Technical Procurement Engineer

About the role

We have an opening for a Technical Procurement Engineer (aka Supply Chain Engineer) to support Superblock within the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) in the Engineering Directorate.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering and scientific groups within the Superblock organization to define product requirements, plan projects, determine acquisition strategies, and execute fabrication and procurement decisions for specialized hardware, equipment, tooling, and services.
• Serve as a primary interface between program engineering, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing support organizations, and suppliers in the definition, contracting, fabrication, delivery, installation, cleanliness, and storage of programmatic products.
• Function independently with minimal direction, taking responsibility for parallel tasks, priorities, and deliverables associated with Superblock production and sourcing activities.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support the development of hardware, equipment, materials, and services for fabrication, assembly, test, installation, and sustainment.
• Support producibility and manufacturability by providing engineering sourcing solutions to complex problems and working between program engineering teams, procurement, manufacturing support, and suppliers.
• Review drawings and technical documentation for technical content, manufacturability, and procurement readiness, and provide recommendations on fabrication approaches, sourcing options, and design-for-manufacturability considerations.
• Produce technical procurement packages including statements of work, specifications, schedules, cost estimates, technical justifications, and related solicitation documents.
• Analyze supplier proposals and technical data and participate in vendor selection and acquisition strategy development.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of assigned procurements by working with LLNL Procurement and other organizations to address technical and business issues and by monitoring supplier progress through delivery and issue resolution.
• Provide solutions and perform analysis to address issues associated with each acquisition, including safety, export control, intellectual property, legal and regulatory requirements, configuration management, quality, logistics, and knowledge transfer.
• Serve as the technical point of contact with suppliers and associated procurement representatives for assigned hardware, equipment, and service procurements.
• Maintain and track schedules, milestones, budgets, and action items for procurement and delivery activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following: research, design, analysis, prototyping, fabrication, assembly, testing, engineering data management, configuration management, MRP, or engineering-process improvement.
• Experience preparing requirements documents, statements of work/specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and other engineering reports.
• Knowledge of a wide range of conventional and advanced fabrication and/or manufacturing methods.
• Experience with scheduling, cost estimating, earned value, configuration management, change control, or related project management tools.
• Awareness of commercial/business practices, incentives, and understanding of limitations in taxpayer-funded environments.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to collaborate in a team environment, present technical information, provide assessments and recommendations, and influence consensus across multi-discipline teams.

Additional Qualifications

• Significant experience building consensus across engineering and organizational disciplines.
• Significant experience in successful engineering or organizational process redesign, including leading associated change efforts.
• Significant experience with implementation or configuration of an MRP system, including user and organizational aspects.

Pay

$146,340 - $222,564 Annually for the SES.2 level
$175,530 - $222,564 Annually for the SES.3 level

Schedule

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options, may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.