Project Procurement Lead

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients navigate the digital transformation of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a “single source of truth” model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns and project completion delays.

Why We Do It

We believe the world needs industrial projects and that intelligent engineering data can increase the likelihood of innovative solutions getting to market. Over the years, our multi-discipline teams have conceptualized and designed some of the most challenging and successful industrial processing projects in the North American energy sector. Vista has established itself as a trusted industrial engineering partner for all types of projects, from conceptual studies and pilots to large‑scale commercial expansions.

Where We Work

The benefits of our approach apply to new asset developments and brownfield optimization projects across several industrial markets. This includes biofuels and produced water treatment to natural gas and petrochemical processing. While we are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Project Procurement Lead is responsible for planning and performing procurement activities to ensure the timely purchase of materials, services and equipment to meet project requirements. Duties include:

• Working within a project team environment, potentially on multiple projects
• Enforcing timely and cost‑effective procurement while adhering to client requirements and proper procurement practices
• Developing and maintaining status reports
• Developing procurement plan and strategy documents
• Reviewing and evaluating standard procurement documents including bid lists, requests for quotation / proposal and commercial bid evaluations
• Overseeing the purchase of complex engineered equipment and services as well as electrical, instrumentation, structural steel and piping commodity materials
• Overseeing the negotiation of commercial terms including but not limited to progress payments and terms and conditions
• Attending status meetings with clients, project management and suppliers
• Developing man‑hour estimates, resource plans, schedules and relevant procurement procedures
• Periodically reviewing departmental processes, procedures and standards, identifying areas of improvement, deficiencies and taking the necessary corrective action to maintain quality
• Planning, scheduling and managing responsibilities, objectives and project milestones for the team
• Managing the performance of the team, including mentoring and coaching direct reports
• Providing input to, and participating in, Human Resources activities, including recruitment, terminations, and discipline
• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• More than ten (10) years of procurement experience with a minimum of six years of procurement experience, at a supervisory level, in an engineering, procurement, construction environment
• Demonstrated Advanced Negotiating Experience
• Post‑secondary certification or equivalent experience
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making skills
• Ability to adapt in a changing environment
• Ability to work without supervision
• Strong computer processing skills; competency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
• Focus on quality with an acute attention to detail
• Strong communication and influencing skills

Preferred

• Only candidates located in Canada will be considered and this position is not eligible for relocation accommodation

Why People Like Working with Us

Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesn’t excite you, this role likely won’t be a fit.

Challenging projects require focus and we enable our people to do their best work with modernized project systems that are based on our leading use of intelligent data‑centric execution architecture. Our staff and clients like that it gives them real‑time access to validated data shared across all project departments. This fosters project design and business decisions based on a single, authoritative source of truth and provides increased transparency and collaboration with team members and clients, leading to improved engineering quality and a product we can all take pride in.

What We Offer

An opportunity with Vista is not just a job; it is a chance to tackle challenging projects with colleagues who are among the most recognized and accomplished in their disciplines.

Vista offers all employees

• A stimulating, fast‑paced and challenging work environment where you will contribute to the interesting municipal and industrial engineering projects
• A robust and consistent recruitment process that ensures your colleagues are likeminded and comparably capable
• An opportunity to be a part of an entrepreneurial, technically skilled team which has established leadership in innovative engineering solutions
• A strong value‑based philosophy that provides an informal, close‑knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance‑linked variable pay program
• Company‑sponsored social events and team sports
• Flexible work schedules, half‑day Fridays and free parking
• An organization that values and encourages diversity