# Senior Procurement Specialist - Construction

**Company:** [Mariana Minerals](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mariana-minerals)
**Location:** Houston, TX
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $108k – $135k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Procurement, Construction Procurement, Contract Negotiation, Commercial Risk Allocation, Competitive Sourcing, ERP Systems, Procurement Systems, Contract Management, Change Orders, Spend Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Owns end-to-end procurement for capital construction packages, including sourcing strategy, contract negotiation, change orders, and commercial risk management. The role requires 5–7+ years of procurement experience in heavy industry, infrastructure, or capital projects.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Own Capital Procurement Workstreams
- Lead pre-award, award, and post-award contracting activities for capital construction packages.
- Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with project schedules and critical path activities.
- Drive commercial negotiations focused on total cost, risk allocation, and delivery certainty.
- Support PO conversion, approvals, and procurement system execution.

### Manage Contracts & Commercial Risk
- Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, MSAs, and construction work orders.
- Manage change orders and commercial amendments in coordination with project teams.
- Ensure documentation is structured, defensible, and audit-ready.

### Drive Cost & Value
- Analyze spend and identify savings or value-creation opportunities.
- Support competition in the supplier market.
- Conduct commercial risk assessments to reduce schedule exposure.

### Build Better Systems
- Help design scalable procurement processes as the company grows.
- Improve cycle times and reduce friction in sourcing and approvals.
- Contribute to building a disciplined, data-driven procurement function.

## Requirements
- 5–7+ years of procurement experience in heavy industry, capital construction, infrastructure, or industrial projects.
- Experience leading competitive sourcing processes for construction.
- Strong contract negotiation skills.
- Clear understanding of commercial risk allocation.
- Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems.
- Strong structured documentation skills.

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