Project Buyer - Austin Industrial (Spring, TX)

About Austin Industrial Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service 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. To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial . Project 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. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: 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 Process and administer formal purchase order and subcontract agreements as assigned Preform a detailed review of master service agreements for buyout purposes 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 Preform other duties as assigned Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. Execute all agreements in support of required jobsite schedule Read and interpret contract language Negotiate agreement terms with vendors and subcontractors Ability to discern and mitigate contractual risk Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. Qualifications Required for this Position: Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field required 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, Mental & Environmental Requirements Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities. Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position. Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations. Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. See the “Know Your Rights” 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 ( i.e. , payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company. Accessibility Note If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217. t status in making hiring decisions.