Overview
Procurement Specialist Jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Augment Resources
Title: Procurement Specialist
Company: Augment Resources
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Join a major mining capital project. Lead complex negotiations, expediting, and change/claims management.
- Vancouver office preferred | Remote within BC/AB considered | Occasional site travel
- Own end-to-end sourcing and contracting for capital equipment and services
- Duration: 6-7 months initial contract (potential to extend)
- CAD $85–100/hour – dependent on experience
About us
Augment Resources provides project management interim, permanent, and consulting resources across private industry and the public sector. We support and inspire our community of practitioners to create great outcomes for our clients, and we operate across Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
We recruit experienced project management professionals for complex project and operational environments, supporting clients with sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and project commercial delivery.
The Work
You will deliver procurement and contracting outcomes for a large-scale mining capital project in northern British Columbia. You will lead pre-award and post-award activities including planning, market engagement, tendering, evaluation, negotiation, contract execution, order management, expediting of key deliverables, and handover to operations ensuring commercial standards, schedule alignment, and risk-balanced outcomes.
- Administer stage-gate commercial and procurement requirements across assigned work packages
- Develop fit-for-purpose procurement and contracting strategies aligned to project objectives
- Prepare and issue tender documentation; manage bid clarifications, evaluation, and recommendations to award
- Negotiate complex terms and conditions, execute contracts and purchase orders, and manage order administration
- Expedite key contractual deliverables (e.g., engineering submittals, delivery dates) to support project schedule
- Manage contract changes, amendments, and claims; review invoices and coordinate payments in line with contract terms
- Maintain strong supplier relationships to ensure clarity of expectations and reliable delivery of goods and services
- Coordinate business readiness activities with commercial, project, and operations stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to add value, reduce cost, and mitigate commercial risk while supporting schedule and budget commitments
Ideal candidates will demonstrate:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or similar
- Extensive experience in sourcing, procurement, negotiations, contracting, category management, and supplier/stakeholder management
- Proven experience in the procurement and expediting of mining and construction equipment
- Experience working in capital project environments, with strong contract negotiation capability
- Familiarity with common contract models (unit rate, lump sum, cost-reimbursable, target price) and delivery models (direct hire, prime contractor, integrated owner teams; competitive bid and sole source)
- Proficiency with MS Office; SAP/Ariba and systems such as Aconex and contract management tools is advantageous
- Strong commercial judgement, analytical thinking, communication, and structured problem-solving
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate across multiple organizational levels; collaborative and adaptable working style
Augment Resources was formed by a team of specialist recruiters and project management practitioners setting out to deliver a unique customer service offering to both clients and practitioners alike.
By practitioners, for practitioners.
