Material Specialist

Job Purpose To handle the purchasing of nuclear and non nuclear related materials, equipment from initiation to post award administration for Nawah requirements to ensure that those requirements are met in a safe, compliant, timely, and efficient manner to ensure safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Job Title Material Specialist

Posting Date 18 Sept 2025

Requisition ID 3075

Company NAWAH (ENEC Operations)

Location Barakah

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Prepare, plan, schedule and process the purchase of spare parts, tools, materials, and equipment in a timely and cost effective manner to support safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the NPP.
• Support nuclear supplier qualification, update the qualified supplier list.
• Understand specifications and scope of work/material masters and ensure all QA, H&S, engineering, and end user requirements are covered.
• Review technical specifications for purchasing materials and equipment.
• Assist end users in creating PR, help them select correct parameters in the system.
• Create scope of work/material masters by sending RFIs to the market to gather information.
• Arrange supplier meetings with end users and site visits, if required.
• Review PR frequency of consumption to identify potential strategic contracts.
• Interface with Nuclear Specification Engineering and QA for safety quality materials & nonconformance resolution.
• Assess quotes ensuring they comply with policies and allocated budgets.
• Review competitive bids and quotes, evaluate proposals with subject matter experts.
• Assist vendors in raising bid exception, deviation and clarifications and resolve with support of Nuclear Specification Engineering.
• Discuss and resolve supply issues with QA, specification engineering, inventory management, warehouse, logistics etc.
• Prepare commercial evaluation and recommendation for award with thorough justification per Delegation of Authority (DOA).
• Ensure terms and conditions are agreed by vendors and none of the clauses remain open.

Professional Certifications

• Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering or equivalent.

Experience

• 3 years relevant experience in procurement/purchasing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in Business Administration (MBA), Supply Chain Management, or Engineering.
• Procurement experience in the energy sector.
• Power plant experience.

Employment Type

• Full time

Seniority Level

• Mid Senior level