The OpportunityPosition: Procurement Engineer/Analyst
Employment Type: Permanent
Employment Level: Entry Level
Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON
Department: Nuclear Equipment Solutions (NES)
Reports to: Director, Manufacturing & Logistics
Hours per week: 37.5
Number Required: 3
Starting Salary Range: $101,268 - $122,000. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate. Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.
What We OfferAt Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver's seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.
- Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
- Growth: To keep pace with Canada's expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
- Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
- Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
- Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.
Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact- Perform procurement engineering analysis for qualified nuclear components, including commercial off-the-shelf and manufactured components. Support inventory analysis, forecasting, and procurement planning 18 to 36 months in advance to meet customer needs.
- Coordinate vendor management activities during procurement, including requests for quotation, purchase requisitions, progress reporting, expediting, and delivery-date management. Provide direction to and check the work of assigned technical staff, and delegate project tasks as required.
- Collaborate with project managers, technical staff, and internal and external customers to resolve technical issues, monitor procurement risks, support spend forecasts and accruals, and deliver effective procurement and inventory management solutions.
What You Need to Succeed- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- One to three years of experience in procurement engineering, with experience in the nuclear industry or a similar highly regulated sector.
- Knowledge and practical experience applying applicable nuclear quality standards and procurement requirements, including N299 and N285, as applicable. Experience coordinating inventory and parts management across multiple projects and managing vendors to maintain delivery commitments.
- Knowledge of Kinectrics procurement systems, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn internal procurement tools and workflows.
- Ability to provide direction to assigned technical staff, check work related to technical issues, scope, cost, timeliness, and customer satisfaction, and support task delegation on shared projects.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify innovative procurement and inventory management solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with project teams and internal and external customers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated commitment to schedule adherence and quality assurance. OPG and Bruce Power security clearance is an asset. Ability to obtain and maintain nuclear site security clearance is required.
This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
