Proposal Procurement Lead

Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Veolia Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

The Proposal Procurement Lead (estimator) is an individual contributor role that is responsible for determining the current/expected material costs of Veolia Water Tech-supplied equipment to establish the budget during the project's execution.

This role can be performed from any of our key sites in the U.S.A. or Canada. Key sites: Trevose, Pennsylvania, Norfolk, Virginia, Minnetonka, Minnesota, Boulder, Colorado, Houston, Texas, Oakville, Ontario

Duties & Responsibilities:

Be a Strategic Partner to help to WIN projects, ensuring successful execution and improving margins

• Work in conjunction with different stakeholders such as Project Proposal/Sales, Category Team, Engineering, Logistics, Quality, and Procurement to develop the best and optimized cost strategy for the projects, which include materials and procurement labor
• Coordinate and lead project teams, focusing on procurement, during the tender phase
• Guide project cost strategy utilizing quotations, vendor contracts, material costing database, cost standards and historical data
• Develop and maintain cost standards, tools, and records to assist in future costing
• Collaborate with project execution teams on cost strategy transfer and REX (Return-on-Experience)
• Evaluate risk and contingencies to be included in proposal material costing; Develop and maintain familiarity with current and expected market conditions that affect costs
• Maintain skills for the utilization of Company software, such as Google Suite and SAP
• Adhere to the Company Values, Ethics, and Safety Policies
• Ability to provide Cost estimation on 3rd party material cost

Hard Skills

• Above average mathematical skills and mechanical aptitude in an engineering environment
• Solid understanding of costing methodology, ability to apply logic and reasoning to properly develop costs with limited input
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, fabrication drawings, and specifications
• Above average knowledge in engineering equipment or a manufacturing environment

Soft Skills

• Effective communication & Team Spirit
• Expert: Demonstrate subject matter expertise in the field
• Strategic: Gets the big game. Understands long-term. Respects short term but doesn’t get hung up in the noise
• Inspirational: Ability to inspire/ motivate others
• Curious: Ability to pose high-impact questions, seeing opportunities in areas where others see problems
• Courageous: Champions ideas and helps transform them into actions
• Humble: Respectful towards peers, team members, leadership, and stakeholders
• Holistic: Think Customer and Company first
• Accountable: Demonstrates responsibility, ownership, and commitment. Taking responsibility for making tough calls when necessary
• Ambitious: Identifies underlying truths and comes up with ideas that change the way we conceptualize issues, depicting a vision of the future that rallies teams to compete in new ways.

Education & Experience

Required:

• 3 + years of combined work experience in the Water & Wastewater sector or other EPC environment as a Mechanical or Commercial engineer.
• Project management, Procurement, and Supply chain background/ experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Candidate with an MBA, Master's Degree, and/or certification like CPM/CPSM, PMP, etc.
• Solid understanding of procurement sub-functions and water treatment technologies (products and operations).

Working Conditions

• Annual travel required. <10 primarily in NORAM.

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Because our people are our greatest assets, we also offer competitive compensation and benefits that include:

• Compensation - The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $94,000-99,000 USD
• 10% Annual incentive bonus plan
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!
• Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts
• AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; the employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

Veolia Water Tech does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a
current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWT, and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.