Buyer, Supply Chain​/Logistics

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Buyer is responsible for sourcing and purchasing technical components, equipment, materials, and services that support Standard Nuclear’s engineering, manufacturing, and facility operations. This role works closely with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and vendors to understand requirements, identify qualified suppliers, obtain competitive quotes, and ensure purchases meet technical, schedule, quality, and commercial needs.

This position manages purchase orders from sourcing through delivery, helps resolve supplier and logistics issues, and supports cost and lead-time improvements across active projects and ongoing operations.

The ideal candidate is organized, commercially minded, comfortable working with technical information, and able to manage multiple purchasing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Source components, equipment, materials, and services based on engineering, manufacturing, and operational requirements
• Review technical specifications, drawings, bills of materials, and purchase requests to understand sourcing needs
• Identify and evaluate suppliers capable of meeting technical, quality, schedule, and commercial requirements
• Obtain and evaluate quotes, lead times, pricing, commercial terms, and supplier capabilities
• Coordinate with engineering and quality to clarify requirements and support supplier selection decisions

• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders from placement through delivery and closeout
• Track order status, supplier commitments, lead times, delivery dates, and open actions
• Follow up with suppliers to resolve delays, shortages, documentation gaps, quality concerns, or other order issues
• Maintain accurate purchasing records, supplier information, pricing, and delivery information in company systems
• Coordinate with receiving, warehouse, finance, and internal requestors to resolve delivery, invoice, or purchase order discrepancies

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with manufacturers, distributors, fabricators, and service providers
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost, improve lead times, increase availability, and strengthen supplier performance
• Support negotiations related to pricing, delivery, minimum order quantities, payment terms, and other commercial conditions
• Identify alternate suppliers and sourcing options for critical or difficult-to-source items
• Communicate supply risks, schedule impacts, and recommended actions to supply chain and project stakeholders

• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, facilities, and project teams to support changing material and equipment needs
• Support supplier documentation, certifications, inspection requirements, and technical submittals as needed
• Assist with bill of materials reviews, sourcing plans, and purchasing priorities for active projects and ongoing operations
• Help improve purchasing workflows, supplier records, sourcing practices, and procurement processes as company systems mature
• Support special sourcing projects and other supply chain activities as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
• 2-5 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, or related work
• Experience purchasing technical components, equipment, fabricated parts,…