Metals Fabrication Procurement Specialist II

The Metal Fabrication Procurement Specialist is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and coordinating the delivery of raw materials, fabricated components, and services required to support metal fabrication and manufacturing operations. This position manages supplier relationships, negotiates pricing and delivery schedules, reviews technical specifications, and ensures materials meet quality requirements and production deadlines. The role works closely with Engineering, Production, Project Management, and Quality to optimize procurement costs, maintain material availability, and support efficient manufacturing operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Procure structural steel, sheet metal, plate, tubing, embeds, fabricated components, and other materials required for manufacturing.

• Source and qualify suppliers, subcontract fabricators, and specialty vendors.

• Review drawings, bills of materials, specifications, and material requirements to ensure purchasing accuracy.

• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations and negotiate pricing, lead times, freight, and commercial terms.

• Issue and manage purchase orders, monitor open orders, and coordinate deliveries with production schedules.

• Verify supplier compliance with material specifications, quality standards, and required certifications.

• Track material costs, purchasing commitments, supplier performance, and potential supply chain risks.

• Coordinate shipments to and from galvanizing vendors, track turnaround dates, and reconcile related invoices.

• Reconcile vendor invoices and purchase orders.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities and alternative source strategies without compromising quality.

• Coordinate with internal departments to resolve material shortages, quality issues, and delivery delays.

• Maintain accurate procurement records and provide purchasing status reports.

• Support estimator(s) with material costing.

• Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in metal fabrication and sourcing steel components, welded assemblies and custom metal products, including familiarity with material certifications, quality requirements, and fabrication processes.
• Good understanding of Lean Manufacturing/Toyota Production System concepts is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree at an accredited university or equivalent work experience is preferred.

Core Values:

• Determination: Meet challenges head on!
• Innovation: Always look for better!
• Well-Being: Seek the success, health and happiness of all!

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, being paid on a weekly basis.
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance with the options of using Kaiser and VSP for vision!
• Medical FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Employer paid life insurance paid by Clark Pacific
• Voluntary Ancillary Benefits such as Critical Illness, Accident Insurance and Whole life insurance.
• 401k matching 100% of the first 3%, then 50% of the next 2%
• Membership to Wellhub

*Benefits will be subject to a waiting period*

Interested? Want to learn more? If you’re a hard-working nice person who is smart and curious, and think that this position is right for you, we want to hear from you. Please apply and let’s begin the journey. Welcome to Clark Pacific. Let’s do great things together!

Clark Pacific is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities