Procurement Specialist; Entry

Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) leads the nation’s largest and most complex radioactive waste cleanup effort. Every day, our teams work to safely remove, treat, and dispose of 56 million gallons of legacy tank waste at the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington.

When you join H2C, you become part of a team dedicated to creating "The Solution Today for a Better Tomorrow." Guided by our Vision, Mission, Values, and Behaviors, we work together with integrity, innovation, and accountability. We empower our workforce, encourage continuous improvement, and celebrate achievements as we make measurable progress toward tank waste cleanup and long‑term site closure. At H2C, your work has a meaningful impact—today and for future generations.

The Material Procurement group is seeking a Procurement Specialist to join its dedicated and hardworking team at Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C). The team procures a wide range of materials, from small consumables to multimillion dollar fabrications and plays a key role in supporting H2C's mission. Each day offers fast paced and diverse challenges as the group works to ensure materials are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on time.

Under general supervision, the individual will primarily focus on expediting duties, with responsibilities including ensuring timely delivery, resolving delays, and coordinating with suppliers and internal teams to keep orders on track. This role will follow prescribed procedures to support on‑time completion of all procurement activities. The individual will also solicit, negotiate, place, and administer purchase orders for various materials in accordance with established requirements.

Other duties may include:

• Ensure timely delivery of materials by expediting orders, resolving delays, and coordinating closely with suppliers and internal teams to keep procurement activities on track.
• Review open orders, manage delivery schedules, and work with suppliers to meet original promise dates and on time delivery goals.
• Track critical parts and priority orders, identify potential workflow delays, and implement corrective actions promptly.
• Communicate with vendors and suppliers to address issues, resolve invoice discrepancies, and ensure timely payment.
• Coordinate with Material Management, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Receiving, Accounts Payable, and warehouse teams to resolve receiving issues, support disposition of NCRs, and ensure smooth procurement workflow.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report supplier performance against purchase order requirements and deliverables.
• Generate procurement documents, maintain organized files, and manage tracking data, reports, and weekly status updates.
• Conduct market research to support project needs and procurement strategies.
• Review subcontract/purchase order documentation, including Catalog IDs, noncompetitive justifications, inaccuracies, questions, and compliance with quality clauses.
• Participate in pre‑procurement planning, preparation of solicitation documents, and processing of RFQs/RFPs.
• Provide recommendations for improvements to supply chain processes.
• Ensure ISMS principles are incorporated into daily execution of procurement activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Grade 14:

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or other related discipline; and
• One (1) year relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Grade 15:

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or other related discipline; and
• Two (2) year relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Note the essential duties for this grade level are like that of the previous grade level,…