Engineering Support Specialist

Job Title: Engineering Support Specialist 2

Job Number: 11755

Travel: Up to 10% to support client and attend training

OT: 5% anticipated

Length: 1+ yrs, up to 5 years

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check

This full-time contract Engineering Support Specialist position will provide materials coordination and support to the Materials Management organization within the Logistics Management Office (NSL) group. This position will provide support in validating that government-furnished project materials are available to construction contractors as indicated in the contract release and work schedule. This position will collaborate and work closely with the NSL supervisory, Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs), Contract Specialists, Contracting Officers (COs), Investment Recovery (IRC) personnel, Shipping and Receiving and a variety of NSLMs customers, both internal and external.

• Review Bills of Materials, availability of Government Furnished Materials (GFM) and Material Request (MR) Order Status Reports for long lead items to validate materials for project(s) are ordered and will be available at time of construction
• Provide construction contractor with detailed lists of project materials and quantities required.
• Provide external stakeholder a pre-defined written and/or verbal overview of technical specifications regarding material procedures.
• Run pre-defined reports to identify materials that will not be available for project and submit written notification to project team.
• Alert the Project Manager (PM) and/or project team of any material issues and keep updated throughout resolution.
• Assist in expediting materials, tracking down missing or incomplete shipments of materials, and resolving material availability issues.
• Monitor MR Need Dates; coordinate with the Warehouse staff to facilitate / arrange pick up of project materials as well as communicate whether material is to be shipped or staged for release to a construction contractor.
• Coordinate, facilitate and schedule release of corporate materials to construction contractor(s).
• Work closely with Receiving, Shipping, and Contract Specialists to validate that material inventories are accurately filled, loaded and transported to the appropriate location in time to keep project(s) on schedule.
• Create inventory worksheets for use during a physical inventory.
• Create MRs as needed upon request from the construction manager / construction contractor based on the identified required items and quantities following pre-established procedures.
• Collaborate and coordinate with Investment Recovery (IRC) for the return of project materials for future utilization or disposal. Provide copies of Material Return Receipts to IRC, detailing work orders and associated Material Requests.
• Monitor, track and report all material utilized during subject project(s) and calculate cost of materials wasted, lost or damaged by construction contractor.
• Attend a variety of meetings, providing material status report/updates to project manager(s) and construction contractor(s) as requested.
• Extract BES, Asset Suite and Power
  
  BI reports and perform analysis of material charges against subject project work orders, verifying accuracy.
• Participate in the NSLM improvement process by providing recommendations for new and/or revised procedures, processes and guidelines; and, by meeting and collaborating with NSLM staff to determine best practices and assisting with the development / drafting of procedural changes, updating work flow processes, and defining subsequent associated training.

• High school diploma or equivalent is required
• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, supply and logistics management, construction management or engineering or a closely-related technical field is desired.
• 5 years of engineering operations experience, supporting construction logistics and engineering operations or a related field is required.
• The technical experience must be consistent with the specific requirements of engineering operations and progressively more technical in nature.
• Must possess…