Technical Procurement Specialist

**International Submarine Engineering** **Location:** Port Coquitlam, BC **Workplace:** Onsite **Career Opportunity** ISE is seeking a Technical Procurement Specialist to join our team! Reporting to the Director of Procurement and Quality, the Technical Procurement Specialist sources and purchases specialized equipment, materials, and services for customer products. With strategic and technical expertise in marine products and systems, they collaborate with project teams, engineers and technologists to purchase highly technical materials and COTS components. If you're someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building strong supplier partnerships, and working closely with engineering teams to bring innovative solutions to life, we'd love to hear from you. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead procurement for projects and large multi-year programs by obtaining quotes for specialized items, create purchase requests, generate and update purchase orders, and identify shortages and expedite, as required. * Manage the procurement implications to ensure configuration management while dealing with engineering material/product change requests. * Support strategic procurement for components by developing a sustainable, competent, and cost-effective supplier base. * Support Quality Assurance by conducting technical vendor assessments to understand proponents’ capabilities, capacity, and develop new suppliers to meet future procurement requirements. * Using technical expertise, review drawings and BOMs to assess critical features in the design (eg. Interface control). * Conduct source inspections to validate conformance of goods at the appropriate phase of manufacturing. * Evaluate risk, prepare forecasts, scenarios and other factors concerning the project suppliers, establish reports, and present continuous improvement recommendations. * Leverage the organizational buying power to optimize costs, access new suppliers, reduce lead times, and ensure compliant articles. * Work with various departments to develop and maintain relationships with existing and potential suppliers. * Act as a liaison with suppliers regarding Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs). * Work with the various stakeholders to identify and address discrepancies and initiate PO changes as required. * Develop and maintain an approved supplier list including the supplier evaluation schedule and requirements **Qualifications** * Post-secondary education in Mechanical Design, Engineering, Oceans Technology, Supply Chain Management, or relevant career experience. * Minimum five (5) years of progressive technical mechanical design/engineering experience. * Minimum two (2) years procuring and sourcing specialized materials and services. * Knowledge and experience with Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy, trade agreements and various procurement strategies/approaches. * Ability to obtain Canadian Government Security (Reliability) and Controlled Goods clear