continuing education classes, various vendor trainings, CPR/First Aid and others. We also offer soft skill classes on topics such as Bias & the Brain (The Inclusion Series), Building a Culture of Trust, Navigating Conflict, and others. High-quality training enables our team members to exceed expectations in their roles and fuels the passion behind our company.
We are proud to of the amazing projects we have completed in our communities. This list includes projects such as Mc Gregor Square, UCCS Hybl Sports Medicine & Performance Center, AIMS Community College Welcome Center, Vail Health, Grand Colorado Peak 8 at Breckenridge Ski Resort, NREL and many more.
Working for MTech provides the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects such as Healthcare, Higher Education, Data Centers, Cleanrooms, Office Buildings, Multi-Family, Biotech & Pharmaceuticals, and others.
Americans with Disability Specifications
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 required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
This position takes place in a general office environment. Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and walking for up to 20% of the time. The work environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are reasonable. Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment available.
This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising this position and may change with or without notice.
MTech Mechanical is an EEO Employer and does not discriminate based on age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.
How to Apply: If you are interested in this role or any others at MTech, please visit www.mtechg.com to apply.
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