Equipment - Purchasing Agent

• Location 427 Ala Makani Street,Maui, HI, 96732,United States
• Base Pay $80,000.00 - $ / Year
• Employee Type FT - Regular (Exempt)
• Required Degree NONE
• Manage Others No

The Opportunity

At Alpha Inc., purchasing isn’t about placing orders. It’s about keeping the operation moving.

When a machine is down, a crew is waiting, or a critical part is sitting on backorder somewhere across the country, we need someone who doesn’t simply send an email and wait.

We need someone who owns it.

Alpha Inc. is looking for a Purchasing Agent who is organized, relentless about follow-through, sharp on the details, and wired with a genuine sense of urgency. You’ll source and purchase the parts, equipment, tools, materials, supplies, and specialty items that keep our equipment, maintenance, construction, and field operations running.

This is not a transactional purchasing role.

You’ll own purchasing requests from initial request through successful delivery
—finding the right part, verifying the details, tracking the shipment, chasing the backorder, communicating the delay, finding Plan B when Plan A falls apart, and making sure the person who needs it actually gets it.

If your definition of follow-up is “I sent them an email,” this probably isn’t your role.

If you naturally think “What needs to happen next, who do I need to call, and how do I get this across the finish line?” —
keep reading.

About Alpha Inc.

Founded and grown in Hawai?i, Alpha Inc. is a locally owned company supporting construction, drilling, energy, equipment, and infrastructure operations across the islands.

We take on demanding work, and that requires people who take ownership of their piece of the operation.

Our three core values shape how we work:

Leading with Heart – Support and foster a safe, productive, and respectful work environment for all team members.

Strength in Unity – Work together across equipment, maintenance, field leadership, project teams, vendors, and internal departments because operations win when the entire team wins.

Alpha Mentality – Take ownership. Act with urgency. Solve problems proactively. Communicate effectively. Follow through and execute.

For the Purchasing Agent, those aren’t words on a wall.
They’re the job.

What You’ll Own

Own the Purchase — Start to Finish

• A request hitting your desk is the beginning of your responsibility, not the end.
• You’ll own purchasing requests through final delivery, making sure orders are accurate, complete, documented, actively tracked, and successfully received.
• That means verifying part numbers, serial numbers, equipment information, specifications, quantities, compatibility, pricing, and shipping information before an order goes out.
• And when a repair requires more than one component, you’ll work with mechanics, maintenance personnel, vendors, and manufacturers to make sure the team has the seals, fittings, hardware, fluids, kits, and related components necessary to actually finish the job.

Attack Downtime With Urgency

A backordered part isn't just a line on a spreadsheet.

It can mean equipment sitting instead of working.

You’ll work closely with the Equipment Superintendent, foremen, mechanics, and operations personnel to understand what’s critical, what’s coming next, and where delays could hurt maintenance schedules, safety, field productivity, or project operations.

Critical order stuck?

Call the vendor.

Call again. Find another distributor. Check the manufacturer. Explore another shipping method. Find another solution.

You’re expected to aggressively follow up on critical parts, emergency orders, backorders, and delayed shipments—and immediately escalation significant issues that could extend equipment downtime.

Communicate Before Someone Has to Ask

Great purchasing professionals don't make the operation…