Supply/Purchasing Assistant II-Chesapeake, VA

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values-agility, expertise, and trust-we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

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Abilities:

• Assist with a variety of routine and/or low to high dollar value buying/purchasing tasks involving materials, suppliers, or services.
• Assisting with obtaining quotes from vendors
• Reviews purchase requisitions, and places orders with approved suppliers and follows up on all orders to ensure timely delivery.
• Uses websites to research and determine parts and material information
• General understanding of logistics and purchasing
• Inspecting and receiving materials and equipment
• Assist in preparing materials for shipment and storage
• Tracking material orders and shipments
• Advance use of computerized inventory system
• Complying with requirements to handle hazardous materials
• Utilizing MS Word and MS Excel to document material inventory for projects.
• Assisting with invoices to make sure they correspond with the appropriate purchases, transfers, and rental transactions.
• Assist with maintaining official vendor pricing records from year to year to track pricing fluctuations.

Experience: 2 Years of material tracking and logistics knowledge with a bachelor's degree or 8+ with a high school diploma / GED

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Abilities:

• The position requires the ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to [50 pounds] on a regular basis. Candidates must demonstrate physical strength and stamina to perform various tasks, including but not limited to, loading, and unloading, operating equipment, and assisting in the transportation of various materials. Proper lifting techniques and safety protocols must be followed to ensure personal and team safety.
• Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
• Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
• Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
• Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
• May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.