Procurement Specialist II

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

The Procurement Specialist will provide technical guidance on preparation, solicitation, negotiation, award and administration of procurement documents and coordinate procurement activities with the requesting organization in support of Construction Subcontract Administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and executes purchase orders, purchase contracts, construction subcontracts, and technical services agreements including prepare bidders lists, pre-qualifying bidders, formatting bid packages, issuing bid requests, coordinating bidders’ questions, receiving bids, evaluation bids commercially, preparing Commercial Bid Summary, recommending and securing approvals, preparing and committing orders/subcontracts, and preparing and maintaining control and status report documents. 
• Administer Construction subcontracts assigned Purchase Orders, purchase contracts, and/or assigned subcontracting documents by performing the following functions:
  • Preparing a summary on each order or subcontract, establishing vital information essential to a well-defined administration program. Updating summaries to facilitate transition of assignments.
  • Establishing file and controls for all outgoing and incoming correspondence on each assigned order or subcontract.
  • Monitoring supplier performance and Mission Support and Test Services LLC functions for conformance and compliance with subcontract terms, and initiating follow-up actions as needed.
  • Initiating follow-up actions with suppliers, subcontractors or Mission Support and Test Services LLC functions to ensure performance in accordance with subcontract terms and conditions.
  • Analyzing and distributing suppliers’ reports as specified in the subcontract and reviewing and commenting on special payment billings.
  • Participating in discussions to clarify subcontract or order documents and/or specification requirements, identifying, defining, and securing agreement regarding potential changes.
  • Initiating and processing revisions, amendments, back-charges that establish scope and determine the effect on cost and schedule of agreed-upon changes.
  • Reviewing, acting on, and/or recommending specific actions involving subcontract terminations, claims, and disputes.
  • Conduction of close-out review of order or subcontract documents.
• Communicates with suppliers and subcontractors to achieve required service and results from potential and actual suppliers and subcontractors.
• Communicates with requestor to assist in preparing material requisitions for the procurement of materials and equipment and to achieve the understanding needed to process the requisitions. 
• Prepares and organizes procurement-sponsored meetings, such as bid clarifications, pre-proposal meeting and post-award meeting to ensure complete understanding and agreement between Mission Support and Test Services LLC., the client and the supplier on all contractual matters.  After reviewing plan and agendas with supervisor, conducts meeting and prepares and issues meeting notes delineating important statements, required actions and schedules.
• Assists in solving and attending to administrative problems on commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications or supplementary commercial conditions.
• Reviews offer recommendations for completeness and approves selection of suppliers within delegated approval authority. Ensures all commitments are accurately prese