Engineering Operation

Engineer Support Specialist 2 – Engineering Operations Specialist

Location: Vancouver, WA (Onsite)

Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)

Pay Range: $32.00 – $35.00 per hour

Coordinate and expedite the flow of work, materials and/or equipment within or between departments of an organization according to project or production schedules. Duties include reviewing and distributing project, work, and other schedules; conferring with organization managers, project managers or team leads to determine progress of work and projected completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and any timeline or scheduling problems.

Position Responsibilities:

Examine documents, materials, or equipment and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.

Review documents, such as project schedules, work orders, or action plans, to determine equipment or materials requirements and/or equipment or material priorities.

Confer with organization managers, project managers, team leads or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.

Revise project schedules or actions plans when required due to design changes, labor or material/equipment shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with project managers, field personnel or engineering staff.

Requisition and maintain inventory records of materials, equipment or supplies necessary to meet project timelines and/or maintenance requirements.

Calculate figures, such as required amounts of materials or equipment, compile information, such as materials or equipment inventories, materials used, equipment/parts removed/replaced, so that status reports can be prepared and submitted to appropriate individuals.

Provide customer services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

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 desired.

This is a Level 2 position: 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 Technical 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.