Eng Supp Spec 2 Engineering Operations Specialist

Collaborates with project management, contracting personnel, warehouse operations, construction contractors, and other stakeholders to resolve material issues, manage returns, verify material costs, maintain accurate records, and improve material management processes while ensuring compliance with established procedures and information governance requirements. Bachelor's Degree in business administration, supply and logistics management, construction management or engineering or a closely-related technical field is preferred.

Title: Eng Supp Spec 2 – Engineering Operations Specialist
Location: Vancouver, WA (Onsite)
Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)
Pay Range: $32.98 – $35.21 per hour

Coordinates the planning, tracking, distribution, and reconciliation of government-furnished materials to support construction project schedules and contractual requirements. Reviews material availability, inventory records, procurement and order status, and delivery timelines to ensure required materials are available when needed. Collaborates with project management, contracting personnel, warehouse operations, construction contractors, and other stakeholders to resolve material issues, manage returns, verify material costs, maintain accurate records, and improve material management processes while ensuring compliance with established procedures and information governance requirements.

Position Responsibilities

• Review bills of materials, inventory availability, and order status reports to confirm required materials are ordered and available before construction begins.
• Coordinate with project managers, contracting personnel, and contractors to communicate material requirements, quantities, and handling procedures.
• Identify material shortages and potential delays, notify project stakeholders, and track issues through resolution.
• Assist with expediting orders, locating missing or incomplete shipments, and resolving material availability issues.
• Monitor material need dates and coordinate warehouse pickups, shipments, staging, and releases to construction contractors in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Work with warehouse, receiving, shipping, and contracting personnel to verify material quantities, inventory accuracy, and timely delivery to project locations.
• Prepare inventory worksheets and process material requests based on project requirements and requested quantities.
• Coordinate material returns for reuse or disposal, process required documentation, and maintain records of returned materials and associated project orders.
• Track materials used, wasted, lost, or damaged during construction; calculate associated costs and recommend potential contractor chargebacks.
• Review material charges against project work orders, verify transaction accuracy, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate corrections with appropriate personnel.
• Provide material status updates during project meetings and recommend improvements to material management procedures, workflows, and staff training.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and official records in accordance with information security, records management, access control, and audit requirements .

Position Requirements
Education & Corresponding Experience

• 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 preferred.
• 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 broad knowledge of engineering operations policies and procedures involving material and equipment inventory and control.
• Knowledge of and experience with processes, automated records and control systems for acquisitions, accountability, control and disposal of facilities, equipment, materials, supplies, and other resources.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience with Oracle based Enterprise Resource Planning software.
• Experience with Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
• Working knowledge of SharePoint, sufficient to enter and retrieve data.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Extremely detailed oriented and capable of working independently in support of multiple complex projects.
• Able to identify problems and articulate them to leadership in a manner that is easily understandable and timely.
• Possess oral communication skills that allow for the conveyance of technical advice and information to clients and coworkers who have varying degrees of understanding of the subject matter.
• Comfortable working from a given set of rules, guides or processes.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills. Display calm and customer-oriented attitude in fast-paced and sometimes stressful conditions.
• Possess a high level of organizational abilities, multi-tasking skills and be detail-oriented
• Able to manage support to assigned projects, and given a set of guides, able to formulate and provide advice to clients to achieve desires outcomes.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.

Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws.